Abstract
The micrometeoroid flux for near-Earth space is determined by analysis of data gathered during a period of one year by the detector aboard Prospero, and is found to be greater than 1.7 x 10-
2
m-
2
s-
1
(2π sr)-
1
for a minimum mass threshold of 10~
15
g. Statistical evidence of particle clusters is obtained. Comparison with the data from other detectors of lower sensitivity permits the Poynting-Robertson cut-off to be placed below 10-
13
g, in agreement with several zodiacal light models.
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