Photometry of Pluto in the last decade and before: Evidence for volatile transport?

Icarus

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 171-182

  Buratti, Bonnie J ^b   Hillier, J K ^a,b   Heinze, A ^b   Hicks, M D ^b   Tryka, K A ^b   Mosher, J A ^b   Ward, J ^b   Garske, M ^b   Young, J ^b   Atienza Rosel, J ^c  

^a Grays Harbor College   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Photometry; Pluto, surfaces, planets

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345830912     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0019-1035(02)00068-4     Document Type: Review

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