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The steady-state of the meteoritic complex can be achieved by the present input rate of cometary dust, if the long-period and “new” comets release a sizeable fraction of their dust, in grains larger than 100 microns.
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Delsemme, A.H. (1976). Can comets be the only source of interplanetary dust?. 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_531
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