a luminous tract in the sky; a reflection of sunlight from cosmic dust in the plane of the ecliptic; visible just before sunrise and just after sunset
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zodiacal light::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | reflection, reflexion |
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zodiacal light
He also traveled with Birkeland to the Sudan to observe the zodiacal light.
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Collisions also produce a fine dust that forms a major component of the zodiacal light.
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The first, the zodiacal dust cloud, lies in the inner Solar System and causes zodiacal light.
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He abandoned his PhD on zodiacal light for fame with Queen but returned four years ago and completed it.
From the guardian.co.uk
The combination of this fine asteroid dust, as well as ejected cometary material, produces the zodiacal light.
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Zodiacal light is also seen at the image.
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Known as zodiacal light because it follows the same broad band of the sky as the constellations of the zodiac, the phenomenon is caused by sunlight reflected off dust in space.
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Fatio's greatest scientific success was the explanation of the nature of the zodiacal light in 1684, which he attributed to particles reflecting the light of the sun.
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