Disk-resolved photometry of Io. I - Near-opposition limb darkening

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Jun 1986

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986icar...66..403s&link_type=abstract

Icarus (ISSN 0019-1035), vol. 66, June 1986, p. 403-454.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Astronomical Photometry, Io, Limb Darkening, Voyager Project, Image Processing

Scientific paper

For conducting a comparison of Voyager photometric measurements of individual areas on the Jovian satellite Io to laboratory data, it is necessary to reduce the two sets of information to a comparable format. In this connection, more accurate normal reflectance spectra for regions on Io are derived by means of a two-step process. The near-opposition limb-darkening characteristics are obtained for areas on the surface of Io. The new limb-darkening results are employed to determine the near-opposition phase behavior of selected regions on the satellite, taking into account also the effects of the opposition surge. A combination of the phase and limb-darkening data makes it possible to obtain improved normal reflectance spectra for regions on Io. These spectra can be readily compared with laboratory spectra of candidate materials.

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