Illuminated extent: a telltale measure of an inferior planet's disk.

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Jan 2000

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Strolling Astron., Vol. 42, No. 1, p. 18 - 22

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Magnitudes: Mercury, Magnitudes: Venus

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A descriptive parameter dubbed "illuminated extent" is proposed, defined as the total solid angle subtended, from an astronomer's view, by the illuminated portion of an object. A celestial body exhibiting wide variance in both phase and angular size - an inferior planet primarily - is well characterized by this parameter, for its peak value denotes when the luminous image maximally covers a telescope's focal surface, a prime viewing circumstance.

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