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Apart from radiation and particles of solar or galactic origin, interplanetary space contains dust and rocky bodies of all sizes. Interplanetary dust is apparent in the zodiacal light which may be observed at sunrise or sunset, either close to the Sun, or at the antisolar point (when it is known as the gegenschein) and arises through scattering of sunlight by the grains.
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Encrenaz, T., Bibring, JP., Blanc, M., Barucci, MA., Roques, F., Zarka, P. (2004). Interplanetary Dust, Micrometeorites and Meteorites. In: The Solar System. Astronomy and Astrophysics Library. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-10403-3_13
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