Search for Variations in Pluto's Millimeter-Wave Emission

Icarus

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 580-584

  Lellouch, E ^a   Paubert, G ^b   Moreno, R ^c   Schmitt, B ^d  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^b Institute de Radioastronomie Millimétrique IRAM Núcleo Central   (Spain)

^c IRAM   (France)

^d Domaine Universitaire   (France)

Author keywords

Charon; Photometry; Planets; Pluto; Surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000643564     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2000.6491     Document Type: Article

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