Interplanetary Dust and Zodiacal Light [electronic resource] : Proceedings of the IAU-Colloquium No. 31, Heidelberg, June 10–13, 1975 / edited by H. Elsässer, H. Fechting.

Space observations of the zodiacal light -- Helios zodiacal light experiment -- Preliminary results of the helios a zodiacal light experiment -- Pioneer 10 observations of zodiacal light brightness near the ecliptic: Changes with heliocentric distance -- Star counts in the background sky observed from pioneer 10 -- The S10 (V) unit of surface brightness -- Polarization of the zodiacal light: first results from skylab -- Photometry of the zodiacal light with the balloon — borne telescope thisbe -- OSO-5 Zodiacal Light Measurements 1969–1975 -- Evidence for scattering particles in meteor streams -- The ultraviolet scattering efficiency of interplanetary dust grains -- Summary of observations of the solar corona/inner zodiacal light from Apollo 15, 16, and 17 -- A temporal study of the radiance of the F-corona close to the sun -- Measurements of the T-corona from daily OSO=7 observations -- The thermal emission of the dust corona during the eclipse of June 30, 1973 -- The color characteristics of the earth-moon libration clouds -- A search for forward scattering of sunlight from the lunar libration clouds -- Presemtation of Zodiacal Light instrument aboard the D2B astronomical satellite -- Visible and UV photometry of the gegenschein and the milky way -- Ground-based observations of the zodiacal light -- Polarimetry of the zodiacal light and milky way from Hawaii -- Scattering in the earth's atmosphere: Calculations for milky way and zodiacal light as extended sources -- Scattering layer of cosmic dust in the upper atmosphere -- Some formulae to interpret zodiacal light photopolarimetric data in the ecliptic from ground or space -- Discussion of the rocket photometry of the zodiacal light -- Consequences of the inclination of the zodiacal cloud on the ecliptic -- Method for the determination of the intensity of scattered sunlight per unit-volume of the interplanetary medium -- On the visibility of the libration clouds -- Scattering functions of dielectric and absorbing irregular particles -- The compatibility of recent micrometeoroid flux curves with observations and models of the zodiacal light -- In-situ records of interplanetary dust particles — methods and results -- Preliminary results of the micrometeoroid experiment on board helios A -- Composition of impact-plasma measured by a HELIOS-micrometeoroid-detector -- Orbital elements of dust particles intercepted by pioneers 8 and 9 -- Flux of hyperbolic meteoroids -- The cosmic dust environment at earth, jupiter and interplanetary space results FRO, Langley experiments on MTS, Pioneer 10, and Pioneer 11 -- Dust in the outer solar system - review of early results from Pioneers 10 and 11 -- Sources of interplanetary dust: Asteroids -- Lunar microcraters and interplanetary dust fluxes -- The size frequency distribution and rate of production of microcraters -- The long term population of interplanetary micrometeoroids -- Lunar soil movement registerd by the apollo 17 cosmic dust experiment -- lectrostatic disruption of lunar dust particles -- Microcraters produced by oblique incidence of projectiles -- Measurements of Impact Ejecta Parameters in Crater Simulation Experiments -- Impact light flash studies: Temperature, Ejecta, Vaporization -- Submicron Particles from the Sun -- Analysis of impact craters from the S-149 Skylab experiment -- Micrometeorite impact craters on Skylab EXPERIMENT S-149 -- Extraterrestrial particles in the stratosphere -- Magellan collections of large cosmic dust particles -- Specific sources of extraterrestrial particles -- Near-earth fragmentation of cosmic dust -- Dust in comets and interplanetary matter -- The production rate of dust by comets -- Can short period comets maintain the zodiacal cloud? -- Optical properties of cometary dust -- The dust coma of comets -- Dust emission from Comet Kohoutek (1973f) at large distances from the sun -- Predicted favorable visibility conditions for anomalous tails of comets -- Study of the anti-tail of Comet Kohoutek from an observation on 17 January 1974 -- Condensation processes in high temperature clouds -- Mariner mission to Encke 1980 -- Meteors and interplanetary dust -- Meteoroid densities -- Possible evidence of meteoroid fragmentation in interplanytary space from grouping of particles in meteor streams -- The heliocentric distribution of the meteor bodies at the vicinity of the earth's orbit -- Fireballs as an atmospheric source of meteoritic dust -- Interplanetary dust in the vicinity of the earth -- Meteor radar rates and the solar cycle -- Evolution and detectability of interplanetary dust streams -- On the structure of hyperbolic interplanetary dust streams -- Expected distribution of some of the orbital elements of interstellar particles in the solar system -- Sources of interplanetary dust -- Dynamics of interplanetary duest and related topics -- Modeling of the orbital evolution of vaporizing dust particles near the sun -- Orbital evolution of circum-solar dust grains -- Temperature distribution and lifetime of interplanetary ice grains -- Radial distribution of meteoric particles in interplanetary space -- Rotational bursting of interplanetary dust particles -- Lunar ejecta in heliocentric space -- Radiation pressure on interplanetary dust particles -- Are interplanetary grains crystalline? -- A Technique for measuring the interstellar component of cosmic dust -- The zodiacal light -- In situ measurements of dust -- Can comets be the only source of interplanetary dust? -- Meteors -- Final remarks.