Coordinated 1996 HST and IRTF Imaging of Neptune and Triton: II. Implications of Disk-Integrated Photometry

Icarus

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 435-458

  Sromovsky, L A ^a   Fry, P M ^a   Baines, K H ^b   Dowling, T E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Neptune; Neptune, atmosphere; Photometry; Triton

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001629882     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2000.6563     Document Type: Article

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