Ethane ices in the outer Solar System: Spectroscopy and chemistry

Icarus

Volumn 203, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 677-680

  Hudson, R L ^a,b   Moore, M H ^b   Raines, L L ^a  

^a ECKERD COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmic rays; Ices, IR spectroscopy; Organic chemistry; Trans neptunian objects

Indexed keywords

EID: 70049094553     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.06.026     Document Type: Article

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