Solar phase curves for Rhea are presented using new telescopic opposit
ion data along with Voyager imaging observations. Two viable solutions
were found to Hapke's model (1986, Icarus 67, 264-280) which was used
to describe this phase curve. The porosity derived from the model's o
pposition parameters show that the optically active portion of Rhea's
regolith has a porosity between 80 and 95%, which is slightly lower th
an the porosity seen on Europa and higher than the porosity measured f
or the Moon using similar methods. The macroscopic roughness is compar
able to that measured by Verbiscer and Veverka (1989, Icarus 82, 336-3
53) far Rhea. The single-particle scattering functions found in this s
tudy are predominantly forward scattering, which contradicts the resul
ts of Verbiscer and Veverka (1989). (C) 1995 Academic Press, Inc.