Limb polarization of Uranus and Neptune* I. Imaging polarimetry and comparison with analytic models

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 452, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 657-668

  Schmid, H M ^a   Joos, F ^a   Tschan, D ^a,b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Alte Kantonsschule Aarau   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Planets and satellites: individual: Neptune; Planets and satellites: individual: Uranus; Polarization; Scattering

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; POLARIMETERS; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING;

DISK-INTEGRATED POLARIZATION; PLANETS AND SATELLITES: INDIVIDUAL: NEPTUNE; PLANETS AND SATELLITES: INDIVIDUAL: URANUS; RADIAL LIMB POLARIZATION;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 33744953066     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20053273     Document Type: Article

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