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Deflection of the local interstellar dust flow by solar radiation pressure.

Grün, E.; Landgraf, M.; Augustsson, K. +1 more

Interstellar dust grains intercepted by the dust detectors on the Ulysses and Galileo spacecrafts at heliocentric distances from 2 to 4 AU show a deficit of grains with masses from 1×10^-17 to 3×10^-16kg relative to grains intercepted outside 4 AU. To divert grains out of the 2- to 4-AU region, the solar radiation pressure must…