Introduction to Planetary Photometry

ISBN-13: 9781107131743 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 258 str.

Michael K. Shepard

Opis

This accessible handbook demonstrates how reflected light can be measured and used to investigate the properties of Solar System objects.

Spis treści

Preface; 1. A brief history of planetary photometry; 2. Photometry conventions, terminology, and standards; 3. The mechanics of planetary observing; 4. The physical basis of photometric scattering models; 5. Planetary reflectance and basic scattering laws; 6. Planetary disk-integrated photometry; 7. Planetary disk-resolved photometry; References; Index.