| Session Details | |
| Section | PS - Planetary Sciences |
| Session Title | Cosmic Dust: Its Formation and Evolution |
| Main Convener | Dr. Hiroshi Kimura (Center for Planetary Science, Japan) |
| Co-convener(s) | Dr. Misato Fukagawa (Osaka University, Japan) Dr. Keiko Nakamura-Messenger (NASA Johnson Space Center, United States) Dr. Ludmilla Kolokolova (University of Maryland, United States) Dr. Aigen Li (University of Missouri-Columbia, United States) Dr. Cornelia Jaeger (Friedrich Schiller University, Germany) |
| Session Description | A primary goal of this session is to find a consensus among experts in the formation and evolution of cosmic dust: where it comes from and where it goes. All kinds of cosmic dust such as intergalactic dust, interstellar dust, circumstellar dust, cometary dust, asteroidal dust, interplanetary dust, circumplanetary dust, stellar nebular condensates, presolar grains, micrometeorites, meteoroids, meteors, and regolith particles are the subject of discussion. The session will address interrelation between them and perceptions on the dust alteration through a variety of processing. This includes different methods of its determination (in-situ and laboratory measurements, astronomical observations, laboratory and numerical analogue simulations, theoretical modeling, etc.). However, the session is open for any other aspects of dust research. We plan to publish a special issue of Earth, Planets and Space (EPS) devoted to this session. |