Light-curve inversion formalism

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Feb 1991

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991apj...368..622w&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 368, Feb. 20, 1991, p. 622-625.

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Asteroids, Astronomical Photometry, Light Curve, Albedo, Computational Astrophysics, Matrices (Mathematics), Asteroids, Astronomy, Numerical Methods, Photometry, Pluto, Lightcurve, Techniques, Theoretical Studies, Data Reduction, Analysis, Vesta, Optical Properties

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It is possible to glean information about the surface albedo distribution of objects such as Pluto and the brighter asteroids from photometric light curve data. However, for the inverse problem and opposition light curves, an infinite ensemble of surface albedo distributions can be responsible for a given light curve. This paper presents a block matrix formalism for the light-curve inversion task which rigorously allows inclusion of light curves measured at any object phase and aspect angle. With sufficiently dense coverage of opposition and nonopposition light curves, the ill-posed nature of the light-curve inversion problem may be reduced.

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