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The contribution to the brightness of the infrared background by asteroidal dust, distinguished both by lower color temperature and ‘band-pair’ morphology, is determined using IRAS observations. Dust band pairs are associated with at least 7 asteroid families and groups, but very little is detected from the remainder of the asteroid belt, indicating that asteroid families and groups are the source of asteroidal dust.
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Reach, W.T. (1991). Asteroidal Dust and the Zodiacal Emission. In: Levasseur-Regourd, A.C., Hasegawa, H. (eds) Origin and Evolution of Interplanetary Dust. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 173. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3640-2_44
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