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The Symmetry Plane of the Zodiacal Cloud Near 1 AU

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

Nebil Y. Misconi
Nebil Y. Misconi*
Affiliation:
Space Astronomy Laboratory, State University of N. Y. at Albany, Albany, N. Y. 12203

Abstract

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Analysis of zodiacal light observations from Mt. Haleakala, Hawaii show 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), we suggest that the symmetry plane changes inclination with heliocentric distance.

Type
I: Zodiacal Light - Measurements and Models
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 90: Solid Particles in the Solar System , 1980 , pp. 49 - 53
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1980 

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