Evidence of N2-ice on the surface of the icy dwarf Planet 136472 (2005 FY9)

Icarus

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 844-850

  Tegler, S C ^a   Grundy, W M ^b   Vilas, F ^c   Romanishin, W ^d   Cornelison, D M ^a   Consolmagno, G J ^e  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOWELL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^e VATICAN OBSERVATORY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ices; Kuiper belt; Spectroscopy; Trans neptunian objects

Indexed keywords

EID: 43449121229     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2007.12.015     Document Type: Article

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