Interplanetary Dust
By: by Eberhard Grün, Bo Å. S. Gustafson, Stan Dermott, Hugo Fechtig
Contributors: Gustafson, Bo Å. S.; Dermott, Stan; Fechtig, Hugo
Series: Astronomy and Astrophysics Library, 0941-7834; Astronomy and astrophysics library
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 804
ISBN-13: 9783642564284
Description: 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.
Table of contents: title: From the contents: Historical Perspectives; title: Optical and Thermal Properties of Interplanetary Dust; title: Cometary Dust; title: Near Earth Environment; title: Discoveries from Observations and Modeling of the 1998/99 Leonids; title: Properties of Interplanetary Dust: Information from Collected Samples; title: In-Situ Measurements of Cosmic Dust; title: Synthesis of Observations; title: Instrumentation; title: Physical Processes; title: Interactions with Electromagnetic Radiation: Theory and Laboratory Simulations; title: Orbital Evolution of Interplanetary Dust; title: Dusty Rings and Circumplanetary Dust: Observations and Simple Physics; title: Interstellar Dust and Circumstellar Dust Disks; title: Glossary; title: Index.