Thermal infrared imaging spectroscopy of Shoemaker-Levy 9 impact sites: Spatial and vertical distributions of NH3, C2H4, and 10-μm dust emission

Icarus

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 275-293

  Griffith, Caitlin A ^a   Bézard, Bruno ^b   Greathouse, Thomas K ^a   Kelly, Douglas M ^c   Lacy, John H ^c   Noll, Keith S ^d  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^c The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^d STScI   (United States)

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EID: 0031206110     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1997.5752     Document Type: Article

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