Origin and Evolution of Interplanetary Dust

A.C. Levasseur-Regourd, H. Hasegawa

The origin and evolution of interplanetary dust have been extensively discussed ever since the sixties when a series of meetings began which brought together the interplanetary dust community. More recently, during the eighties, new knowledge has emerged from comprehensive studies of cometary flybys and from infrared space observations. At present new, in-situ explorations of interplanetary dust are providing some promising results. The book begins with investigations of interplanetary dust by space and Earth environment studies (Part I), by physics and chemical analysis (Part II), and by zodiacal light and optical studies (Part III). Topics related to cometary dust (Part IV), meteoroids and meteor streams (Part V), and circumplanetary dust (Part VI), which are indeed linked to the evolution of interplanetary dust, are then presented. Finally, the origin of interplanetary dust (Part...