Pluto's radius and atmosphere - Results from the entire 9 June 1988 occultation data set

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Oct 1993

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993icar..105..282m&link_type=abstract

Icarus, vol. 105, p. 282

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

49

Pluto Atmosphere, Planetary Structure, Occultation, Radii, Astrometry

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The radius of Pluto and several of its atmospheric parameters are here derived from the June 9, 1988 occultation by the star P8, on the basis of a 'haze' model analysis; where pertinent, a thermal-gradient model is invoked. Both models yield a Pluto limb diameter larger than that derived from mutual event observations. Although, if the haze model is correct, the planet's solid surface falls below 1180 +/- 5 km, the radius of the visible limb would be in the haze layer lying between 1185 and 1200 km. Attention is given to the question of Pluto's atmospheric homogeneity.

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