Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Nov 1980
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1980icar...44..541d&link_type=abstract
(IAU, American Astronautical Society, COSPAR, University of Hawaii, and NASA, Colloquium on the Satellites of Jupiter, 57th, Kai
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
44
Colorimetry, Infrared Astronomy, Jupiter Satellites, Near Infrared Radiation, Phoebe, Satellite Surfaces, Spectral Reflectance, Albedo, Asteroids, Jupiter (Planet), Saturn Satellites, Telescopes
Scientific paper
VJHK measurements of J6 Himalia and S9 Phoebe, using the new NASA IRTF telescope, show that these objects have carbonaceous chondritic type colors in the 0.5- to 2.2-micron region. For Phoebe, this is in contrast to the JHK colors published by Cruikshank (1980), which indicated that the satellite's surface was unlike the material found on asteroids and on the dark side of Iapetus. J6 is known to have a low albedo from thermal infrared studies (Cruikshank, 1977), and the new VJHK observations of S9 imply that it also has a low albedo. The H and K reflectances of S9 are slightly lower than those of J6, suggesting some slight difference in surface composition or a contamination by foreign material. The conjectured low albedo of S9 can be tested with measurements in the thermal infrared.
Cruikshank Dale P.
Degewij Johan
Hartmann William K.
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