Summary of interplanetary and interstellar dust observation by Mars Dust Counter on board NOZOMI

S. Sasaki; E. Igenbergs; H. Ohashi; R. Senger; R. Münzenmayer; W. Naumann; E. Grün; K. Nogami; I. Mann; H. Svedhem

doi:10.1016/j.asr.2006.11.006

Summary of interplanetary and interstellar dust observation by Mars Dust Counter on board NOZOMI

S. Sasaki, E. Igenbergs, H. Ohashi, R. Senger, R. Münzenmayer, W. Naumann, E. Grün, K. Nogami, I. Mann, H. Svedhem

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Mars Dust Counter (MDC) is a light-weight dust detector of impact ionization type on board Japanese Mars mission NOZOMI. NOZOMI was launched on July 4th (3rd at UT) 1998. From December 1998 to December 2003 for five years, NOZOMI took eccentric orbits between the Earth's and Mars' orbits. Until April 2002, MDC continuously observed interplanetary dust. MDC has detected nearly 100 doubtless dust impacts. There were observed several high-velocity particles, which are apparently different from Keplerian dust particles gravitationally bound to the sun. Directional analysis showed that MDC has detected several particles of interstellar origin during the cruising phase of NOZOMI.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	485-488
Number of pages	4
Journal	Advances in Space Research
Volume	39
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2006.11.006
State	Published - 2007

Keywords

Circumterrestrial dust
Dust detector
Interplanetary dust
Interstellar dust
Meteor stream
NOZOMI

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Summary of interplanetary and interstellar dust observation by Mars Dust Counter on board NOZOMI

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