А method of reflectance spectrophotometry of atmosphereless bodies of the Solar system, its specificity, and the means of eliminating basic spectral noise are considered. As а development, joining the method of reflectance spectrophotometry with the frequency analysis of observational data series is proposed. The combined spectral-frequency method allows identification of formations with distinctive spectral features, and estimations of their sizes and distribution on the surface of atmospherelss celestial bodies. As applied to investigations of asteroids 21 Lutetia and 4 Vesta, the spectral frequency method has given us the possibility of obtaining fundamentally new information about minor planets.

PACS: 95.55.Qf, 95.85.Kr, 96.30.Ys (all) DOI: 10.1070/PU2007v050n06ABEH006333 URL: https://ufn.ru/en/articles/2007/6/d/ 000249986100004 2-s2.0-35248882559 2007PhyU...50..637B Citation: Busarev V V, Prokof’eva-Mikhailovskaya V V, Bochkov V V "Spectral and spectral-frequency methods of investigating atmosphereless bodies of the Solar system" Phys. Usp. 50 637–647 (2007) BibTexBibNote ® (generic)BibNote ® (RIS)MedlineRefWorks Оригинал: Бусарев В В, Прокофьева-Михайловская В В, Бочков В В «Спектральный и спектрально-частотный методы исследования безатмосферных тел Солнечной системы» УФН 177 663–675 (2007); DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0177.200706d.0663