Charon's first detailed spectra hold many surprises

Science

Volumn 287, Issue 5450, 2000, Pages 53-54

  Young, Eliot ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE;

ASTRONOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIENCE; SHORT SURVEY; SPACE; SPECTROMETER;

AMMONIA; CRYSTALLIZATION; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; ICE; PLUTO; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WATER;

EID: 0034614668     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.287.5450.53     Document Type: Review

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10. My thanks to M. Bernstein, D. Cruikshank, J. Kargel, M. Kress, J. Lunine, M. Bullock, and M. Festou for their discussions on ammonia and crystalline water ice. They contributed facts, but any errors are mine.