Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jul 1980
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1980p%26ss...28..657m&link_type=abstract
Planetary and Space Science, vol. 28, July 1980, p. 657-660.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Interplanetary Dust, Light Scattering, Particle Density (Concentration), Sunlight, Zodiacal Light, Density Measurement, Particle Size Distribution, Pioneer Space Probes, Spaceborne Astronomy
Scientific paper
A method for the determination of the intensity of the solar light scattered by a unit volume of interplanetary space and thus the density and phase functions of interplanetary dust is presented. The method involves the calculation of the scattered light intensity as a function of sun-particle distance and elongation angle from a partly assumed, partly observed brightness in the symmetry plane of the cloud. The scattered light intensity at a given sun-particle distance can then be decomposed to obtain expressions for the particle density and phase function. Ground-based and Pioneer X determinations of the density as a function of distance and the phase function of elongation are then obtained without the use of previous assumptions.
Lopez Gabriel
Mujica A.
Sánchez Federico
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