Organics and other molecules in the surfaces of Callisto and Ganymede

Science

Volumn 278, Issue 5336, 1997, Pages 271-275

  McCord, T B ^a   Carlson, R W ^b   Smythe, W D ^b   Hansen, G B ^a   Clark, R N ^c   Hibbitts, C A ^a   Fanale, F P ^a   Granahan, J C ^d   Segura, M ^b   Matson, D L ^b   Johnson, T V ^b   Martin, P D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^d STI Med Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CYANIDE; ICE; ICHTHAMMOL; MINERAL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SULFUR DIOXIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CHEMISTRY; INFRARED SPECTROMETRY; MATERIALS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; HYDROCARBONS; ICE; JUPITER; NITRILES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SULFUR; SULFUR DIOXIDE; WATER;

EID: 0030881862     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.278.5336.271     Document Type: Article

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