The possibility of the detection of meteor streams in interplanetary space

Details The possibility of the detection of meteor streams in interplanetary space The possibility of the detection of meteor streams in interplanetary space

Jun 1977

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1977obs....97..123b&link_type=abstract

The Observatory, vol. 97, June 1977, p. 123-129.

Physics

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Cosmic Dust, Interplanetary Space, Meteoroid Showers, Solar Radiation, Aquarid Meteoroids, Brightness, Geminid Meteoroids, Light Scattering, Orionid Meteoroids, Perseid Meteoroids, Quadrantid Meteoroids, Taurid Meteoroids

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The question is considered of whether dust particles in orbiting meteor streams can give rise to detectable scattering by virtue of their passive role as reflectors of solar radiation. Light scattering by orbiting-stream dust grains is analyzed, and calculations are performed which indicate that reflection from stream dust should produce an area of scattered light in the direction of the true radiant. The brightness of the radiant glow is estimated for the general case, the Geminid stream, and the Taurid stream. It is suggested that independent estimates of small-particle concentrations in meteor streams might be obtained by detecting the solar radiation scattered by orbiting-stream dust.

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