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A review is given on the techniques used to record and to quantitatively measure data of individual interplanetary dust particles. New developments in detection techniques are briefly discussed.
The main results from recent space missions at about 1 AU and in the earth-moon neighborhood are discussed and compared with the flux results from lunar microcrater studies. Spatial anisotropies and time fluctuations are found indicating that the earth is exposed to two main micrometeoroid dust populations: the “apex”-population and the β-meteoroids. The near planet-dust enrichments measured by HEOS 2 near the earth and by the Pioneer 10/11 near Jupiter are emphasized. The experimental data strongly suggest a fragmentation process associated with the earth. The role of the moon as a dust source is discussed. The important problems in the dust field for future space missions are summarized.
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Fechtig, H. (1976). In-situ records of interplanetary dust particles — methods and results. In: Elsässer, H., Fechting, H. (eds) Interplanetary Dust and Zodiacal Light. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 48. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-07615-8_475
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