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Sep 1996
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1996dps....28.0405s&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, DPS meeting #28, #04.05; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 28, p.1071
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A linear mixing model has been used to separate the high-resolution visible/near-infrared reflectance spectrum of the Iapetus dark material from spectra of the leading and trailing sides of Iapetus. A distinct absorption feature centered at 0.67 mu m is apparent in the spectrum. A slight inflection covering 0.4 to 0.6 mu m and a change in slope near 0.73 mu m suggesting the lower wavelength edge of an absorption are also present. These absorption features are attributed to (6) A1 -> (4) T2(G) and (6) A1 -> (4) T1(G) charge transfer transitions in minerals such as goethite and hematite that are products of the aqueous alteration of anhydrous silicates. We confirm the strong, positive spectral slope attributed to organic material. Broadband photometry of Phoebe using ECAS filters was acquired on four nights in 1982 (Tholen and Zellner, Icarus, 1983). On two nights covering the same side of Phoebe, the photometry tested positively for an absorption feature centered at 0.7 mu m due to oxidized iron in phyllosilicates. The opposite side of Phoebe was covered by the other two observations. The spectral difference between two opposite sides of Phoebe suggests that an impact fragmented Phoebe's parent body, producing Phoebe at the junction of two different compositional units. High resolution reflectance spectra have been obtained of the Saturnian satellites Phoebe and Hyperion, the main candidates for a circumsaturnian origin of the Iapetus dark material. These will be discussed.
Gaffey Michael J.
Larson Stefan M.
Stockstill Karen R.
Vilas Faith
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