Phase functions of atmosphereless bodies of the solar system

Details Phase functions of atmosphereless bodies of the solar system Phase functions of atmosphereless bodies of the solar system

Apr 1983

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(Astronomicheskii Vestnik, vol. 16, Oct.-Dec. 1982, p. 209-215) Solar System Research (ISSN 0038-0946), vol. 16, no. 4, April 19

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Astronomical Photometry, Brightness, Planetary Surfaces, Satellite Surfaces, Ceres Asteroid, Cratering, Galilean Satellites, Lunar Phases, Mercury (Planet), Phase Shift, Stellar Magnitude, Vesta Asteroid

Scientific paper

A comparison is presented of the phase functions of the moon, Mercury, Jupiter's Galilean satellites, Vesta, and Ceres. It is shown that the effect of the dug-up nature of a surface on the nature of the change of the integral phase brightness is a common property of these atmosphereless bodies. The shadow function, which depends on the degree of cratering of the surface, is found to have an effect on the value of the slope of the phase curve and on the magnitude of the opposition effect. In addition, the magnitude of the opposition effect decreases with increasing albedo of the surface material. These properties are found to be similar for all of the bodies studied, with the exception of Io.

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