Zodi
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Template:Short description The zodi is a unit of zodiacal dust.[1] One zodi is the amount of zodiacal dust in the inner Solar System.[2] This dust absorbs light from the Sun and re-radiates it as thermal radiation. The luminosity of the zodiacal dust in the Solar System is about relative to the luminosity of the Sun,[3] and in practice, this is the observable characteristic defining one zodi.
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- ↑ Alycia J. Weinberger, "Building Planets in Disks of Chaos" in Sky & Telescope, November 2008, p. 37.
- ↑ Template:Cite journal in The Astrophysical Journal, 713, p. 816