Near-Infrared photometry of Neptune's small regular satellites with Keck - Faculté des Sciences de Sorbonne Université
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Near-Infrared photometry of Neptune's small regular satellites with Keck

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We present data and images that provide insight on the infrared photometry and reflectivity of five of Neptune's small, regular moons: Proteus, Despina, Galatea, Larissa, and Naiad. Data were taken in the H-band (1.485- 1 . 781 μm) on October 07, 2021 from the Keck telescope on Maunakea, Hawaii using the NIRC2 instrument with adaptive optics. We applied a shift-and-stack procedure that allowed us to enhance the signal to noise ratio on each moon as it moved across the detector frame-by-frame. We applied an aperture photometry method to these stacked images in order to extract the flux density and reflectivity of each moon. We find that the H-band albedo of Proteus, Larissa, Galatea, and Despina is the same within one standard deviation, with values near 0.13. The brightness of Naiad is somewhat lower, with a geometric albedo of 0 . 072 ± 0 . 013 . Comparing these findings with previous observations at visible and infrared wavelengths, we find that four of the five observed moons display a slight spectral reddening from visible to near-infrared wavelengths.
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obspm-04784484 , version 1 (16-11-2024)

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Mallory Helfenbein, Edward M. Molter, Imke de Pater, Damya Souami. Near-Infrared photometry of Neptune's small regular satellites with Keck. Icarus, 2024, 413, ⟨10.1016/j.icarus.2024.116004⟩. ⟨obspm-04784484⟩
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