Detection of gaseous methane on Pluto

Icarus

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 258-262

  Young, Leslie A ^a   Elliot, J L ^b,c   Tokunaga, Alan ^d   De Bergh, Catherine ^e   Owen, Tobias ^d  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c LOWELL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^e OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

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EID: 0031138859     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1997.5709     Document Type: Article

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