PHOBOS and Deimos as Sources of Martian Dust Ring/Torus

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Mar 1996

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1996lpi....27.1127s&link_type=abstract

Lunar and Planetary Science, volume 27, page 1127

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Deimos, Dust, Dust Ring, Erosion, Phobos

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Orbits of circumplanetary dust particles are largely controlled by solar radiation pressure and planetary oblateness. Around Mars, orbital eccentricity of particles from Phobos and Deimos is enhanced greatly and smaller dust particles (< 20 micron) are quickly captured by Mars. Collisions of ring particles onto the satellites are the most important dust source, and the erosion of Phobos should set the upper limit on the dust production efficiency controlling this self-sustaining mechanism.

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