University of Tokyo
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Institute of Space and Astronautical Science
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Institute of Space and Astronautical Science
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Institute of Space and Astronautical Science
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Institute of Space and Astronautical Science
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Institute of Space and Astronautical Science
Kumamoto University
Ritsumeikan University
出版者
宇宙航空研究開発機構宇宙科学研究本部
出版者（英）
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA/ISAS)
雑誌名
第38回月・惑星シンポジウム
雑誌名(英)
Proceedings of the 38th ISAS Lunar and Planetary Symposium
ページ
192 - 195
発行年
2006-03
抄録（英）
Recent observations by space telescopes and large aperture telescopes on the ground show the exo-zodiacal disks around stars. The origin and evolution of the zodiacal dust are not yet understood well, since the interplanetary dust cannot stay long under the Poynting-Robertson drag and by mutual collisions of dusts themselves. To sustain the zodiacal dust cloud, it requires continuous supplies of the interplanetary dust particle. We present a new observing project using the cruising phase of PLANET-C/VCO (Venus Climate Orbiter) mission. The PLANET-C/VCO mission, which is a spacecraft cruising through the interplanetary space toward Venus, is a unique opportunity to observe the zodiacal light from the various viewing points and will give us the spatial distribution of the dust cloud along the heliocentric distance as well as the resonance structures.
Observation of the zodiacal light during the cruising phase of PLANET-C/VCO mission
