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Add new Web site: Space.com - The Mysterious Zodiacal Light. Sep 19, 2019
Add new Web site: Fact Monster - Science - Zodiacal light. Jun 21, 2011
Media added. Jul 15, 2010
Updated origin of zodiacal light from "micrometeoroids" to "cometary dust." Jul 15, 2010
Media added. Jun 11, 2010
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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