English Explanatory Dictionary

Kordylewski cloud

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of the dust clouds found at the Trojan points, the L4 and L5 Lagrange points, in the Earth–Moon system, and of any other such system.

Word forms

Kordylewski cloud Kordylewski clouds

Etymology

Named after Kazimierz Kordylewski, who made the first observations of the phenomenon.

Related words

zodiacal cloud zodiacal light gegenschein Trojan asteroid
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