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An instrument carried on a spacecraft to detect and measure the properties of dust particles. It can determine the composition, mass, speed, and direction of the particles, but does not form an image of the source. Dust detectors have been carried on such space probes as Galileo and Cassini.
Subjects: Earth Sciences and Geography.
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