Distributions of H2O and CO2 ices on Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, and Oberon from IRTF/SpeX observations

Icarus

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 543-555

  Grundy, W M ^a   Young, L A ^b   Spencer, J R ^b   Johnson, R E ^c   Young, E F ^b   Buie, M W ^a  

^a LOWELL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

Ices; Infrared observations; Satellite; satellites; Spectroscopy; surfaces; Uranus

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748696338     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2006.04.016     Document Type: Article

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