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Is the zodiacal light intensity steady?

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CONTINUED refinement of data on zodiacal light from OSO–5 (ref. 1) confirms our conclusion2,3 that the absolute value of both the surface brightness and polarisation of the zodiacal cloud varied by less than 10% over the 4-yr period from January 1969 to January 1973. These results are in stark contrast with the recently published satellite measurements of Levasseur and Blamont4.

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    Present address: Department of Supply, Aeronautical Research Laboratories, Box 44331, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3001

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  1. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55455

    G. B. BURNETT, J. G. SPARROW & E. P. NEY

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BURNETT, G., SPARROW, J. & NEY, E. Is the zodiacal light intensity steady?. Nature 249, 639–640 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/249639a0

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