Exozodiacal dust
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exozodiacal-dust-289-10880473
title:
Exozodiacal dust
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Exozodiacal dust is 1–100 micrometre-sized grains of amorphous carbon and silicate dust that fill the plane of extrasolar planetary systems. It is the exoplanetary analog of zodiacal dust, the 1–100 micrometre-sized dust grains observed in the solar system, especially interior to the asteroid belt. As with the zodiacal dust, these grains are probably produced by outgassing comets, as well as by collisions among bigger parent bodies like asteroids. Exozodiacal dust clouds are often components of
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Small particles between exoplanets
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exozodiacal_dust
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2024-03-23T14:45:10Z
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