Progress of Research on Kuiper Belt Dust Dynamics

Abstract

This paper reviews the recent research on the Kuiper Belt dust dynamics. Specifically, we review the related space exploration missions, introduce the origin and destruction mechanism of the Kuiper Belt dust, summarize previous studies on the modeling of the Kuiper Belt dust dynamics, and discuss the population migration mechanism as well as the contribution of Kuiper Belt dust to interplanetary dust in the inner solar system. This study helps to understand the dust environment in the solar system boundary and the interstellar space, and provide valuable insights for the orbital design of solar system boundary missions from the perspective of space environmental safety.

Keywords

dust dynamics / Kuiper Belt / solar system boundary exploration / dust detection

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