Photometric properties of outer planetary satellites

Details Photometric properties of outer planetary satellites Photometric properties of outer planetary satellites

Nov 1980

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1980icar...44..520d&link_type=abstract

(IAU, American Astronautical Society, COSPAR, University of Hawaii, and NASA, Colloquium on the Satellites of Jupiter, 57th, Kai

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Astronomical Photometry, Natural Satellites, Satellite Rotation, Albedo, Asteroids, Jupiter (Planet), Light Curve, Neptune (Planet), Orbital Elements, Phoebe, Saturn Satellites, Ubv Spectra, Uranus (Planet), Visual Photometry

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Optical broadband photometry for the satellites J6, J7, J8, S7, S9, U3, U4, and N1 and polarimetry for J6, obtained between 1970 and 1979, are presented. The outer Jovian satellites resemble C-type asteroids; J6 has a rotational lightcurve with a period of approximately 9.5 hr. The satellites beyond Jupiter also show C-like colors with the exception of S7 Hyperion. S9 Phoebe has a rotational lightcurve with period near either 11.25 or 21.1 hr. For U4 and N1 there is evidence for a lightcurve synchronous with the orbital revolution. The seven brighter Saturnian satellites show a regular relation between the ultraviolet dropoff and distance to the planet, probably related with differences in the rock component on their surfaces.

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