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Lightcurve Inversion and Surface Reflectivity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

A. A. Lacis  and
J. D. Fix
A. A. Lacis
Affiliation:
The University of Iowa
J. D. Fix
Affiliation:
The University of Iowa

Abstract

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A simplified lightcurve inversion method is applied for the special case where observations are taken in the equatorial plane of the asteroid The solution is obtained in terms of a spotted two-surface model using Lambert’s law and geometrical reflectivities.

Type
Part I-Observations
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 12: Physical Studies of Minor Planets , 1971 , pp. 141 - 146
Copyright
Copyright © NASA 1971

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