Candidates for Asteroid Dust Trails
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Candidates for Asteroid Dust Trails
The contribution of different sources to the circumsolar dust cloud (known as the zodiacal cloud) can be deduced from diagnostic observations. We used the Spitzer Space Telescope to observe the diffuse thermal emission of the zodiacal cloud near the ecliptic. Several structures were identified in these observations, including previously known asteroid dust bands, which are thought to have been ...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Astronomical Journal
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0004-6256,1538-3881
DOI: 10.1086/505392