Table 3: Europa's limb-darkening parameter.

Minnaert para-
$\lambda$ Solar phase Method Reference
meter k [nm] angle $\alpha $    

0.60
410c $4^\circ5$ Mutual event (ESO) Descamps et al. (1992)
0.57 800c $4^\circ5$ Mutual event (Pic du Midi) Descamps et al. (1992)
0.63a,e 410-580d $2^\circ9$ Voyager 1 Buratti & Veverka (1983)
0.67a,f 410-580d $3^\circ8$ Voyager 2 Buratti & Veverka (1983)
0.58 395-895b $8{-}11^\circ$ Modulated photometry Present work (R=1562 km)
a Average value on terrain type and wavelength.
b Hipparcos Hp broad passband.
c Effective wavelength.
d The range corresponds to different filters.
e Subspacecraft longitude of $341^\circ$.
f Subspacecraft longitude of $33^\circ$.

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