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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. |
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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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Keywords
Planetology, Solid Surface Planets, Rings and dust |
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American Geophysical Union 2000 Florida Avenue N.W. Washington, D.C. 20009-1277 USA 1-202-462-6900 1-202-328-0566 service@agu.org |
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