Origin and evolution of interplanetary dust : proceedings of the 126th colloquium of the international astronomical union, held in Kyoto, Japan, August 27-30, 1990

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Origin and evolution of interplanetary dust : proceedings of the 126th colloquium of the international astronomical union, held in Kyoto, Japan, August 27-30, 1990

edited by A.C. Levasseur-Regourd, H. Hasegawa

(Astrophysics and space science library, v. 173)

Kluwer Academic Publishers, c1991

  • : alk. paper

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The origin and evolution of interplanetary dust have been extensively discussed ever since the 1960s when a series of meetings began which brought together the interplanetary dust community. More recently, during the 1980s, new knowledge has emerged from comprehensive studies of cometary flybys and from infrared space observations. At present new, in-situ explorations of interplanetary dust are providing some promising results. This work begins with investigations of interplanetary dust by space and Earth environment studies, by physics and chemical analysis, and by zodiacal light and optical studies. Topics related to cometary dust, meteoroids and meteor streams, and circumplanetary dust, which are indeed linked to the evolution of interplanetary dust, are then presented. Finally, the origin of interplanetary dust is tracked back to comets or asteroids and to interstellar or circumstellar dust. A summary demonstrates that interplanetary dust studies are thriving and may provide a clearer understadnign of the formation of the solar system.

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  • NCID
    BA13555599
  • ISBN
    • 0792313658
  • LCCN
    91024311
  • Country Code
    ne
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Dordrecht ; Boston
  • Pages/Volumes
    xii, 451 p.
  • Size
    25 cm
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