Impact of irradiated methane ice crusts on compositional interpretations of TNOs

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 481, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 879-882

  Brunetto, R ^a,b,d   Roush, L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^b INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI CATANIA   (Italy)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Astrochemistry; Kuiper Belt; Methods: laboratory; Oort Cloud; Solar system: general

Indexed keywords

COSMIC RAYS; ION BOMBARDMENT; SOLAR SYSTEM; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

KUIPER BELT; TRANS-NEPTUNIAN OBJECTS (TNO);

METHANE;

EID: 41649109620     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20078889     Document Type: Article

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