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Flux and composition of interstellar dust at Saturn from Cassini’s Cosmic Dust Analyzer
DOI: 10.1126/science.aac6397 Bibcode: 2016Sci...352..312A

Kempf, S.; Postberg, F.; Srama, R. +12 more

Interstellar dust (ISD) is the condensed phase of the interstellar medium. In situ data from the Cosmic Dust Analyzer on board the Cassini spacecraft reveal that the Saturnian system is passed by ISD grains from our immediate interstellar neighborhood, the local interstellar cloud. We determine the mass distribution of 36 interstellar grains, thei…

2016 • Science
Cassini 100
Cassini detects interstellar dust grains
Bibcode: 2016Sci...352Q.304S

Smith, Keith T.

2016 • Science
Cassini 0