The First Ground-based White Light Lunar Polarization Imaging: A New Kind of FeO Observation on the Near Side of the Moon

• Published in: Research in astronomy and astrophysics Vol. 24; no. 6; pp. 61001 - 61006
• Main Authors: Wang, Wei-Nan, Ping, Jin-Song, Wang, Ming-Yuan, Zhang, Wen-Zhao, Ye, Han-Lin, Han, Xing-Wei, Kou, Song-Feng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Beijing National Astromonical Observatories, CAS and IOP Publishing 01.06.2024; IOP Publishing
• Subjects: Hemispheres; Iron oxides; Lunar maria; Lunar soil; Lunar surface; methods: observational; Moon; Optical polarization; Parameters; Polarimetry; Polarization; Sunlight; techniques: photometric; White light

Abstract Lunar optical polarization is a fascinating phenomenon that occurs when sunlight reflects off the surface of the Moon and becomes polarized. This study employs a novel split-focus plane polarimetric camera to conduct the initial white light polarimetric observations on the near side of the...