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Lunar radiation and temperatures
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Methods of observing.-The vacuum thermocouple attached to the 100-inch telescope was used as in measuring stellar radiation. A microscope cover-glass was used to separate the reflected light from the planetary heat. A fluorite screen and water-cell were used for special purposes. Reduction of the measurements-Comparison stars, whose radiometric magnitudes we have already determined, were used to reduce the galvanometer deflections to abso- lute intensities. These are expressed in terms of the radiometric magnitude of the planetary heat in a solid angle of i sq. sec. of arc. The relation of radiometric magnitude to absolute temperature is given by the equatio
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Metadata
- Authors
- Pettit, E., & Nicholson, S. B.
- Venue
- The Astrophysical Journal
- Publisher
- American Astronomical Society
- Published
- 1930-03
- Volume
- 71
- Pages
- 102
- ISSN
- 0004-637X (ISSN-L)
- 1538-4357
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- W2055258845
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- 203
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 5.94
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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