Charon's size and an upper limit on its atmosphere from a stellar occultation

Nature

Volumn 439, Issue 7072, 2006, Pages 52-54

  Sicardy, B ^a,b   Bellucci, A ^a   Gendron, E ^a   Lacombe, F ^a   Lacour, S ^a   Lecacheux, J ^a   Lellouch, E ^a   Renner, S ^a   Pau, S ^a   Roques, F ^a   Widemann, T ^a   Colas, F ^a   Vachier, F ^a   Martins, R Vieira ^a,n   Ageorges, N ^c   Hainaut, O ^c   Marco, O ^c   Beisker, W ^d   Hummel, E ^d   Feinstein, C ^e   Levato, H ^f   Maury, A ^g   Frappa, E ^h   Gaillard, B ⁱ   Lavayssiere M ⁱ   Di Sora, M ^j   Mallia, F ^j   Masi, G ^j,k   Behrend, R ^l   Carrier, F ^l   Mousis, O ^m   Rousselot, P ^m   Alvarez Candal, A ⁿ   Lazzaro, D ⁿ   Veiga, C ⁿ   Andrei, A H ^n,o   Assafin, M ^o   Da Silva Neto, D N ^o   Jacques, C ^p   Pimentel, E ^p   Weaver, D ^q   Lecampion, J F ^r   Doncel, F ^s   Momiyama, T ^s   Tancredi, G ^t   more..

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

^d International Occultation Timing Association   (Germany)

^e International Occultation Timing Association European Section ^*  (Argentina)

^f Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas Y Geofísicas Observatorio Astronómico and Instituto de Astrofísica de la Plata CONICET ^*  (Argentina)

^g Gene Shoemaker Observatory   (Chile)

^h Planétarium de Saint Etienne   (France)

ⁱ Association des Utilisateurs de Détecteurs Electroniques AUDE France   (France)

^j Campo Catino Austral Observatory   (Chile)

^k UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^l UNIVERSITÉ DE GENÈVE   (Switzerland)

^m OBSERVATOIRE DE BESANÇON   (France)

ⁿ OBSERVATÓRIO NACIONAL   (Brazil)

^o FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^p Observatório CEAMIG REA   (Brazil)

^q UNIVERSITY OF FORTALEZA   (Brazil)

^r OBSERVATOIRE DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^s UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ASUNCIÓN   (Paraguay)

^t Facultad de Ciencias   (Uruguay)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; METHANE; NITROGEN; PLANETS; SATELLITES;

CHARON; MULTI-STATION STELLAR OCCULTATION; STELLAR OCCULTATION;

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES;

METHANE; NITROGEN;

PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; PLUTO;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; DENSITY; MOON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 30144441877     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04351     Document Type: Article

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