Backyard spectroscopy and photometry of Titan, Uranus and Neptune

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 113-125

  Lorenz, Ralph D ^a   Dooley, Jessica M ^a   West, J Doug ^b   Fujii, Mitsugu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b West Skies Observatory   (United States)

^c NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; PHOTOMETRY; SATELLITES; SPECTROSCOPY;

BACKYARD SPECTROSCOPY;

PLANETS;

EID: 0037320673     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-0633(02)00141-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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