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Explainer: what is interplanetary dust and can it spread the ingredients of life? [PDF]

, 2015
First paragraph: NASA recently reported that a cloud of dust was surrounding Mars high above its atmosphere. The authors of the study ruled out Mars itself and its moons Phobos and Deimos as the sources of the dust and concluded that it must come from a ...
Schroeder, Christian
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Production, Transport, and Destruction of Dust in the Kuiper Belt: The Effects of Refractory and Volatile Grain Compositions

The Astrophysical Journal Letters
The Venetia Burney Student Dust Counter (SDC) on board the New Horizons spacecraft measures the spatial and size distributions of dust along its trajectory.
Thomas Corbett, Alex Doner, Mihály Horányi, Pontus Brandt, Will Grundy, Carey M. Lisse, Joel Parker, Lowell Peltier, Andrew R. Poppe, Kelsi N. Singer, S. Alan Stern, Anne J. Verbiscer   +11 more
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On the Detection of Low‐Frequency Planetary Radio Emission With an Orbiting Interferometer

Radio Science, Volume 61, Issue 6, June 2026.
Abstract The magnetized planets of the outer Solar System produce kilometric radio emissions at very low frequencies (<1 ${< } 1\,$MHz). They reveal the planetary magnetic dynamics and their interaction with the solar wind. Those radio emissions can also serve as a proxy for interplanetary space weather monitoring.
E. Rouillé, B. Cecconi, B. Segret, J. N. Girard, A. Loh   +4 more
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Layer silicates in a chondritic porous interplanetary dust particle

, 1985
Analytical electron microscopy on individual grains from a portion of a chondritic porous interplanetary dust particle (aggregate W7029C1 from the NASA Johnson Space Center Cosmic Dust Collection) shows that layer silicates compose 50 percent of the ...
Rietmeijer, Frans J.M., Rietmeijer, F. J. M., Mackinnon, Ian D.R., Mackinnon, Ian D. R., Ian D. R. Mackinnon, Frans J. M. Rietmeijer   +5 more
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What Observations Would an Energetic Neutral Atom Imager Have Made During the Voyager 2 Flyby of Uranus?

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, Volume 131, Issue 6, June 2026.
Abstract We present large‐scale simulations of energetic neutral atom (ENA) emissions at Uranus from a spacecraft viewpoint. Models of magnetic field, extended hydrogen exosphere, moon‐sourced neutral tori, and proton radiation belt are implemented into a simulator to evaluate the production of ENAs for L $L$ = 1–15.
D. Santos‐Costa, N. André
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Sublimation of Interplanetary Dust [PDF]

International Astronomical Union Colloquium, 1996
AbstractThree topics are briefly reviewed to examine evidence for the nature of dust grains and grain alteration by physical processes related to mainly sublimation. Namely, (1) a change of dust flux detected byin situdust measurements beyond ~ 2 AU from the Sun suggests a disappearance of volatile ices due to sublimation below this distance, (2) an ...
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Porosity of serially sectioned interplanetary dust particles

, 1987
The application of epoxy embedding and microtomy to individual chondritic interplanetary dust particles (lOP's)(Bradley and Brownlee, 1986a) provides not only higher precision in thin-film elemental analyses (Bradley and Brownlee, 19861:1), but also ...
Rietmeijer, Frans J.M., Bradley, John P., Mackinnon, Ian D.R., Lindsay, Charles, Yatchmenoff, Bart   +4 more
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Effects of Comet Encke's Meteoroid Stream on the Seasonal Variation of Mercury's Ca Exosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, Volume 131, Issue 6, -Not available-.
Abstract Mercury's calcium (Ca) exosphere, observed by NASA's MESSENGER mission, exhibits high temperatures (>50000 K) and pronounced seasonal variability, with its source mainly on the dawn side. Enhanced Ca emission near True Anomaly Angle (TAA) ∼25° and ∼150° has been attributed to Comet 2P/Encke meteoroid streams.
M. Moroni, A. Milillo, A. Mura, A. A. Christou, P. Pokorný, V. Mangano, A. Berezhnoy, A. Aronica, A. Brin, E. De Angelis, P. P. Di Bartolomeo, A. Kazakov, S. Massetti, S. Orsini, C. Plainaki, G. Richards, R. Rispoli, R. Sordini, M. Stumpo   +18 more
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A Rotational Disruption Crisis for Zodiacal Dust

The Astrophysical Journal Letters
A systematic torque from anisotropic radiation can rapidly spin up irregular grains to the point of breakup. We apply the standard theory of rotational disruption from radiative torques to solar system grains, finding that grains with radii ∼0.03–3 μ m ...
Kedron Silsbee, Brandon S. Hensley, Jamey R. Szalay, Petr Pokorný, Jeong-Gyu Kim   +4 more
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Anhydrous minerals in asteroid Bennu: Evidence for well‐preserved primordial components

Meteoritics &Planetary Science, Volume 61, Issue 6, Page 963-986, June 2026.
Abstract Aqueously altered carbonaceous astromaterials are dominated by secondary minerals, but a minor fraction of primary, anhydrous silicates and oxides escape alteration, offering insight into the original composition of asteroid parent bodies. We report the mineralogy, petrology, mineral chemistry, and oxygen isotopes of anhydrous minerals—50 ...
S. S. Russell, I. A. Franchi, T. Salge, X. Zhao, R. H. Jones, A. J. King, N. V. Almeida, P. F. Schofield, H. C. Bates, E. A. Cortes‐Calderon, N. Kawasaki, Y. Yurimoto, Y. Marrocchi, G. Libourel, K. Thomas‐Keprta, L. P. Keller, K. Righter, T. J. McCoy, T. J. Zega, J. J. Barnes, A. N. Nguyen, S. Tachibana, H. C. Connolly Jr, D. S. Lauretta   +23 more
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