Emissivity and the fate of Pluto's atmosphere

Icarus

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 299-306

  Stansberry, J A ^a,c   Yelle, R V ^b,d  

^a LOWELL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheres, evolution; Pluto; Pluto, atmosphere; Pluto, surface; Triton

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033210711     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1999.6169     Document Type: Article

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