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ICARUS
卷 175, 期 1, 页码 159-169出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2004.11.001
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Eros; surfaces, asteroids; regoliths
We investigate the electrostatic transport of charged dust in the photoelectron layer over the dayside surface of an asteroid. Micron-sized dust particles may be levitated above the surface in the photoelectron layer. Horizontal transport within the layer can then lead to net deposition of dust into shadowed regions where the electric held due to the photoelectron layer disappears. We apply a 2D numerical model simulating charged dust dynamics in the near-surface daytime plasma environment of Asteroid 433 Eros to the formation of dust deposits in craters. We find that dust tends to collect in craters and re.,ions of shadow. This electrostatic dust transport mechanisin may contribute to the formation of smooth dust ponds observed by the NEAR-Shoemaker spacecraft at Eros. The size distribution of transported dust depends on the particle density and work function, and the work function of the Surface and solar wind electron temperature and density. With reasonable values for these parameters. pin-sized and smaller particles are levitated at Eros. Micrometeoroid bombardment is not a sufficient Source mechanism for electrostatic transport to create the Eros dust ponds. Laboratory measurements of dust in a plasma sheath show that dust launched off the Surface by direct electrostatic levitation can provide a sufficient Source for transport to produce the observed Eros ponds. (c) 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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