Interplanetary Dust and the Visible/Infrared Sky Background Radiation.

Abstract

A multidisciplinary approach is developed to provide information on the optical and physical properties of interplanetary dust, its location in space, its origin and dynamics, and its contribution to the astronomical background radiation in the infrared. This approach makes use of ground-based, Earth-orbital, and deep-space probe observations of zodiacal light; development and use of inversion techniques to derive information on particle properties and distribution from zodiacal light observations; analysis of comet tail observations; theoretical calculations and laboratory measurements of scattering by spheroids, cylinders and irregular particles; studies of interplanetary dust dynamics.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 07, 1986
Accession Number
ADA171944

Entities

People

  • Jerry L. Weinberg

Organizations

  • University of Florida

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Background Radiation
  • Birds
  • Deep Space
  • Eccentricity
  • Ground Based
  • Light Scattering
  • Lorentz Force
  • Observation
  • Optical Properties
  • Orbital Elements
  • Physical Properties
  • Quantum Yields
  • Solar System
  • Space Probes
  • Spatial Distribution
  • Stars

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Quantum Dot Semiconductor Device Photonics and Graphene Optoelectronic Materials and THz Physics.
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.
  • Structural Dynamics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Space Objects