Models for planetary eclipses of the uranian satellites

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Dec 2007

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007icar..192..576m&link_type=abstract

Icarus, Volume 192, Issue 2, p. 576-581.

Computer Science

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A model for computing the brightness of a satellite in the shadow of a planet is described, which takes into account the Sun planet satellite sensor geometry, the satellite bi-directional reflectance function, and the refraction of sunlight in the planetary atmosphere. Synthetic light curves for eclipse ingress or egress of the five large satellites of Uranus are generated. The model luminosities can be fitted to photometric observations in order to calculate a precise distance between the centers of the satellite and the planet. Alternately, when the satellite ephemeris is accurately known the atmospheric state of the planet can be studied.

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