1. The dynamics of the zodiacal dust cloud on account of optical and infrared observations
- Creator:
- Kneißel, B. and Giese, R. H.
- Format:
- bez média and svazek
- Type:
- model:article and TEXT
- Subject:
- optical and infrared observations, zodiacal dust cloud, and collisions
- Language:
- Czech
- Description:
- The method to determine the inclination distribution of zodiacal particle orbits according to 3D-density models of zodiacal dust presented by Giese and Kneißel (1987, this volume) is briefly discussed. The results show that models with additional bulges at the solar poles bear an isotropic component of the inclination distribution amounting up to 20% of all orbits, whereas infrared models show almost no isotropic component. The existence of an isotropic component for zodiacal dust orbits is questioned by comparison with the orbital elements of meteoroidal particles which serve as a source for the zodiacal dust by mutual collisions
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ and policy:public