spectral dependency of polarization properties for the lunar regolith
- Paper number
IAC-14,C2,P,61,x26801
- Author
Mr. Minsup Jung, Kyung Hee University, Korea, Republic of
- Coauthor
Prof. Sungsoo S. Kim, Kyung Hee University, Korea, Republic of
- Coauthor
Prof. Kyoung Wook Min, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Korea, Republic of
- Coauthor
Prof. Ho Jin, Kyung Hee University, Korea, Republic of
- Coauthor
Prof. Ian Garrick-Bethell, University of California, United States
- Coauthor
Prof. Mark Morris, University of California, Los Angeles, United States
- Coauthor
Dr. Chae Kyung Sim, Kyung Hee University, Korea, Republic of
- Coauthor
Mr. Il-Hoon Kim, Kyung Hee University, Korea, Republic of
- Coauthor
Ms. So-Myoung Park, Kyung Hee University, Korea, Republic of
- Year
2014
- Abstract
Multi-band polarimetry is a powerful tool for understanding the surface characteristics of airless planetary bodies such as those of the Moon. Polarized light scattered on a airless body contains information on such as mean particle size, compositions, porosity that can be estimated by analyzing the degree of polarization whose spectral behavior is not well known yet. We carried out multi-band (U, B, V, R and I pass-bands) polarimetric observations toward the lunar surface from Lick observatory using 15cm reflecting telescope. We calculate the size parameter of the lunar regolith from our polarimetry data utilizing the albedo map from Clementine. Comparing the polarization maximum ratios and size parameters between adjacent band-passes, we found that different topography (maria and highlands) shows different spectral behavior of the polarization properties. We anticipate that understanding of the spectral dependency of the polarization properties may help understand the different regolith properties between maria and highlands.
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