Interpretation of the zodiacal light in terms of a finite dust cloud

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Aug 1988

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Astronomy and Astrophysics (ISSN 0004-6361), vol. 201, no. 2, Aug. 1988, p. 373-378. ZWO-supported research.

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Interplanetary Dust, Scattering Functions, Spaceborne Astronomy, Zodiacal Light, Brightness Distribution, Computational Astrophysics, Light Scattering

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The brightness and polarization of the zodiacal light are considered under the assumption that the zodiacal dust cloud extends to some finite distance from the Sun. Significant differences are found between the mean volume scattering function of a finite cloud and that of an infinite cloud. Only small differences are obtained for the degree of polarization of the scattering dust particles. Explicit formulae are derived for the brightness of the zodiacal light as a function of elongation and solar distance if observations are made by a spacecraft cruising through a finite dust cloud.

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