Statistics – Computation
Scientific paper
Sep 1987
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1987icar...71..386g&link_type=abstract
(The Planet Mercury Conference, Tucson, AZ, Aug. 6-9, 1986) Icarus (ISSN 0019-1035), vol. 71, Sept. 1987, p. 386-396. NASA-suppo
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Albedo, Linear Polarization, Mercury (Planet), Phase Shift, Planetary Radiation, Polarization (Waves), Computational Astrophysics, Error Analysis, Mercury Surface, Telescopes, Mercury (Planet), Wavelengths, Longitude, Polarization, Brightness, Albedo, Optical Properties, Comparsions, Surface, Photopolarimetry, Earht-Based Observations, Telescope Methods, Data
Scientific paper
The polarization-time variations noted in the present linear polarization observations of the integrated Mercury disk, with filters covering the 0.3-1.0 micron bandpass and between 53-130 deg of phase angle, may be accounted for in terms of longitude dependence through the variation of brightness or other properties over the surface. Kepler's equation for the eccentric anomaly was solved for each observation, and the true anomaly was used to find the subsolar longitude. The difference found in the polarization-albedo relations of Mercury and the moon indicates a difference in surface texture and/or composition.
Coyne George V.
Gehrels Tom
Landau Rob
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