Zodiacal light

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf astronomer
gptkbp:alignment ecliptic
gptkbp:best_seen_during autumn in the morning
spring in the evening
gptkbp:best_seen_in tropical and subtropical latitudes
gptkbp:brighter_near the horizon
gptkbp:cause sunlight scattered by interplanetary dust
gptkbp:component night sky brightness
gptkbp:difficult_to_see_in light-polluted areas
gptkbp:fainter_at higher latitudes
gptkbp:firstDescribed gptkb:Giovanni_Domenico_Cassini
1683
gptkbp:heldBy faint, diffuse, and roughly triangular white glow
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Zodiacal light
gptkbp:observed_since antiquity
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Gegenschein
interplanetary dust cloud
gptkbp:sometimesCalled false dawn
gptkbp:studiedBy astronomer
gptkbp:visible_after sunset
gptkbp:visible_before sunrise
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Night_Sky
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7