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docs/sbpy/activity/dust.rst

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>>> print(np.log10(f.value)) # doctest: +FLOAT_CMP
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`Afrho` may also be converted to geometric cross sectional area, given geometric albedo, photometric aperture, and observer-comet distance:
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`Afrho` may also be converted to/from geometric cross sectional area, given geometric albedo, photometric aperture, and observer-comet distance:
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>>> Ap = 0.05 # geometric albedo
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>>> G = afrho.to_cross_section(Ap, aper, eph)
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>>> print(G) # doctest: +FLOAT_CMP
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25763.15641363505 km2
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>>> print(Afrho.from_cross_section(G, Ap, aper, eph))
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6029.9024895289485 cm
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`Afrho` works seamlessly with `sbpy`'s spectral calibration framework (:ref:`sbpy-calib`) when the `astropy` affiliated package `synphot` is installed. The solar flux density (via `~sbpy.calib.solar_fluxd`) is not required, but instead the spectral wavelengths or the system transmission of the instrument and filter:
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Thermal emission with *εfρ*
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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The `Efrho` class has the same functionality as the `Afrho` class. The most important difference is that *εfρ* is calculated using a Planck function and temperature. `sbpy` follows common practice and parameterizes the temperature as a constant scale factor of :math:`T_{BB} = 278\,r_h^{1/2}`\ K, the equilibrium temperature of a large blackbody sphere at a distance :math:`r_h` from the Sun.
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Reproduce the *εfρ* of 246P/NEAT from Kelley et al. (2013).
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Compare to 397.0 cm listed in Kelley et al. (2013).
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`Efrho` may also be converted to geometric cross sectional area, given emissivity, photometric aperture, and observer-comet distance:
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`Efrho` may also be converted to/from geometric cross sectional area, given emissivity, photometric aperture, and observer-comet distance:
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>>> epsilon = 0.95 # geometric albedo
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>>> G = efrho.to_cross_section(epsilon, aper, eph)
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>>> print(G) # doctest: +FLOAT_CMP
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391.83188076171695 km2
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>>> print(Efrho.from_cross_section(G, epsilon, aper, eph)) # doctest: +FLOAT_CMP
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396.7129099664366 cm
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To/from magnitudes
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

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