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Horanyi et al. 1990
Horanyi, M., Burns, J.A., Tatrallyay, M. and Luhmann, J.G. (1990). Toward understanding the fate of dust lost from the martian satellites. Geophysical Research Letters 17: doi: 10.1029/90GL00875. issn: 0094-8276.

We have investigated the dynamics of small dust grains ejected from the Martian satellites, considering both the solar radiation perturbation and electromagnetic forces since the grains move in a magnetized plasma. Lorentz forces can dramatically change the nature of the trajectories, resulting in, for example, prolonged lifetimes for submicron-sized grains moving through our idealized model. Though temporal changes of the solar wind were ignored and we only followed grains for 20 days or less, we suggest that a permanent, non-uniform and time-dependent dust halo of grains predominantly around 0.1 &mgr;m may exist about Mars.

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Planetology, Solid Surface Planets, Rings and dust
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Geophysical Research Letters
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