The occurrence of interstellar particles in the vicinity of the Sun An overview - 25 years of research
Abstract
Using different observational techniques, research into interstellar particles produced controversial results concerning their occurrence in the vicinity of the Sun. The proportion of possible interstellar particles to interplanetary ones was found to be much higher for small particles obtained from cosmic dust detectors in comparison with results of photographic, video and radar meteors. This might be partly caused by different mass distributions of interstellar and interplanetary particles, and by different physical processes leading to each population. However, in the range of larger meteoroid particles, the vast majority of hyperbolic orbits were found to be as a consequence of measurement errors. We present here an overview of studies related to interstellar particles showing their flux as a function of their mass and distance from the Sun.
- Publication:
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International Meteor Conference Egmond, the Netherlands, 2-5 June 2016
- Pub Date:
- January 2016
- Bibcode:
- 2016pimo.conf..105H