Photometric properties of outer planetary satellites |
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Authors: | J. Degewij L.E. Andersson B. Zellner |
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Affiliation: | Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena,California 91109, USA;Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA |
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Abstract: | We present optical broadband photometry for the satellites J6, J7, J8, S7, S9, U3, U4, N1, and polarimetry for J6, obtained between 1970 and 1979. The outer Jovian satellites resemble C-type asteroids; J6 has a rotational lightcurve with period ~9.5 hr. The satellites beyond Jupiter also show C-like colors with the exception of S7 Hyperion. S9 Phoebe has a rotational lightcurve with period near either 11.25 or 21.1 hr. For U4 and N1 there is evidence for a lightcurve synchronous with the orbital revolution. The seven brighter Saturnian satellites show a regular relation between the ultraviolet dropoff and distance to the planet, probably related with differences in the rock component on their surfaces. |
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