Definition of Interplanetary dust

1. Noun. Microscopic particles in the interplanetary medium.

Group relationships: Interplanetary Medium
Generic synonyms: Dust

Lexicographical Neighbors of Interplanetary Dust

interphone
interphotoreceptor
interphyletic
interphylum
interpilaster
interpilasters
interpillar
interpixel
interplace
interplaced
interplaces
interplacing
interplanar
interplane
interplanetary
interplanetary dust (current term)
interplanetary gas
interplanetary medium
interplanetary space
interplant
interplant distance
interplant distances
interplanted
interplanting
interplants
interplate
interplay
interplayed
interplayer
interplaying

Literary usage of Interplanetary dust

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Exploring Organic Environments in the Solar System by National Research Council (U.S.) (2007)
"LP Keller, KL Thomas, and DS McKay, "An interplanetary dust Particle with Links to CI Chondrites," Geochimica et Cosmo- chimica Acta 56: 1409-1412, 1992. ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"... their spectral composition, the spatial gradient of galactic cosmic rays and interplanetary dust, and the dynamics and chemical composition of the dust. ..."

3. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1876)
"If a cloud of some interplanetary dust or medium of some kind were to come near the earth, the lower parts of this getting mingled with ..."

4. Preventing the Forward Contamination of Mars by National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Preventing the Forward Contamination of Mars, National Research Council (U.S.). Space Studies Board, National Research Council (U.S.). Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences (2006)
"The annual delivery of reduced organic compounds to the martian surface, most of it due to interplanetary dust particles and micrometeorites. is estimated ..."

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