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Un resplandor en el cielo durante el crepúsculo astronómico del sol (preferentemente el vespertino) se produce cuando el sol desaparece por el horizonte y coincide con el plano de la eclíptica o faja zodiacal, se le conoce como el fenómeno:A glow in the sky during astronomical twilight (especially in the evening), seen after the Sun sets below the horizon along the plane of the ecliptic or zodiacal belt, is known as:
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Correct answer: a) The zodiacal light.
Why it is correct
Zodiacal light is a faint cone-shaped glow along the plane of the ecliptic after evening twilight or before dawn, caused by sunlight scattered by interplanetary dust.
Why the others are not
- b) The green flash lasts an instant on the Sun’s upper limb.
- c) A parhelion is a mock sun from ice-crystal refraction.
- d) A mirage is refraction through air layers of different density.
How to work it out in the exam
- Glow along the ecliptic plane: zodiacal light.
Where this question comes from
- Región de Murcia · 2022 · 3ª convocatoria · CY Tipo x · question 25 Official paper · Official answer key
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