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Table 1
Parameters of the star, the planet, and the moon of the baseline model used for our simulations.
| Stellar parameters | |
| Radius rs (Rθ) | 1 |
| Eff. temperature Ts (K) | 5772 |
| Planetary parameters | |
| Radius rp (km) | 6371.0 |
| Surface albedo ωp | 0.3 |
| Orbital radius dsp (AU) | 1 |
| Eccentricity eb | 0 |
| Inclination ib (°) | 90 |
| Atmospheric parameters (planet) | |
| A (units of 10−5) | 28.71 (Keady & Kilcrease 2000) |
| B (units of 10−5) | 5.67 (Keady & Kilcrease 2000) |
| Depolarization factor δ | 0.028 (Bates 1984) |
| Optical depth τ (550 nm) | 0.098 |
| Lunar parameters | |
| Radius rm (km) | 1737.1 |
| Surface albedo ωm | 0.1 |
| Orbital radius dpm (km) | 380 000 |
| Eccentricity em | 0 |
| Inclination im (°) | 0 |
Notes. Constants A and B are used to calculate the refractive index of air according to Eq. (3).
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