Statistics – Computation
Scientific paper
Apr 1995
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1995jgr...100.7531w&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 100, no. E4, p. 7531-7537
Statistics
Computation
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Albedo, Iapetus, Satellite Surfaces, Computational Grids, Ice, Kerogen, Mathematical Models, Organic Compounds, Scattering, Spectrophotometry
Scientific paper
Iapetus shows a greater hemispheric albedo asymmetry than any other body in the solar system. Hapke scattering theory and optical constants measured in the laboratory are used to identify possible compositions for the dark material on the leading hemisphere of Iapetus. The materials considered are poly-HCN, kerogen, Murchison organic residue, Titan tholin, ice tholin, and water ice. Three-component mixtures of these materials are modeled in intraparticle mixture of 25% poly-HCN, 10% Murchison residue, and 65% water ice is found to best fit the spectrum, albedo, and phase behavior of the dark material. The Murchison residue and/or water ice can be replaced by kerogen and ice tholin, respectively, and still produce very good fits. Areal and particle mixtures of poly-HCN, Titan tholin, and either ice tholin or Murchison residue are also possible models. Poly-HCN is a necessary component in almost all good models. The presence of poly-HCN can be further tested by high-resolution observations near 4.5 micrometers.
Sagan Carl
Wilson Peter D.
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