Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
May 1984
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1984icar...58..288b&link_type=abstract
(IAU, COSPAR, NASA, et al., Colloquium on Natural Satellites, 77th, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, July 5-9, 1983) Icarus (ISSN
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Ice, Miranda, Natural Satellites, Satellite Surfaces, Uranus Atmosphere, Water, Albedo, Astronomical Photometry, Near Infrared Radiation, Spectral Resolution, Spectrophotometry, Uranus, Satellites, Miranda, Surface, Ice, Water, Infrared, Depth, Spectrophotometry, Surface, Composition, Albedo, Absorption, Magnitude, Diameter, Physical Properites, Comparisons, Observations, Diagrams, Size, Wavelengths, Reflectance, Data
Scientific paper
Near-infrared spectrophotometry at 5-percent resolution shows Miranda to have a water-ice surface. Estimates of Miranda's albedo made from the depth of its 2.0-micron absorption band suggest that its visual geometric albedo is likely to be between 10 and 70 percent which when combined with the satellite's visual magnitude, yields a diameter of 500 + or 225 km. There is some evidence that suggests the visual geometric albedo of Miranda may be greater than or equal to 0.3, which implies that its diameter may lie near the lower end of the estimated range. With these results all the Uranian satellites are now known to have water-ice surfaces.
Brown Harvey R.
Clark Roger Nelson
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