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Noun Concept
Categories: Observational astronomy, Articles with short description, Solar System, Light sources
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zodiacal light  false dawn  Zodaical light  Zodiac band  zodiacal band
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A luminous tract in the sky; a reflection of sunlight from cosmic dust in the plane of the ecliptic; visible just before sunrise and just after sunset WordNet 3.0
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A luminous tract in the sky; a reflection of sunlight from cosmic dust in the plane of the ecliptic; visible just before sunrise and just after sunset WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
The zodiacal light is a faint glow of diffuse sunlight scattered by interplanetary dust. Wikipedia
A faint, roughly triangular glow seen in the night sky Wikipedia Disambiguation
Glow in the night sky appearing to extend from the Sun's direction and along the zodiac Wikidata
A soft glow of white light seen in the sky along the ecliptic in an elongated triangular form with its base being on the horizon, particularly in the tropics. Wiktionary
Soft glow of white light extending upward from the horizon along the ecliptic, particularly in the tropics. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
reflection
optical phenomenon
DIFFERENT FROM
counterglow
NAMED AFTER
zodiac
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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zodiacal light
Wikipedia
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zodiacal light
Wikidata
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zodiacal light
Wiktionary
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zodiacal light
Wikipedia Redirections
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Zodaical light, Zodiac band, zodiacal band, Zodiacal glow, Zodiacal Light
Wikidata Alias
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false dawn

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