Pluto's light curve in 1933-1934

Icarus

Volumn 197, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 590-598

  Schaefer, Bradley E ^a   Buie, Marc W ^b   Smith, Luke Timothy ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOWELL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Photometry; Pluto; surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 51749089994     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2008.05.003     Document Type: Article

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