Abstract:The term 'α-meteoroid' was introduced to describe a group of micrometeoroids with certain dynamical properties, which-alongside the group of the β-meteoroids-had been identified by the first generation of reliable in-situ dust detectors in interplanetary space. In recent years, use of the term α-meteoroid has become more frequent again, under a subtly but crucially altered definition. This work shall bring attention to the discrepancy between the term's original and newly established meaning, and spotlight the… Show more
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