Pluto's Non-isothermal Surface

Icarus

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 220-250

  Lellouch, E ^a   Laureijs, R ^b   Schmitt, B ^c   Quirico, E ^d   De Bergh, C ^a   Crovisier, J ^a   Coustenis, A ^a  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Spain)

^c LPG   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Charon; Photometry; Planets; Pluto; Surface; Surfaces

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000119846     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2000.6441     Document Type: Article

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