Near-infrared spectral monitoring of Triton with IRTF/SpeX II: Spatial distribution and evolution of ices

Icarus

Volumn 205, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 594-604

  Grundy, W M ^a   Young, L A ^b   Stansberry, J A ^c   Buie, M W ^b   Olkin, C B ^b   Young, E F ^b  

^a LOWELL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ices; Infrared observations; Neptune; satellites; Spectroscopy; Triton

Indexed keywords

EID: 75249101593     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.08.005     Document Type: Article

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