Kordylewski cloud

English

Etymology

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

Noun

Kordylewski cloud (plural Kordylewski clouds)

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.

See also

• zodiacal cloud
• zodiacal light
• gegenschein
• Trojan asteroid