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Rotational bursting of interplanetary dust particlesSolar radiation pressure is discussed as a cause of rotational bursting, and of eventual elimination of asymmetric dust particles from the solar system, by a windmill effect. The predicted life span with this process for metallic particles with radii of 0.00001 to 0.01 cm ranges from 10 to 10,000 years. The effects of magnetic spin damping were considered. This depletion mechanism works faster than the traditional Poynting-Robertson effect by approximately one order of magnitude for metallic particles and about two orders of magnitude for nonmetallic particles.
Document ID
19740027148
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Preprint (Draft being sent to journal)
Authors
Paddack, S. J.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Rhee, J. W.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
September 3, 2013
Publication Date
September 1, 1974
Subject Category
Space Sciences
Report/Patent Number
NASA-TM-X-70760
X-405-74-300
Accession Number
74N35261
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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