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Rocket Determination of the Ultra-Violet Reflectivity of the Moon

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

J. H. Carver  and
B. H. Horton
J. H. Carver
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Adelaide
B. H. Horton
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Adelaide
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We have used rocket-borne photometers to determine the ultra-violet flux of the full moon in the wavelength range 2400-2900A where atmospheric ozone prevents ground-based observations. The lunar fluxes determined in two rocket firings from Woomera on 9th December, 1965, and 30th August, 1966, are summarized in the Table. The results for the two firings have been corrected to full moon values on the assumption that the lunar phase law is the same at these ultra-violet wavelengths as it is in the visible.

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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , January 1967 , pp. 11
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Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1967

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