Source of Zodiac Glow (IMAGE)

Southwest Research Institute

Source of Zodiac Glow

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The dust between the planets, that scatters sunlight our way, is not from the asteroid belt (depicted here in green), but from periodically disrupting comets that spend much of their time near the orbit of Jupiter, according to calculations by Nesvorny and Jenniskens.

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Southwest Research Institute

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