Pluto's lower atmosphere structure and methane abundance from high-resolution spectroscopy and stellar occultations

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 495, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Lellouch, E ^a   Sicardy, B ^a,b   De Bergh, C ^a   Kaufl H U ^c   Kassi, S ^d   Campargue, A ^d  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c European Space Observatory   (Germany)

^d UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Infrared: solar system; Kuiper Belt; Planets and satellites: individual: Pluto; Solar system: general

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; METHANE; PLANETS; SATELLITES; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERE TEMPERATURES; BULK SURFACES; GASEOUS METHANES; HIGH-RESOLUTION SPECTROSCOPIC OBSERVATIONS; HIGH-RESOLUTION SPECTROSCOPIES; INFRARED: SOLAR SYSTEM; KUIPER BELT; LIGHTCURVES; LOWER ATMOSPHERES; MIXING RATIOS; PLANETS AND SATELLITES: INDIVIDUAL: PLUTO; SOLAR SYSTEM: GENERAL; STELLAR OCCULTATIONS; SURFACE PRESSURES; THERMAL STRUCTURES; THIN ATMOSPHERES; TOP SURFACES; UNKNOWN PARAMETERS;

SOLAR SYSTEM;

EID: 61949353240     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200911633     Document Type: Article

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