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Heliospheric modulation of the interstellar dust flow on to Earth

Krüger, H.; Srama, R.; Grün, E. +3 more

Aims: Based on measurements by the Ulysses spacecraft and high-resolution modelling of the motion of interstellar dust (ISD) through the heliosphere we predict the ISD flow in the inner planetary system and on to the Earth. This is the third paper in a series of three about the flow and filtering of the ISD.
Methods: Micrometer- and sub-…

Interstellar dust in the solar system: model versus in situ spacecraft data

Altobelli, Nicolas; Krüger, Harald; Grün, Eberhard +3 more

Context. In the early 1990s, contemporary interstellar dust penetrating deep into the heliosphere was identified with the in situ dust detector on board the Ulysses spacecraft. Later on, interstellar dust was also identified in the data sets measured with dust instruments on board Galileo, Cassini, and Helios. Ulysses monitored the interstellar du…