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Dust bands in the asteroid beltThis paper describes the original IRAS observations leading to the discovery of the three dust bands in the asteroid belt and the analysis of data. Special attention is given to an analytical model of the dust band torus and to theories concerning the origin of the dust bands, with special attention given to the collisional equilibrium (asteroid family), the nonequilibrium (random collision), and the comet hypotheses of dust-band origin. It is noted that neither the equilibrium nor nonequilibrium models, as currently formulated, present a complete picture of the IRAS dust-band observations.
Document ID
19900039965
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Sykes, Mark V.
(Arizona Univ. Tucson, AZ, United States)
Greenberg, Richard
(Arizona, University Tucson, United States)
Dermott, Stanley F.
(Arizona Univ. Tucson, AZ, United States)
Nicholson, Philip D.
(Arizona Univ. Tucson, AZ, United States)
Burns, Joseph A.
(Cornell University Ithaca, NY, United States)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1989
Subject Category
Astronomy
Meeting Information
Meeting: Asteroids II
Location: Tucson, AZ
Country: United States
Start Date: March 8, 1988
End Date: March 11, 1988
Accession Number
90A27020
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAGW-1029
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAGW-310
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

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