Solar Gardening and the Seasonal Evolution of Nitrogen Ice on Triton and Pluto

Icarus

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 340-346

  Grundy, W M ^a   Stansberry, J A ^b  

^a LOWELL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ices; Pluto; Surface evolution; Triton; Volatile transport

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000673589     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2000.6510     Document Type: Article

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