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The Optical Properties of Interplanetary Dust

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

P.L. Lamy  and
J.M. Perrin
P.L. Lamy
Affiliation:
Laboratoire d’Astronomie Spatiale Les Trois Lues, 13012 Marseille, France
J.M. Perrin
Affiliation:
Laboratoire d’Astronomie Spatiale Les Trois Lues, 13012 Marseille, France

Abstract

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After briefly evaluating the observations of the Zodiacal Light and F-corona, we review the laboratory results on the light scattering by dust particles and the various theories which have been recently proposed. We then discuss the optical properties of the dust with emphasis on the phase function, the polarization, the color, the albedo and the local enhancement in the Gegenschein.

Type
Interplanetary Dust: Zodiacal Light and Optical Studies
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 126: Origin and Evolution of Interplanetary Dust , 1991 , pp. 163 - 170
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1991

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