Hapke modeling of Rhea surface properties through Cassini-VIMS spectra

M. Ciarniello , F. Capaccioni , G. Filacchione , R.N. Clark , D.P. Cruikshank (1) , P. Cerroni , A. Coradini , R.H. Brown (2) , B.J. Buratti (3) , F. Tosi , K. Stephan (4)

1 ARC - NASA Ames Research Center
2 University of Arizona
3 CALTECH - California Institute of Technology
4 DLR Institute of Planetary Research

► Rhea's spectrum and phase function modeling. ► Spectra from VIMS on board Cassini spacecraft. ► Intraparticle mixture of water ice and Triton tholin reproduces observed reddening. ► Determination of phase function parameters. ► Dependence of phase function parameters on single scattering albedo.

Mots clés: Saturn; Spectrophotometry; Ices; Radiative transfer; Satellites; surfaces

Domaines: Planète et Univers [physics]

M. Ciarniello, F. Capaccioni, G. Filacchione, R.N. Clark, D.P. Cruikshank, et al.. Hapke modeling of Rhea surface properties through Cassini-VIMS spectra. Icarus, 2011, 214 (2), pp.541. ⟨10.1016/j.icarus.2011.05.010⟩. ⟨hal-00786875⟩