[meteorite-list] Zodiacal glow revisited

Meteorites USA eric at meteoritesusa.com
Sun May 16 13:23:04 EDT 2010


Just currious, and perhaps I'm not the only one with this question. How 
do you pronounce "zodiacal"?

Regards,
Eric



On 5/16/2010 10:15 AM, bernd.pauli at paulinet.de wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> In mid-April we discussed the source of the zodiacal glow. I just wanted to let
> you know that there is an imformative article in the "News Notes" section of the
> June 2010, Sky&  Telescope issue, p. 16.
>
> Two things, in particular, caught my attention:
>
> 1. The short-period comets turn out to account for virtually all of the zodiacal light
>
> 2. The zodiacal light is the brightest thing in the solar system after the Sun
>     (as viewed from a great distance), outshining even Venus.
>
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Bernd
>
> ______________________________________________
> Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html
> Meteorite-list mailing list
> Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
>
>    



More information about the Meteorite-list mailing list