How to compare the surface of Io to laboratory samples

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Apr 1978

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1978icar...34...63v&link_type=abstract

Icarus, vol. 34, Apr. 1978, p. 63-67.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Albedo, Astronomical Photometry, Io, Planetary Surfaces, Reflectance, Wavelengths, Io, Surface, Satellites, Jupiter, Samples, Reflectance, Albedo, Photometry, Spectrum

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Since one does not know the photometric functions of various parts of Io, one cannot convert the observed geometric albedo of the satellite to a parameter more directly measurable in the laboratory. One must therefore convert laboratory reflectances to geometric albedos before quantitative comparisons between Io's surface and a laboratory sample are made. This procedure involves determining the wavelength dependence of the sample's photometric function. For substances such as sulfur, whose reflectance varies strongly with wavelength, it is incorrect to assume that the photometric function, and hence the ratio (laboratory reflectance/geometric albedo) is independent of wavelength. To illustrate this point, measurements of the color dependence of this ratio for sulfur are presented for the specific case in which the measured laboratory reflectance is the sample's normal reflectance. In general, unless the laboratory reflectance is precisely the geometric albedo, a wavelength-dependent correction factor must be determined before the laboratory sample can be compared quantitatively with Io's surface.

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