Origin and Evolution of Interplanetary Dust: Proceedings of the 126th Colloquium of the International Astronomical Union, Held in Kyoto, Japan, August 27–30, 1990

Front Matter....Pages i-xxvii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Particulate Detection in the Near Earth Space Environment Aboard the Long Duration Exposure Facility LDEF: Cosmic or Terrestrial?....Pages 3-10
Study of Cosmic Dust Particles on Board LDEF and MIR Space Station....Pages 11-14
The Present Status of the Munich Dust Counter Experiment on Board of the Hiten Spacecraft....Pages 15-20
In-Situ Exploration of Dust in the Solar System and Initial Results from the Galileo Dust Detector....Pages 21-28
The NASA Solar Probe Mission: In Situ Determination of Interplanetary Out-of-the Ecliptic and Near-Solar Dust Environments....Pages 29-32
A Balloon-Borne Detector for Stratospheric Cosmic Dust Detection....Pages 33-36
Dynamic Modelling Transformations for the Low Earth Orbit Satellite Particulate Environment....Pages 37-40
Face-Dependent Impact Probabilities Upon LDEF for Heliocentric Particle Orbits....Pages 41-44
The Munich Dust Counter — A Cosmic Dust Experiment on Board of the Muses-A Mission of Japan....Pages 45-48
Collection of Stratospheric Microparticles Above the Sulfate Layer Using Balloon-Borne Collectors....Pages 49-52
A Cosmic Matter Accretion Event Around 660,000 Years Before Present Found in Two Dated, Central Pacific Cores....Pages 53-56
Preliminary Study on Neogene Microtektites in the Core Collected from North Pacific....Pages 57-60
Front Matter....Pages 61-61
Physical and Mineralogical Properties of Anhydrous Interplanetary Dust Particles in the Analytical Electron Microscope....Pages 63-70
Aqueous Alteration in Hydrated Interplanetary Dust Particles....Pages 71-78
The Effect of Total Pressure on Vaporization of Alkalis from Partially Molten Chondritic Material....Pages 79-82
Condensation Experiments of Mg-Silicate Minerals....Pages 83-86
Ultraviolet-Induced Amorphization of Cubic Ice and its Implication for the Evolution of Ice Grains....Pages 87-90
Simulation in Laboratory of Solid Grains Present in Space....Pages 91-94
The Infrared Spectra of Synthesized Amorphous Silicates with Compositions of Olivine and Pyroxene....Pages 95-98
Optical Constants of Kerogen from 0.15 to 40 μM: Comparison with Meteoritic Organics....Pages 99-101
Front Matter....Pages 61-61
Optical Constants of Basaltic Glass from 0.0173 to 50 μM....Pages 102-104
Noble Metal Enrichments in Cosmic Spherules....Pages 105-108
Studies on Isotopic Ratios of Osmium and Iridium in Cosmic Spherules Using Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis....Pages 109-112
Structures of Amorphous Silicate Dusts Simulated by Molecular Dynamics Method....Pages 113-116
Astrophysical Interesting Compound Grains Produced by a Gas Evaporation Method....Pages 117-120
Measurement of Far-Infrared Absorption for Amorphous Silicates Between 27 and 400 μm....Pages 121-124
Laboratory Spectra of Amorphous and Crystalline Olivine: An Application to Comet Halley IR Spectrum....Pages 125-128
Front Matter....Pages 129-129
The Zodiacal Cloud Complex....Pages 131-138
Spatial Distribution and Orbital Properties of Zodiacal Dust....Pages 139-146
On the Gegenschein and the Symmetry Plane....Pages 147-150
Ultraviolet Observations of the Zodiacal Light and the Origin of Interplanetary Dust Grains....Pages 151-154
Light Scattering by Dust Particles in the Outer Solar System....Pages 155-158
Light Scattering by Solar System Dust: The Opposition Effect and the Reversal of Polarization....Pages 159-162
The Optical Properties of Interplanetary Dust....Pages 163-170
The Infrared Zodiacal Light....Pages 171-178
Temporal and Spatial Variations of the Atmospheric Diffuse Light....Pages 179-182
Fine Resolution Brightness Distribution of the Visible Zodiacal Light....Pages 183-186
Interplanetary Dust Close to the Sun....Pages 187-190
Future Observation of the F-Corona with the LASCO Coronograph Space Experiment....Pages 191-194
Synthetic Maps of the Brightness and Polarization of the F-Corona....Pages 195-198
Front Matter....Pages 129-129
Optical Properties of Interplanetary Dust in the Tangential Plane....Pages 199-202
Scattering Calculations on the Basis of the Fredholm Integral Equation Method....Pages 203-206
The Scattering Matrix of Randomly Oriented Infinite Cylinders....Pages 207-210
Asteroidal Dust and the Zodiacal Emission....Pages 211-214
Front Matter....Pages 215-215
Spectroscopic Evidence of Organic Molecules Released by the Dust of Halley’s Inner Coma....Pages 217-220
Modeling Dust Fragmentation in Comets....Pages 221-224
The Contribution of Long Period Comets to the Interplanetary Dust Cloud....Pages 225-228
Long Dust Trails of Short Period Comets....Pages 229-234
Comets as a Source of Interplanetary and Interstellar Grains....Pages 235-240
Chemical Composition of an Emanation from Comets: Identification of the 3 Micron Comet Feature....Pages 241-244
Spectropolarimetry of Comet Halley....Pages 245-248
Scattering Properties of Cometary Dust Based on Polarimetric Data....Pages 249-252
Synchronic Band and Its Implication in the Cometary Dust....Pages 253-256
Ice Particle Emission from Cometary Analogues....Pages 257-260
The Dust in the Coma of Comet Halley....Pages 261-264
Polyoxymethylene in Cometary Dust: Laboratory Tests....Pages 265-268
On the Anti-Tail of Comet Bradfield (1987XXIX)....Pages 269-272
Formation Mechanisms of the Split Tail of Comet Bradfield 1987XXIX....Pages 273-276
Spatial Distribution and Color of Dust in Halley’s Inner Coma....Pages 277-280
Penetration of Hypervelocity Projectiles Into Low Density Materials....Pages 281-284
Front Matter....Pages 215-215
Polarimetric Properties of Halley’s Dust....Pages 285-288
Front Matter....Pages 289-289
The Orbital Distribution and Origin of Meteoroids....Pages 291-298
A Study of Meteor Orbits Obtained in Japan....Pages 299-302
The Micrometeoroid in the Upper Atmosphere....Pages 303-306
An Estimation of Meteoroid Flux at Outer Martian Space for Steady Meteor Streams....Pages 307-310
The IAU Meteor Data Center in Lund....Pages 311-314
η Lyrid Meteor Stream Associated with Comet IRAS-Araki-Alcock, 1983 VII....Pages 315-318
The Annual Variation of Radio Meteor Echoes Observed from 1981 to 1985....Pages 319-322
Lifetime of Meteor Streams Associated with Comet Halley....Pages 323-326
The Taurid Complex: Giant Comet Origin?....Pages 327-330
Mass Distribution and Bulk Density Distribution of Interplanetary Dust....Pages 331-334
The International Meteor Organization....Pages 335-338
Front Matter....Pages 339-339
Physical Processes on Circumplanetary Dust....Pages 341-348
Dust in Planetary Ring Systems....Pages 349-356
Reading Saturn’s Ring Spokes....Pages 357-360
Catastrophic Disruption of Solid Bodies by Collision — Experimental Approach —....Pages 361-366
Methods, Difficulties, and First Results in Laboratory Simulation of Cosmic Dust Electric Charging....Pages 367-370
Electrostatic Fragmentation of Irregularly Shaped Particles....Pages 371-374
Plasma Emission from High Velocity Impacts of Microparticles onto Water Ice....Pages 375-378
Velocity Distribution of Fragments in Collisional Breakup....Pages 379-382
Front Matter....Pages 339-339
Jets of Fragments from Catastrophic Break-Up and their Astrophysical Implications....Pages 383-386
Front Matter....Pages 387-387
Cometary and Asteroidal Sources of Interplanetary Dust....Pages 389-396
Constraints on the Parent Bodies of Collected Interplanetary Dust Particles....Pages 397-404
Characteristics of Interstellar and Circumstellar Dust....Pages 405-412
Chemical Composition of Dust Expected from Condensation Models....Pages 413-420
Distribution of Dust in the Disk Around Beta Pictoris....Pages 421-424
Off-Disk Implantation of Early Solar Wind into a Planetesimal-Dust Cloud....Pages 425-428
Comparison of 3 Micron Features of Trapped H 2 O and H 2 O Frost in SiO Condensate with Observed Dust Features....Pages 429-432
The Source Composition of Galactic Cosmic Rays as Possibly Originated from the Dust in the Circumstellar and Interstellar Space....Pages 433-436
Laboratory Studies of Grain Mantles in Interstellar Space....Pages 437-440
Front Matter....Pages 441-441
The Interplanetary Medium is Thriving....Pages 443-451
Back Matter....Pages 453-454