Meaning of zodi | Babel Free

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A unit of zodiacal dust, equal to the amount of interplanetary dust in the inner solar system, which absorbs light and re-radiates it with a luminosity about 10⁻⁷ that of the sun.

Examples

“[…] an exozodiacal dust disk with 3 zodis of material has been added. […] Measuring exozodiacal dust to levels of 1 to 10 zodi in the habitable zones of nearby stars is critical […]”

“"... reaching levels below 1 zodi for stars within 10 pc."”

“[…] for a wide range in exozodiacal background levels (epsilon = 1-100 times the local zodi brightness) and overall prevalence […]”

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