A search for forward scattering of sunlight from lunar libration clouds

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Sep 1975

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1975p%26ss...23.1313m&link_type=abstract

Planetary and Space Science, vol. 23, Sept. 1975, p. 1313-1319.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Forward Scattering, Interplanetary Dust, Lagrangian Equilibrium Points, Light Scattering, Astronomical Models, Solar Radiation, Zodiacal Light

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Data obtained with the white-light coronagraph on Skylab are analyzed to determine the radiance of forward scattered sunlight from particles in lunar libration regions. It is found that the libration regions could not be distinguished against the solar K + F coronal background, and upper limits are determined for the libration cloud radiance as well as density enhancements in the libration region. The actual spatial density enhancement is calculated on the basis of previous observations by Roach (1975). The radiance contrast of a possible model libration cloud is calculated with respect to the K- and F-corona/zodiacal-light background and is found to be a maximum in the vicinity of a solar elongation angle of the order of 30 deg.

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