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Modelling of the Coherent Backscattering Opposition Effect: Comparison to Planetary Phase Curves

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2016

Sanna Kaasalainen ,
Karri Muinonen  and
Jukka Piironen
Sanna Kaasalainen
Affiliation:
Observatory, P.O. Box 14, FIN-00014, University of Helsinki, Finland
Karri Muinonen
Affiliation:
Observatory, P.O. Box 14, FIN-00014, University of Helsinki, Finland
Jukka Piironen
Affiliation:
Observatory, P.O. Box 14, FIN-00014, University of Helsinki, Finland

Abstract

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We study the opposition effect of icy planetary satellites by means of a Monte Carlo simulation of the coherent backscattering opposition effect for spherical objects covered with locally plane parallel media.

Type
II. Joint Discussions
Information
Highlights of Astronomy , Volume 12: Highlights of Astronomy. As presented at the XXIVth General Assembly of the IAU, 2000 , 2002 , pp. 649
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Pacific 2002

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