Galilean satellites - Anomalous temperatures disputed

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Jan 1977

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1977sci...195...90m&link_type=abstract

Science, vol. 195, Jan. 7, 1977, p. 90-92; Author's Reply, p. 92, 93.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Astronomical Models, Brightness Temperature, Galilean Satellites, Optical Properties, Infrared Astronomy, Satellite Rotation, Spectral Bands, Surface Temperature, Thermophysical Properties

Scientific paper

Anomalous averaged infrared brightness temperatures of the Galilean satellites of Jupiter reported by Gross (1975) are rejected as falsely conceived and lacking physical reality. It is argued that the calculations of equilibrium temperatures should be corrected, whereupon predictions would be in satisfactory agreement with observations, in conformity with the radiometric method of determining the diameters of asteroids and satellites. The IR irradiance and the related disk-averaged brightness temperature for the spectral band are recommended as more relevant. Attention is drawn to some interesting discrepancies between calculated and observed temperatures of the Jovian satellites which merit further investigation.

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