AbstractCometary comae, cometary tails, and the interplanetary dust cloud, are low density dust clouds built of cosmic dust particles. Light scattering observations, from in-situ space probes and remote observatories, are a key to their physical properties. This presentation updates results on cometary and interplanetary dust derived from such observations (with emphasis on polarization), and compares them with results on asteroidal regoliths. The polarization phase curves follow similar trends, with parameters that may vary from one object to another. The wavelength dependence is highly variable, although it is usually linear in the visible domain. It may be suggested (from observations, modeling and laboratory measurements) that these dust particles are irregular, with a size greater than the wavelength, and that cometary dust is highly porous, as compared to asteroidal or interplanetary dust. Sophisticated numerical models and laboratory measurements on dust analogues are indeed required to interpret without any ambiguity the ensemble of results. The opportunity offered by the ICAPS facility (an ESA project selected for the ISS, now in phase B) to deduce the physical properties of cosmic dust particles from their optical properties, as well as their evolution (breaking-off and agglomeration, ices condensation and evaporation), is presented.


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    Title :

    Cosmic dust physical properties and theICAPS facility on board the ISS


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Advances in Space Research ; 31 , 12 ; 2599-2606


    Publication date :

    2003-03-19


    Size :

    8 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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