https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/i2011-11099-3
Regular Article
The brightness temperature of Mercury at 150 and 240 GHz
Department of Physics, University of Roma Tre, Rome, Italy
* e-mail: sabbatini@fis.uniroma3.it
Received:
12
July
2011
Revised:
28
September
2011
Accepted:
28
September
2011
Published online:
26
October
2011
During the Italian Antarctic Expedition 2004/2005 we observed Mercury at 150 and 240 GHz. The observations have been carried out by means of the 2.6 m OASI telescope. By using the responsivity of our detectors, obtained from Venus, the brightness temperature of the planet was derived.
© Società Italiana di Fisica and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2011
