The Opposition Effect and the Quasi-fractal Structure of Regolith: I. Theory

Icarus

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 96-116

  Shkuratov, Yurij G ^a   Helfenstein, Paul ^b  

^a V N KARAZIN KHARKIV NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

^b Department of Astronomy and Center for Radiophysics and Space Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Fractals; Opposition effect; Photometry; Regolith

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002947280     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2001.6630     Document Type: Article

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