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RE: (meteorobs) Re: Zodiacal light
Carl Sagan & Ann Druyan also describe Zodiacal Light fairly well in
"Comet" for those with an interest in paper format source materials :-)
Robert.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Bedient [SMTP:bedient@amsmeteors.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2000 6:10 PM
> To: meteorobs@jovian.com
> Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Re: Zodiacal light
>
> At 05:10 PM 1/26/00 -0800, you wrote:
> >Hi Lew & all,
> >
> >Wow; I've not heard of the gegenshein or zodiacal band, ever. What is
> the
> >cause of these phenomena?
> >
>
> They are cause by light reflecting from myriad dust particles in the
> solar
> system.
>
> Tropical skies are quite bright, in terms of sky glow. I have never
> unambiguously seen the gegenschein from Hawaii. Then again I never
> saw it
> from the northern US, either.
>
> Zodiacal light picture:
> http://antwrp.gsfc.nasadot gov/apod/ap970826.html
>
> Simple explanation from Earth & Sky:
>
> http://earthsky.worldofscience.com/1998/es980921.html
>
> Zodiacal light observed by Clementine:
>
> http://sn-callisto.jsc.nasadot gov/sn3_other/zodiac/zodiac.html
>
> The Zodiacal light in infrared:
>
> http://antwrp.gsfc.nasadot gov/apod/ap980128.html
>
> SEDS on the the interplanetary medium:
>
> http://seds.lpl.arizonadot edu/billa/tnp/medium.html
>
> Gegenschein picture:
>
> http://antwrp.gsfc.nasadot gov/rjn/apod/ap990625.html
>
>
>
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