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interplanetary dust
  غبار ِ اندرسیاره‌ای  
qobâr-e andarsayyâreyi
Fr.: poussière interplanétaire  

Particles of dust in the → interplanetary medium. They are left-overs from the beginning of the solar system or from other sources such as sublimating comets. Their existence was first deduced from observations of → zodiacal light.

See also: → interplanetary; → dust.