Tholins as coloring agents on outer Solar System bodies

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 178-183

  Cruikshank, Dale P ^a   Imanaka, Hiroshi ^a,b   Dalle Ore, Cristina M ^a,b  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Infrared spectroscopy; Organic chemistry; Outer Solar System; Tholin; Titan

Indexed keywords

COLORING; HYDROGEN BONDS; NEUTRON SCATTERING; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; REFRACTORY MATERIALS;

ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; OUTER SOLAR SYSTEM; THOLIN; TITAN;

SOLAR SYSTEM;

EID: 27644442391     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2005.07.026     Document Type: Conference Paper

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