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Table 4 Comparison of the radial power-law index \(\alpha\)

From: Heliocentric distance dependence of zodiacal light observed by Hayabusa2#

Value of \(\alpha\)

Coverage of \(\alpha\)

Method

Observation wavelength

Observation site

Instrument

References

\(1-1.5\)

1–3.3 au

ZL observation

B, R bands

Interplanetary space

Pioneer 10/11

Hanner et al. (1976)

\(1.3 \pm 0.05\)

0.3–1 au

ZL observation

U, B, V bands

Interplanetary space

Helios 1/2

Leinert et al. (1981)

\(1.34 \pm 0.022\)

>1 au

ZL observation

1.25–240 \(\mu\)m

Geocentric orbit

COBE

Kelsall et al. (1998)

1.22

>1 au

ZL observation

1.25–240 \(\mu\)m

Geocentric orbit

COBE

Wright (1998)

\(1.45 \pm 0.05\)

0.06–0.6 au

F-corona

0.5–0.9 \(\mu\)m

Lunar orbit

Clementine

Hahn et al. (2002)

\(1.59 \pm 0.02\)

>1 au

ZL observation

9 \(\mu\)m, 18 \(\mu\)m

Geocentric orbit

AKARI

Kondo et al. (2016)

\({1.34^{1}}\)

1–3.3 au

ZL observation

B, R bands

Interplanetary space

Pioneer 10/11

Matsumoto et al. (2018)

\(1.31 - 1.35\)

0.07–0.45 au

F-corona

0.63–0.73 \(\mu\)m

Heliocentric orbit

STEREO-A

Stenborg et al. (2018)

1.31

0.1–0.4 au

F-corona

0.49-0.74 \(\mu\)m

Interplanetary space

PSP

Howard et al. (2019)

2

0.17–0.7 au

Dust counting

–

Interplanetary space

PSP

Szalay et al. (2020)

\(1.30 \pm 0.08\)

0.76–1.06 au

ZL observation

0.39-0.84 \(\mu\)m

Interplanetary space

Hayabusa2#

This work

  1. 1 the Kelsall model is assumed