Concept information
Preferred term
Interplanetary dust
Definition
- Particles of dust in the interplanetary medium. They are left-overs from the beginning of the solar system or from other sources such as sublimating comets. Their existence was first deduced from observations of zodiacal light. (en)
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- Meteoroid dust clouds (en)
- Zodiacal cloud (en)
Entry terms
- Interplanetary dust clouds (en)
URI
http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/821
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