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Coherent Backscatter Opposition Effect from Saturn Ring Particles and Their Regoliths

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2018

L. J. Horn ,
R. M. Nelson ,
W. D. Smythe  and
B. W. Hapke
L. J. Horn
Affiliation:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Dr., Pasadena, CA 91109
R. M. Nelson
Affiliation:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Dr., Pasadena, CA 91109
W. D. Smythe
Affiliation:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Dr., Pasadena, CA 91109
B. W. Hapke
Affiliation:
Department of Geology and Planetary Science, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260

Abstract

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The photometric phase curves of Saturn's A and B rings exhibit a sharp peak in reflectance when the phase angle approaches zero, commonly known as the opposition effect. Recent work has suggested that the width and amplitude of the opposition effect may be consistent with coherent backscattering from wavelength-sized grains which cover the surfaces of macroscopic ring particles.

Type
XI. Light Scattering
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 150: Physics, Chemistry and Dynamics of Interplanetary Dust , 1996 , pp. 443 - 446
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1996

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