Migration of Asteroidal Dust
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We numerically investigate the migration of dust particles with initial orbits close to those of the numbered asteroids. The fraction of silicate particles that collided with the Earth during their lifetimes varied from 0.2% for 40 micron particles to 0.008% for 1 micron particles. Almost all particles with diameter d>4 microns collided with the Sun. The peaks in the migrating asteroidal dust particles' semi-major axis distribution at the n/(n+1) resonances with Earth and Venus and the gaps associated with the 1:1 resonances with these planets are more pronounced for larger particles.
Proc. of the international conference "New trends in astrodynamics and applications" (20-22 January 2003, University of Maryland, College Park), in press
Proc. of the international conference "New trends in astrodynamics and applications" (20-22 January 2003, University of Maryland, College Park), in press