The Iapetus magnitude puzzle

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Apr 2007

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007jbaa..117...76e&link_type=abstract

Journal of the British Astronomical Association, vol.117, no.2, p.76-80

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Saturn's satellite Iapetus undergoes a wide range of brightness variations between magnitude 10.2 near western elongation and 11.9 near eastern elongation. However visual observers have frequently estimated the brightness of Iapetus to approach 9th magnitude at western elongation. This paper investigates the matter more fully and offers possible explanations for why visual observers overestimate the brightness of Iapetus.

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