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Near-earth fragmentation of cosmic dust

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Interplanetary Dust and Zodiacal Light

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Cosmic dust fragmentation in near-earth space is strongly suggested by the high fluxes (≈102/m2s) of submicron particles observed in the upper atmospheric collection experiments, the lower fluxes (≈10-1/m2s) observed in near-earth space by the lower ensitivity detection experiments and the much lower fluxes ( ≈10−4/m2s) observed in the deepspace experiments. Various possible fragmentation mechanisms are discussed.

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Fechtig, H., Hemenway, C. (1976). Near-earth fragmentation of cosmic dust. In: Elsässer, H., Fechting, H. (eds) Interplanetary Dust and Zodiacal Light. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 48. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-07615-8_497

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