Synoptic CCD spectrophotometry of Pluto over the past 15 years

Icarus

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 329-343

  Grundy, W M ^a,b   Fink, U ^a  

^a Department of Planetary Science/LPL ^*  (United States)

^b LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

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EID: 0030295438     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1996.0208     Document Type: Article

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