Physics
Scientific paper
Sep 2008
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008epsc.conf..580y&link_type=abstract
European Planetary Science Congress 2008, Proceedings of the conference held 21-25 September, 2008 in Münster, Germany. Online a
Physics
Scientific paper
We present a sensitivity analysis for Pluto's radius constrained by the combination of mutual event lightcurves, HST albedo maps, and Charon stellar occultation radius. Stellar occultations by Pluto are powerful probes of its atmosphere but attenuation due to differential refraction precludes direct measurement of the surface radius. Mutual event lightcurves have the potential to directly and accurately constrain the Charon/Pluto size ratio. However, the surface albedo distribution, limb-darkening, and orbital parameters also affect the observed lightcurces. We investigate the correlated sensitivities of all of these effects on Pluto's radius solution.
Buie Marc William
Young Eliot Fisher
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