Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Dec 1984
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1984natur.312..505d&link_type=abstract
Nature (ISSN 0028-0836), vol. 312, Dec. 6, 1984, p. 505-509. NASA-NSF-supported research.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
82
Brightness Distribution, Galactic Evolution, Infrared Astronomy Satellite, Interplanetary Dust, Solar System, Zodiacal Light, Asteroids, Astronomical Models, Comets, Eccentric Orbits, Orbital Elements, Particle Size Distribution, Spaceborne Astronomy
Scientific paper
It is shown that distinctive longitudinal variations in thermal flux and mean latitude can be used to determine the typical orbits of the grains comprising the Solar System bands. In particular, how the bands should vary if they are debris associated with the three principal asteroid families is predicted. Based on these ideas, IRAS observations may allow discrimination between asteroidal and cometary origins of the dust bands and, perhaps, of the entire zodiacal cloud.
Burns Joseph A.
Dermott Stanley F.
Houck James R.
Nicholson Philip D.
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