Polarimetry of Solar System minor bodies and planets

S Bagnulo, I Belskaya, A Cellino, YG Kwon… - The Astronomy and …, 2024 - Springer
The study of the polarisation of light is a powerful tool for probing the physical and
compositional properties of astrophysical sources, including Solar System objects. In this …

[HTML][HTML] Update Granada–Amsterdam Light Scattering Database

O Muñoz, E Frattin, J Martikainen, D Guirado… - Journal of Quantitative …, 2025 - Elsevier
We present an update to the Granada–Amsterdam Light Scattering Database
(https://scattering. iaa. es/), which includes experimental data from both the IAA-Cosmic Dust …

Polarimetry of Didymos–Dimorphos: unexpected long-term effects of the DART impact

Z Gray, S Bagnulo, M Granvik, A Cellino… - The Planetary …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
We have monitored the Didymos–Dimorphos binary system in imaging polarimetric mode
before and after the impact from the Double Asteroid Redirection Test mission. A previous …

Experimental phase function and degree of linear polarization of cometary dust analogues

E Frattin, O Muñoz, F Moreno, J Nava… - Monthly Notices of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
We present experimental phase function and degree of linear polarization curves for seven
samples of cometary dust analogues namely: ground pieces of Allende, DaG521 …

[HTML][HTML] On the application of scattering matrix measurements to detection and identification of major types of airborne aerosol particles: Volcanic ash, desert dust and …

JCG Martín, D Guirado, E Frattin… - Journal of Quantitative …, 2021 - Elsevier
Atmospheric aerosols play key roles in climate and have important impacts on human
activities and health. Hence, much effort is directed towards develo** methods of …

Polarimetric properties of the near-Sun asteroid (155140) 2005 UD in comparison with other asteroids and meteoritic samples

M Ishiguro, YP Bach, J Geem, H Naito… - Monthly Notices of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The investigation of asteroids near the Sun is important for understanding the final
evolutionary stage of primitive Solar system objects. A near-Sun asteroid (NSA),(155140) …

[HTML][HTML] Three-dimensional characterization of particle size, shape, and internal porosity for Apollo 11 and Apollo 14 lunar regolith and JSC-1A lunar regolith soil …

J Goguen, A Sharits, A Chiaramonti, T Lafarge… - Icarus, 2024 - Elsevier
Samples of soils collected by the Apollo 11 mission (10084, 2036) and the Apollo 14
mission (14163, 940) were obtained from the NASA Curation and Analysis Planning Team …

Experimental phase function and degree of linear polarization curve of olivine and spinel and the origin of the Barbarian polarization behaviour

E Frattin, J Martikainen, O Muñoz… - Monthly Notices of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
We explore experimentally possible explanations of the polarization curves of the sunlight
reflected by the Barbarian asteroids. Their peculiar polarization curves are characterized by …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental study of frost detectability on planetary surfaces using multicolor photometry and polarimetry

S Spadaccia, CHL Patty, N Thomas, A Pommerol - Icarus, 2023 - Elsevier
When the temperature and pressure conditions allow it, water ice can deposit as frost on the
regolith of planetary surfaces. Frost is an important indicator of the surface physical …

Light Scattering Measurements of KCl Particles as an Exoplanet Cloud Analog

CD Hamill, AV Johnson, P Gao - The Planetary Science Journal, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Salt clouds are predicted to be common on warm exoplanets, but their optical properties are
uncertain. The Exoplanet Cloud Ensemble Scattering System (ExCESS), a new apparatus to …