Photometric properties of the Moon: Phase curves at small phase angles (0 – 10°) by clementine images

1999 ◽  
Vol 23 (11) ◽  
pp. 1841-1844 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Yokota ◽  
Y. Iijima ◽  
R. Honda ◽  
T. Okada ◽  
H. Mizutani
Keyword(s):  
Moon Phase ◽  
The Moon ◽  
Small Phase ◽  
Phase Angles

Mondbezogene Traditionen in der Forstwirtschaft und Phänomene in der Baumbiologie | Moon-Related Traditions in Forestry and Corresponding Phenomena in Tree Biology

2000 ◽  
Vol 151 (11) ◽  
pp. 417-424 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ernst Zürcher
Keyword(s):  
Moon Phase ◽  
The Moon ◽  
Insect Infestation ◽  
Ancient Forest ◽  
Germination Behaviour ◽  
Forest Utilization

Ancient forest utilization regulations regarding felling dates and wood use are compared to the moon cycles. Furthermore, moon-phase related investigations with regard to germination behaviour, insect infestation and durability of the wood are presented.

scholarly journals Photometric Correction of Chang’E-1 Interference Imaging Spectrometer’s (IIM) Limited Observing Geometries Data with Hapke Model

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (22) ◽  
pp. 3676
Author(s):  
Xuesen Xu ◽  
Jianjun Liu ◽  
Dawei Liu ◽  
Bin Liu ◽  
Rong Shu
Keyword(s):  
Wide Angle ◽  
The Moon ◽  
Imaging Spectrometer ◽  
Multispectral Data ◽  
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter ◽  
Sample Data ◽  
Small Phase ◽  
Wide Angle Camera ◽  
Best Fit ◽  
Data Result

The main objective of this study is to develop a Hapke photometric model that is suited for Chang’E-1 (CE-1) Interference Imaging Spectrometer (IIM) data. We first divided the moon into three areas including ‘maria’, ‘new highland’ and old ‘highland’ with similar photometry characteristic based on the Hapke parameters of the moon derived from Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) Wide Angle Camera (WAC) multispectral data. Then, we selected the sample data in the ‘maria’ area and obtained a new set of Hapke model’s parameters that can best fit these data. Result shows that photometric correction using Hapke model with these new derived parameters can eliminate the effect of variations in viewing and luminating geometry, especially ‘opposition surge’, more efficiently than the empirical model. The corrected mosaic shows no significant artifacts along the tile boundaries and more detailed information of the image can be exhibited due to a better correction of ‘opposition surge’ at small phase angle (g < 15°).

Contrasted influences of moon phases on the reproduction and movement patterns of four amphibian species inhabiting different habitats in central Italy

2014 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 247-254 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonardo Vignoli ◽  
Manuela D’Amen ◽  
Francesca Della Rocca ◽  
Marco A. Bologna ◽  
Luca Luiselli
Keyword(s):  
Predation Risk ◽  
Central Italy ◽  
Habitat Type ◽  
Reproductive Phenology ◽  
Moon Phase ◽  
The Moon ◽  
Amphibian Species ◽  
Moon Phases ◽  
Fitness Effects ◽  
Open Habitat

Many studies have provided evidence that prey adjust their behaviour to adaptively balance the fitness effects of reproduction and predation risk. Nocturnal terrestrial animals should deal with a range of environmental conditions during the reproductive season at the breeding sites, including a variable amount of natural ambient light. High degrees of illumination are expected to minimize those behaviours that might increase the animal detection by predators. Therefore, under habitat variable brightness conditions and in different ecosystems, the above mentioned behaviours are expected to depend on the variation in predation risk. Although moon effects on amphibian biology have been recognized, the direction of this influence is rather controversial with evidences of both increased and depressed activity under full moon. We tested in four nocturnal amphibian species (Hyla intermedia, Rana dalmatina, Rana italica, Salamandrina perspicillata) the effects of different (i) light conditions and (ii) habitats (open land vs. dense forest) on the reproductive phenology. Our results showed that the effects of the lunar cycle on the study species are associated with the change in luminosity, and there is no evidence of an endogenous rhythm controlled by biological clocks. The habitat type conditioned the amphibian reproductive strategy in relation to moon phases. Open habitat breeders (e.g., ponds with no canopy cover) strongly avoided conditions with high brightness, whereas forest habitat breeders were apparently unaffected by the different moon phases. Indeed, for all the studied species no effects of the moon phase itself on the considered metrics were found. Rather, the considered amphibian species seem to be conditioned mainly by moonlight irrespective of the moon phase. The two anurans spawning in open habitat apparently adjust their oviposition timing by balancing the fitness effects of the risk to be detected by predators and the reproduction.

scholarly journals Morfometri Portunus pelagicus Linnaeus, 1758 (Malacostraca : Portunidae) Pada Fase Bulan Yang Berbeda Di Perairan Betahwalang, Demak

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 204-210
Author(s):  
Errizal Machmud Putra ◽  
Rini Pramesti ◽  
Gunawan Widi Santosa
Keyword(s):  
Full Moon ◽  
Environmental Parameters ◽  
Moon Phase ◽  
Swimming Crab ◽  
The Moon ◽  
Portunus Pelagicus ◽  
Natural Factors ◽  
New Moon ◽  
Descriptive Method

Rajungan (Portunus pelagicus) merupakan komoditas unggulan Indonesia. Perairan Betahwalang, Kabupaten Demak memiliki sumberdaya rajungan yang  potensial dengan tingkat eksploitasi yang tinggi. Rajungan ini ditangkap setiap hari tanpa memperhatikan faktor alam berupa fase bulan yang menyebabkan menurunnya populasi. Informasi penangkapan berdasarkan fase bulan diperlukan agar populasi rajungan dapat terjaga. Tujuan Penelitian ini adalah mengkaji jumlah dan sebaran morfometri rajungan yang tertangkap pada fase bulan purnama dan bulan baru di perairan Betahwalang. Penelitian ini dilakukan dari November 2017 sampai Februari 2018 di perairan Betahwalang. Metode penelitian yang digunakan yaitu metode deskriptif. Penentuan lokasi penelitian berdasarkan area penangkapan rajungan di perairan Betahwalang. Pengambilan data dilakukan 8 kali dari tanggal 5 November 2017 sampai 18 Februari 2018. Pengambilan data berupa jumlah, lebar karapas, berat, jenis kelamin rajungan, dan parameter lingkungan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan total rajungan tertangkap yaitu 448 ekor, 296 ekor pada Bulan Purnama dan 152 ekor pada Bulan Baru. Morfometri rajungan ukuran ≤ 10 cm pada Bulan Purnama 190 ekor lebih banyak dari Bulan Baru 90 ekor. Rajungan ukuran > 10 cm pada Bulan Baru 106 ekor lebih banyak dari Bulan Baru 62 ekor. Blue Swimming Crab (Portunus pelagicus) is Indonesia's flagship commodity. The waters of Betahwalang, Demak Regancy have potential Blue Swimming Crab resources with high levels of exploitation.  The crabs are catched every day regardless of natural factors, such as the moon phase that causes the population to decline. Blue Swimming Crab catch’s information based on the moon phase is required for the population to sustaine. The purpose of this research is to study the amount and distribution of Blue Swimming Crab morphometry catched on the full and new moon phase in Betahwalang waters. The study was conducted from November  2017 till February 2018 in the waters of Betahwalang. The research method used was descriptive method. Determination of research location based on Blue Swimming Crab catching area in Betahwalang waters. The data were collected 8 times from November 5, 2017 till February 18, 2018. Data were collected in number, width of carapace, weight, sex, and environmental parameters. The results showed total of catched crabs, were 296 crabs on Full Moon, and 152 crabs on New Moon. Blue Swimming Crab morphometry size ≤ 10 cm on Full Moon was 190 crabs more than New Moon was 90 crabs. Then, in Size> 10 cm on New Moon was 106 crabs more than New Moon was 62 crabs.

scholarly journals Undergraduate students’ understanding of the Moon phase change in a course for trainee teachers in compulsory education

2019 ◽  
Vol 200 ◽  
pp. 02008
Author(s):  
Norihito Kawamura ◽  
Yuusei Naganuma
Keyword(s):  
Phase Change ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Compulsory Education ◽  
Lunar Eclipse ◽  
Moon Phase ◽  
The Moon ◽  
Trainee Teachers ◽  
Scale Size ◽  
Size Model ◽  
Correct Understanding

The authors conducted two classes for undergraduate students. The aim of these experimental classes is to find better way to reduce the number of students with misconceptions related to the Moon’s phase change and increase the number of students with correct understanding of a lunar eclipse. To make deep knowledge of a lunar eclipse, in one class, we carried out practical work utilizing the scale size model kits. In another class, the students performed the work utilizing conceptual model kits. Finally, we found that the scale size model kit could reduce the number of students who believe the Moon phase change occurs due to a lunar eclipse.

Saturn rings: divisions, gaps and ringlets from ground-based telescopes

1984 ◽  
Vol 75 ◽  
pp. 147-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Audouin Dollfus
Keyword(s):  
Phase Angle ◽  
Volume Density ◽  
Light Curves ◽  
High Magnification ◽  
Density Dependent ◽  
Opposition Effect ◽  
Small Phase ◽  
Saturn's Rings ◽  
Phase Angles ◽  
Zero Phase

ABSTRACTThe high magnification visual telescopic observation of Saturn’s rings exhibits divisions, gaps and bright sub-rings. B. Lyot gave a first description of these features. Later, with still more resolving telescopes, we improved the analysis of the ring features. Some gaps and concentric bright or dark sub-rings are phase angle dependent; the steep luminance peaks of their light curves around zero phase angle are volume-density dependent (opposition effect); the overall result produces changes in the shapes and intensities of these features at small phase angles, which are analysed.

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