The thermal structure of triton’s middle atmosphere

Icarus

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 425-428

  Elliot, J L ^a,d   Strobel, D F ^b   Zhu, X ^b,c   Stansberry, J A ^d   Wasserman, L H ^d   Franz, O G ^d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^d LOWELL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheres; Occultations; Triton

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006733767     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1999.6312     Document Type: Article

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