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The flux of interstellar particles detected in the Solar System

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2008

Mária Hajduková Jr.
Mária Hajduková Jr.*
Affiliation:
Astronomical Institute of the SlovakAcademy of SciencesDübravská cesta 9, 845 05 Bratislava, The Slovak Republic email: astromia@savba.sk
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Abstract

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The present work shows the proportion of interstellar meteors from different mass ranges (exceeding 20 orders of mass scale) detected by various observational techniques. Having analysed the IAU Meteor Data Center, we find that the mass index of interstellar particles continuously increases towards higher masses, but there is a significant change between 10−10 − 10−11 kg. This break is possibly caused by different physical processes leading to different populations of interstellar particles and might be connected with their origin.

Keywords

Meteorsmeteoroidsinterplanetary medium
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 4 , Symposium S251: Organic Matter in Space , February 2008 , pp. 345 - 346
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2008

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