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Table 3

Observing log and results of polarimetric observations of Iapetus’ leading side.

Date & time (UT)
(yyyy mm dd)   (hh:mm) Program ID Exp. (s) α   (°) Filter (%) (%) Ob-lon & lat (°)

2009-05-17   01:05-01:30 383.C-0058(A) 1040 5.84 B  −1.28 ± 0.04 0.00 ± 0.04 106.90, 5.74
    V  −1.33 ± 0.03 0.00 ± 0.03
    R  −1.37 ± 0.03  −0.01 ± 0.03
    I  −1.40 ± 0.04  −0.01 ± 0.04
2010-03-25     02:20-02:39 384.C-0040(A) 640 0.49 B  −0.46 ± 0.05 0.05 ± 0.04 70.45, 9.66
    V  −0.47 ± 0.03 0.02 ± 0.03
    R  −0.48 ± 0.05 0.00 ± 0.03
    I  −0.47 ± 0.04  −0.03 ± 0.04
2010-06-10    01:56-02:37 385.C-0052(A) 800 6.0 B  −1.14 ± 0.06  −0.03 ± 0.07 59.61, 9.07
    V  −1.19 ± 0.04  −0.05 ± 0.06
    R  −1.23 ± 0.04  −0.06 ± 0.06
    I  −1.28 ± 0.05  −0.06 ± 0.07
2011-02-12    04:32-04:57 087.C-0058 (A) 320 4.78 B  −1.24 ± 0.09 0.04 ± 0.10 81.93, 13.00
    V  −1.23 ± 0.06 0.05 ± 0.07
    R  −1.27 ± 0.06 0.03 ± 0.07
    I  −1.27 ± 0.07 0.06 ± 0.08
2012-01-02   07:48-08:04 088.C-0019 (A) 400 5.58 B  −1.14 ± 0.09 0.02 ± 0.09 103.46, 14.88
    V  −1.21 ± 0.06 0.05 ± 0.06
    R  −1.23 ± 0.07 0.03 ± 0.07
    I  −1.26 ± 0.08 0.02 ± 0.08

Notes. Ob-lon & lat refers to the longitude and the latitude of the sub-Earth point, α is the phase angle, while and indicate the measured Stokes parameters with respect to the scattering plane.

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