Publication Date:
2016-06-07
Description:
A description of techniques used in recent experiments to detect and analyze cosmic dust and micrometeorites is given and the results both from the study of lunar crater statistics and from in situ measurements are reviewed. The results from lunar crater statistics show an agreement with the results obtained from in situ measurements in interplanetary space and derived from zodiacal light measurements. The near earth results show an enhancement in the flux numbers. This can be caused either by secondary lunar debris or by disintegration of low density fireballs in the outer atmosphere.
Keywords:
SPACE SCIENCES
Type:
NASA, Washington Evolutionary and Phys. Properties of Meteoroids; p 209-221
Format:
application/pdf