Re: (meteorobs)subvisible meteors was Zodiacal light questions

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• Subject: Re: (meteorobs)subvisible meteors was Zodiacal light questions
• From: Lew Gramer <dedalus>
• Date: Fri, 23 Oct 98 15:27:03 -0400
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I've been really interested in this thread about zodiacal light phenomena
(including the Zodiacal Light aka "False Twilight", the Gegenschein aka
"Counterglow", and the Zodiacal Band which can actually be seen sometimes
stretching along the length of the ecliptic on dark nights).

One group of questions in the thread has confused me somewhat though: my
understanding of these phenomena was that they were due to the huge band
(or bands) of interplanetary dust found orbiting the sun - not necessarily
anywhere near the earth, and almost certainly unrelated to any meteoroid
streams which impact earth... Is that not the case?

Lew, sleep-deprived but happy :)

• Re: (meteorobs)subvisible meteors was Zodiacal light questions
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