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IT is generally believed that the main fraction of dust in the interplanetary medium is generated by the gradual disintegration of short-period comets in the inner Solar System1,2. Analysis of interplanetary dust-grains is, accordingly, a technique for gathering information on the nature of cometary matter. Until now, however, no particle with an unarguable interplanetary origin has been subjected to detailed chemical analysis.
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BROWNLEE, D., TOMANDL, D., HODGE, P. et al. Elemental abundances in interplanetary dust. Nature 252, 667–669 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/252667a0
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