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Ultraviolet Observations of the Zodiacal Light and the Origin of Interplanetary Dust Grains

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

C. F. Lillie
C. F. Lillie*
Affiliation:
TRW Space and Technology Group One Space Park Redondo Beach, California 90278USA

Abstract

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Surface brightness photometry of the night sky from rocket and satellite experiments shows an increase in the scattering efficiency of interplanetary dust grains in the 1500 to 3000 \ region of the spectrum. This increase is best explained by the presence of small dielectric particles with a mean radius of 0.04 microns. The most likely source of these grains is the dissolution of agglomerates of these particles which are released by comets during their perihelion passage. Many of these agglomerates have been collected in the Earth’s atmosphere by high flying aircraft. Submicron particles swept up from interplanetary space may be responsible for the high altitude haze observed in planetary atmospheres.

Type
Interplanetary Dust: Zodiacal Light and Optical Studies
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 126: Origin and Evolution of Interplanetary Dust , 1991 , pp. 151 - 154
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1991

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