Ebook: Interplanetary Dust
- Tags: Extraterrestrial Physics Space Sciences, Geophysics/Geodesy, Astronomy Observations and Techniques, Solid State Physics, Spectroscopy and Microscopy
- Series: Astronomy and Astrophysics Library
- Year: 2001
- Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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Dust in interplanetary space has many faces: dust originating from comets and asteroids, and interstellar dust sweeping through our solar system. These three components have a genetic relationship: interstellar dust is the solid phase of interstellar matter from which stars and planets form. Cometary dust is the most pristine material from the early solar nebula, and dust from asteroids is material modified during the formation of the solar system. Dusty planetary rings are analogues of the interplanetary dust cloud in their own right. This handbook on the physics of interplanetary dust will be of interest to a broad readership, including astronomers, space scientists and engineers. The following topics are covered in the book: - historical perspectives - optical and thermal properties of interplanetary dust - cometary dust - near-Earth dust environment - meteors - laboratory analysis of collected dust grains - in situ measurements of cosmic dust - impirical modelling of the zodiacal dust cloud - instrumentation for detection and analysis of dust - physical processes affecting dust in space - light scattering by dust grains - orbital evolution of interplanetary dust - dusty planetary rings - interstellar and circumstellar dust
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xxx
Historical Perspectives....Pages 1-55
Optical and Thermal Properties of Interplanetary Dust....Pages 57-94
Cometary Dust....Pages 95-161
Near Earth Environment....Pages 163-231
Discoveries from Observations and Modeling of the 1998/99 Leonids....Pages 233-252
Properties of Interplanetary Dust: Information from Collected Samples....Pages 253-294
In Situ Measurements of Cosmic Dust....Pages 295-346
Synthesis of Observations....Pages 347-384
Instrumentation....Pages 385-444
Physical Processes on Interplanetary Dust....Pages 445-507
Interactions with Electromagnetic Radiation: Theory and Laboratory Simulations....Pages 509-567
Orbital Evolution of Interplanetary Dust....Pages 569-639
Dusty Rings and Circumplanetary Dust: Observations and Simple Physics....Pages 641-725
Interstellar Dust and Circumstellar Dust Disks....Pages 727-786
Back Matter....Pages 787-804
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xxx
Historical Perspectives....Pages 1-55
Optical and Thermal Properties of Interplanetary Dust....Pages 57-94
Cometary Dust....Pages 95-161
Near Earth Environment....Pages 163-231
Discoveries from Observations and Modeling of the 1998/99 Leonids....Pages 233-252
Properties of Interplanetary Dust: Information from Collected Samples....Pages 253-294
In Situ Measurements of Cosmic Dust....Pages 295-346
Synthesis of Observations....Pages 347-384
Instrumentation....Pages 385-444
Physical Processes on Interplanetary Dust....Pages 445-507
Interactions with Electromagnetic Radiation: Theory and Laboratory Simulations....Pages 509-567
Orbital Evolution of Interplanetary Dust....Pages 569-639
Dusty Rings and Circumplanetary Dust: Observations and Simple Physics....Pages 641-725
Interstellar Dust and Circumstellar Dust Disks....Pages 727-786
Back Matter....Pages 787-804
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