The micrometeorite flux at Dome C (Antarctica), monitoring the accretion of extraterrestrial dust on Earth

• Published in: Earth and Planetary Science Letters
• Main Authors: Rojas, J, Duprat, J, Engrand, C, Dartois, E, Delauche, L, Godard, M, Gounelle, M, Carrillo-Sánchez, J, Pokorný, P, Plane, J
• Other Authors: Laboratoire de Physique des 2 Infinis Irène Joliot-Curie (IJCLab), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), DIM-ACAV, DIM-ACAV+, CNES, LabEx P2IO, PNP/INSU, NASA ISFM, ANR-18-CE31-0011,COMETOR,Origine de la poussière cométaire(2018)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2021
• Subjects: [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]; Concordia Station; Jupiter; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-03148838; https://hal.science/hal-03148838/document; https://hal.science/hal-03148838/file/Rojas_2021_Flux_MMs.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2021.116794

International audience The annual flux of extraterrestrial material on Earth is largely dominated by sub-millimetre particles. The mass distribution and absolute value of this cosmic dust flux at the Earth's surface is however still uncertain due to the difficulty in monitoring both the collect...