Surface characterization of Pluto and Charon by L and M band spectra

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 490, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 365-375

  Protopapa, S ^a   Boehnhardt, H ^a   Herbst, T M ^b   Cruikshank, D P ^c   Grundy, W M ^d   Merlin, F ^e   Olkin, C B ^f  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d LOWELL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^e OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^f SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Kuiper Belt; Methods: numerical; Scattering; Techniques: spectroscopic

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ADAPTIVE OPTICS; ASTROPHYSICS; CYANIDES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ICE; METHANE; NASA; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

KUIPER BELT; METHODS: NUMERICAL; SCATTERING; TECHNIQUES: SPECTROSCOPIC;

SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 53849091367     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:200809994     Document Type: Article

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