Kordylewski cloud

noun

Any of the dust clouds found at the Trojan points, the L4 and L5 Lagrange points, in the Earth–Moon system, and of any other such system.

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Meanings

nounKordylewski cloud (plural Kordylewski clouds)

plural Kordylewski clouds

  1. Any of the dust clouds found at the Trojan points, the L4 and L5 Lagrange points, in the Earth–Moon system, and of any other such system.

Origin

Named after Kazimierz Kordylewski, who made the first observations of the phenomenon.

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Kordylewski cloud. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kordylewski%20cloud

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“Kordylewski cloud.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kordylewski%20cloud. Accessed November 4, 2026.

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