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Figure 1: Mother and child? The comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3, and (left) an interplanetary dust particle captured by a high-flying aircraft.

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  1. * 29th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, Texas, 16-20 March, 1998.

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Garwin, L. Comet leaves a trail in the air. Nature 392, 754–755 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1038/33793

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