Theory and application of the polarization-albedo rules

Details Theory and application of the polarization-albedo rules Theory and application of the polarization-albedo rules

Dec 1980

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1980icar...44..780w&link_type=abstract

Icarus, vol. 44, Dec. 1980, p. 780-792.

Computer Science

31

Albedo, Asteroids, Light Scattering, Lunar Surface, Planetary Surfaces, Polarization (Waves), Computerized Simulation, Satellite Surfaces, Solar System, Space Exploration

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The paper reports results of a computer calculation of the scattering of light from porous particulate surfaces such as those of the moon, asteroids, and airless planets. The scattered-light intensity and polarization are computed as a function of phase angle, and plots are constructed corresponding to the observed empirical rules for deducing albedo from the slope, maximum, and minimum of polarization curves. The approximate linearity of these rules on a log-log plot is confirmed for most solar system objects. The theory shows that the albedo vs. polarization plots correspond directly to a plot in two dimensions of the real vs. imaginary index of refraction of these soils, using curved axes.

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