Abstracts for fall meeting of the Japanese Society for Planetary Science
Abstracts 2004 Fall Meeting of the Japanese Society for Planetary Sciences
Session ID : P217
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Poster session 2: Oct. 14, 15:30-17:30
Poynting-Robertson effect due to the solar wind
*Tetsunori MinatoMelanie KoehlerHiroshi KimuraIngrid MannTetsuo Yamamoto
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The impact of solar-wind particles on interplanetary dust grains exerts a drag force on the grains, which decreases their orbital angular momentum and limits their lifetime in a manner similar to the photon Poynting-Robertson effect. We study the solar-wind drag force for the dust aggregate taking into account the penetration of the ions through the aggregate.
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