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UBV photometry of the Galilean satellites

R. L. Millis, +1 more
- 01 Dec 1975 - 
- Vol. 26, Iss: 4, pp 408-419
TLDR
In this paper, the dependence of brightness on solar phase angle for various faces of each satellite is determined and significant differences in this dependence are found between different faces of the same satellite, between satellites, and between the present results and those of previous investigators.
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This article is published in Icarus.The article was published on 1975-12-01. It has received 70 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Satellite & Observatory.

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Bidirectional reflectance spectroscopy 3. Correction for macroscopic roughness

TL;DR: In this article, a mathematically rigorous formalism is derived by which an arbitrary photometric function for the bidirectional reflectance of a smooth surface may be corrected to include effects of general macroscopic roughness.
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Bidirectional reflectance spectroscopy. IV - The extinction coefficient and the opposition effect

TL;DR: In this paper, an analytical model was developed for the opposition effect (heiligenshein) in the case of light scattering from a semi-infinite, particulate medium with particles that are large relative to the wavelength.
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Voyager photometry of Europa

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors derived the photometric properties of Europa using a linear superposition of a lunar-like scattering law and a Lambert component, which is an adequate simple representation of the scattering properties.
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Europa's phase curve: Implications for surface structure

TL;DR: The surface of the Jovian satellite Europa is characterized on the basis of an analysis of ground photoelectric photometry at 470 and 550 nm and Voyager images as discussed by the authors, and it is concluded that the surface was formed mainly by endogenic processes.
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Polarimetric remote sensing of Solar System objects

TL;DR: In this paper, the basic physical principles and practical methods of polarimetric remote sensing of solar system objects are summarized and the results of extensive ground-based, aircraft, and spacecraft observations of numerous Solar System objects (the Earth and other planets, planetary satellites, Saturn's rings, asteroids, trans-Neptunian objects, and comets).
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Galilean Satellites: Identification of Water Frost

TL;DR: The leading side of JIII has 20 percent more frost cover than the trailing side, which explains the visible geometric albedo differences between the two sides, and the reflectivity of the material underlying the frost on JII, JIII, and JIV resembles that of silicates.
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Infrared Spectra of the Galilean Satellites of Jupiter

TL;DR: In this paper, a Michelson interferometer was used to measure the albedo of the four Galilean satellites from 1 to 4 microns, and the upper limits of 0.5 cm-atm (STP) corresponding to.00000006 atm partial surface pressure were set for CH4 and NH3 on all four satellites.
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Four-color photometry of the Galilean satellites

TL;DR: In this article, the rotational light curves for Io, Europa, and Ganymede at a mean phase angle of about 6 degrees were obtained by combining their observations with photometry obtained by others over a broader range of phase angles.
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Galilean satellites - Narrowband photometry 0.30 to 1.10 microns

TL;DR: Johnson and McCord as mentioned in this paper used interference filters to scan the spectral range from 0.3 to 1.1μ for all the Galilean satellites and found that all the satellites have significantly higher geometric albedos than Mercury, the Moon, or Mars, even allowing for large errors in the measurement of satellite diameters.