Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jul 1983
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1983icar...55...93b&link_type=abstract
Icarus (ISSN 0019-1035), vol. 55, July 1983, p. 93-110.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Astronomical Photometry, Europa, Satellite Surfaces, Voyager 1 Spacecraft, Voyager 2 Spacecraft, Albedo, Brightness, Scattering Functions, Jupiter, Satellites, Europa, Photometry, Voyager 1, Voyager 2, Phase Angles, Spectra, Radiometry, Bolometry, Albedo, Scattering, Terrain, Plains, Reflectance, Imagery
Scientific paper
The photometric properties of Europa are derived through an analysis of 90 Voyager images with 3-143 deg phase angles in the spectral range from 0.34 to 0.58 microns. It is noted that, at small phase angles, the disk-integrated phase curve shows almost no evidence of an opposition effect. The scattering properties of Europa in general, and of the bright plain and dark mottled terrain types, cannot be represented by a lunar-like photometric law, although an equation which is a linear superposition of a lunar-like scattering law and a Lambert component provides an adequate and simple representation of scattering properties. The plains are photometrically more homogeneous than the mottled terrain, and these two terrain types exhibit an average normal reflectance of 0.71 on both leading and trailing hemispheres and of 0.60 on leading and 0.48 on trailing hemispheres, respectively.
Buratti Bonnie
Veverka Joe
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