Abstract
Local intensity and emissivity, and consequently local polarization degree, temperature and albedo, can be retrieved from optical and thermal observations of zodiacal light. The local polarization degree (normalized at constant solar distance and phase angle) is found to decrease with elevation above the symmetry plane of the zodiacal cloud. The heterogeneity of the cloud, established towards the symmetry pole, is here demonstrated in the tangential plane (almost perpendicular to the ecliptic plane at 1 AU). We present a map of the local polarization degree in this plane.
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Renard, J.B., Levasseur-Regourd, A.C., Dumont, R. (1991). Optical Properties of Interplanetary Dust in the Tangential Plane. In: Levasseur-Regourd, A.C., Hasegawa, H. (eds) Origin and Evolution of Interplanetary Dust. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 173. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3640-2_41
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