Photometric and polarimetric analysis of samples of lunar surface material returned by the Luna 16 automatic station
Abstract
Polarimetric properties were determined for the L-16-19-1-116 samples, weighing 0.087 g. The measurements were made for five wavelengths between 3540 and 5850 AU. In addition, the normal albedo was determined for each of these wavelengths. The albedo for the measured sample was slightly lower than for the typical material of the dark lunar maria and in addition, there was a well developed branch of negative polarization, which resembles the branch obtained for carbonaceous chondrites crushed into powder, and the branch obtained for the powders of several terrestrial basaltic and ultrabasic rocks.
- Publication:
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Lunar Soil from the Sea of Fertility
- Pub Date:
- October 1974
- Bibcode:
- 1974lssf.nasa..468D
- Keywords:
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- Carbonaceous Rocks;
- Lunar Soil;
- Optical Properties;
- Photometry;
- Polarimetry;
- Basalt;
- Lava;
- Lunar Dust;
- Lunar Maria;
- Lunar Surface;
- Lunik 16 Lunar Probe;
- Minerals;
- Lunar and Planetary Exploration