Detection of new hydrocarbons in Uranus' atmosphere by infrared spectroscopy

Icarus

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 634-637

  Burgdorf, Martin ^a,b   Orton, Glenn ^c   van Cleve, Jeffrey ^d   Meadows, Victoria ^b   Houck, James ^e  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d BALL AEROSPACE AND TECHNOLOGIES CORP   (United States)

^e Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Abundances; atmospheres; Atmospheres; Composition; Infrared observations; Uranus

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748883833     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2006.06.006     Document Type: Article

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