ALPO Observations of the Remote Planets in 2016-2017
Abstract
This report summarizes brightness measurements of Uranus and Neptune and brief descriptions of each planet's disk. A brightness model for the normalized V-filter brightness of Uranus in terms of the solar phase angle and sub-Earth latitude is presented. Mean normalized magnitudes for Uranus and Neptune in the U, B and V filters are also presented.
- Publication:
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Journal of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers, the Strolling Astronomer
- Pub Date:
- June 2018
- Bibcode:
- 2018JALPO..60c..79S