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Scientific paper
Oct 1991
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991jgr....9619197b&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research Supplement (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 96, Oct. 30, 1991, p. 19,197-19,202.
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Albedo, Astronomical Polarimetry, Icy Satellites, Satellite Surfaces, Triton, Voyager 2 Spacecraft, Light Curve, Optical Activity, Regolith, Space Observations (From Earth), Surface Roughness
Scientific paper
The surface properties of Triton were investigated using data from the ground-based and Voyager photopolarimeter subsystem (PPS) observations of Triton's phase curve. The results indicate that Triton has a high single-scattering albedo (0.96 +/-0.01 at 0.75 micron) and an unusually compacted surface, possibly similar to that of Europa. Results also suggest that Triton's single-particle phase function and the macroscopically rough character of its surface are similar to those of most other icy satellites.
Bliss D.
Buratti Bonnie Jean
Burrows H.
Garkanian Vachik
Gibson James J.
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