The symmetry plane of the zodiacal cloud near 1 AU
Abstract
Analysis of zodiacal light observations from Mt. Haleakala, Hawaii shows that the symmetry plane of the zodiacal cloud near 1 A.U. is close to the invariable plane of the solar system. Since the symmetry plane of the inner zodiacal cloud is close to the orbital plane of Venus (Misconi and Weinberg, 1978; Leinert et al., 1979), it is suggested that the symmetry plane changes inclination with heliocentric distance.
- Publication:
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Solid Particles in the Solar System
- Pub Date:
- 1980
- Bibcode:
- 1980IAUS...90...49M
- Keywords:
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- Astronomical Photometry;
- Interplanetary Dust;
- Light Scattering;
- Solar System;
- Zodiacal Light;
- Electromagnetic Interactions;
- Hawaii;
- Particle Interactions;
- Solar Orbits;
- Symmetry;
- Venus (Planet);
- Astronomy