Near-infrared spectroscopy of the Shoemaker-Levy 9 impact sites with UKIRT: CO emission from the L site and additional 5-μm spectra

Icarus

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 422-430

  Brooke, T Y ^a   Orton, G S ^a   Crisp, D ^a   Friedson, A J ^a   Bjoraker, G L ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0030160304     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1996.0097     Document Type: Article

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