[FPSPACE] Evaluation of Optical Magnitude of Deep Space Spacecraft

[LARRY KLAES]

Evaluation of Optical Magnitude of Deep Space Spacecraft

Authors: Liu Wei, Tang Zheng-Hong, Li Yong-Da

(Submitted on 10 Dec 2007)

Abstract: Optical-electric technology can measure the tangential position 
and velocity of spacecraft. To know the feasibility of the use of 
optical-electric technology, it is necessary to estimate the magnitude of 
spacecraft first. Since the spacecrafts are non-self-illumination objects, 
the estimation formulas of the optical magnitude of spacecraft is 
constructed according to the radiation theory and the extra-atmospheric 
radiant emittance of the Sun in the visible light wave band. Taking 
Chang'e-1 as an example, the magnitude of it in different situations is 
calculated.

Comments:  Published in Proceedings of the 14th Young Scientists Conference 
on Astronomy and Space Physics, Kyiv, Ukraine, April 23-28, 2007

Subjects:  Astrophysics (astro-ph)

Journal reference:  YSC'14 Proceedings of Contributed Papers (eds. G. 
Ivashchenko, A. Golovin), Kyiv, Kyivskyi Universytet, pp. 82-86, 2007

Cite as:  arXiv:0712.1552v1 [astro-ph]

Submission history

From: Ganna Ivashchenko [view email]

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http://arxiv.org/abs/0712.1552