Albedo maps of Pluto and Charon - Initial mutual event results

by: Buie, M.W.; Tholen, D.J.; Horne, K.

ABSTRACT

By applying the technique of maximum entropy image reconstruction to
invert observed lightcurves, surface maps of single-scattering albedo
are obtained for the surfaces of Pluto and Charon from 1954 to 1986. The
albedo features of the surface of Pluto are similar to those of the Buie
and Tholen (1989) spot model maps a south polar cap is evident. The map
of Charon is somewhat darker, with single-scattering albedos as low as
0.03.

Icarus (ISSN 0019-1035), vol. 97, no. 2, June 1992, p. 211-227.



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