Methane and nitrogen abundances on pluto and eris

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 725, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1296-1305

  Tegler, S C ^a,d   Cornelison, D M ^a,e   Grundy, W M ^b,d   Romanishin, W ^c,d   Abernathy, M R ^a,f   Bovyn, M J ^a   Burt, J A ^a,g   Evans, D E ^a   Maleszewski, C K ^a,d   Thompson, Z ^a,h   Vilas, F ^d  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOWELL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Methods:laboratory; Methods:observational; Planets and satellites:surfaces; Techniques:spectroscopic

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650020968     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/725/1/1296     Document Type: Article

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