Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Feb 1988
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1988jbaa...98..106s&link_type=abstract
Journal of the British Astronomical Association, vol.98, no.2, p.106-110
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
2
Planets, Airless Bodies, Optical Properties, Polarimetry, Surface, Dust, Structure, Polarization, Scattering, Astronomy, Diagrams, Solar System, Icy Bodies, Satellites, Rings, Io, Jupiter, Callisto, Mercury, Mars, Asteroids, Europa, Moon
Scientific paper
The optical polarisation of sunlight reflected from airless solar system bodies provides information on the nature of the scattering surfaces. In the first part of this three-part paper, the polarimetric characteristics of a representative selection of solar system objects is examined. Part II will examine how the processes that give rise to polarisation in the light reflected from a planet may be investigated, and how planetary surfaces may be simulated in the laboratory. Part III will consider some of the theoretical models that have been suggested to account for the phenomenon.
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