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Asteroidal Dust and the Zodiacal Emission

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

William T. Reach
William T. Reach*
Affiliation:
Astronomy DepartmentUniversity of CaliforniaBerkeley, CA 94720

Abstract

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The contribution to the brightness of the infrared background by asteroidal dust, distinguished both by lower color temperature and ‘band-pair’ morphology, is determined using IRAS observations. Dust band pairs are associated with at least 7 asteroid families and groups, but very little is detected from the remainder of the asteroid belt, indicating that asteroid families and groups are the source of asteroidal dust.

Type
Interplanetary Dust: Zodiacal Light and Optical Studies
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 126: Origin and Evolution of Interplanetary Dust , 1991 , pp. 211 - 214
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1991

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