The Challenges of Determining the Distribution of Cosmic, Heliospheric and Interplanetary Dust within the Heliosphere
Whitepaper #002 in the Decadal Survey for Solar and Space Physics (Heliophysics) 2024-2033. Main topics: basic research. Additional topics: space-based missions/projects; emerging opportunities.
by Mark Adrian, Conrad Schiff, Damon Bradley, Sean Letourneau, Shing Fung, and Yu Lin
Published onJul 31, 2023
The Challenges of Determining the Distribution of Cosmic, Heliospheric and Interplanetary Dust within the Heliosphere
The studies envisioned herein seek to fill these voids in our knowledge of heliospheric dust, as well as lay the foundations for a mission specifically designed to study the distribution micron-sized dust near the ecliptic plane of the inner heliosphere.