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Authors: Thomas Peter, Veverka Joseph, and Helfenstein Paul
%F: AA(Cornell University, Ithaca, NY), AB(Cornell University, Ithaca, NY), AC(Cornell University, Ithaca, NY)
Title: Voyager observations of Nereid
Abstract: The Nereid's size and basic photometric properties were determined by analyzing Voyager 2 observations of Nereid obtained over a 12-day interval at solar phase angles of 25-96 deg. It was found that Nereid's radius is 170 +/-25 km and its geometric albedo exceeds 0.16. No evidence was found of a rotation light curve. It is concluded that, while Nereid is simialr to some of the icy satellites of Uranus, it is quite distinct from the group of six small inner satellites of Neptune discovered by Voyager: these other satellites are much darker and have much higher phase coefficients.
Keywords: data , major, Neptune, observation, planetology, position, spacecraft
Journal: Journal of Geophysical Research Supplement
Volume: 96
Number: A11
Pages: 19253-19259
Year: 1991
Bibliogaphic Code: 1991JGR....9619253T

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