On the calibration of the polarimetric slope - albedo relation for asteroids: Work in progress
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https://doi.org/10.1478/C1V89S1P022Parole chiave:
Asteroids, Polarimetry, Geometric AlbedoAbstract
Asteroid polarimetry is known to be an excellent tool to derive information on the geometric albedo of these objects. This is made possible by the existence of a relation between the albedo and the morphology of the curve which describes the variation of the degree of linear polarization of asteroid light as a function of the illumination conditions. A major problem is that the calibration of the commonly accepted form of the polarization - albedo relation includes numerical coefficients which are affected by fairly high uncertainties. Following some recommendations issued by IAU Commission 15, we are trying to improve the albedo - polarization relation by taking profit of new polarimetric data obtained in dedicated observation campaigns. We present here some very preliminary results.
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2011-09-15
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