Thermal inertia and bolometric Bond albedo values for Mimas, Enceladus, Tethys, Dione, Rhea and Iapetus as derived from Cassini/CIRS measurements

By C. Howett, J. Spencer, J. Pearl, M. Segura. 2010

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Enceladus: An Active Ice World in the Saturn System (2013, background): “Enceladus has the highest albedo of any known solar system object, reflecting ∼80% of the sunlight that it intercepts (Howett et al. 2010).”
High heat flow from Enceladus' south polar region measured using 10–600 cm−1 Cassini/CIRS data (2011, background): “The bolometric Bond albedo of Enceladus has been shown to vary from 0.74 to 0.82 from 70°N to 60°S, with a general trend of increasing albedo toward more southern latitudes [ Howett et al., 2010 ].”
Active Cryovolcanism on Europa? (2017, background): “There are no obvious anomalous albedo features; however, that does not preclude a modification to the thermal inertia (by analogy, the dramatic thermal inertia anomaly seen on Mimas’s leading side, Howett et al. 2010, is barely detectable in visible wavelengths).”
MAIN BELT ASTEROIDS WITH WISE/NEOWISE. I. PRELIMINARY ALBEDOS AND DIAMETERS (2011, methodology): “Observations taken in situ by spacecraft can be used to measure both the absolute albedo and its variation across a body’s surface (e.g. Howett et al. 2010), as well as its diameter, though only a handful of objects have been visited by spacecraft.”