Kordylewski Cloud
Kordylewski clouds are large concentrations of dust that may exist at the L4 and L5 Lagrangian points of the Earth–Moon system. They were first reported by Polish astronomer Kazimierz Kordylewski in the 1960s, but there is still debate as to whether they actually exist, due to their extreme faintness. They may be transient phenomena, as the L4 and L5 points are unstable, due to the perturbations of the inner planets.
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