A search for nitrogen on Triton

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Oct 1985

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1985icar...64..153r&link_type=abstract

Icarus (ISSN 0019-1035), vol. 64, Oct. 1985, p. 153-155. NASA-NSF-supported research.

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Liquid Nitrogen, Planetary Composition, Triton, Absorption Spectra, Spectrophotometry, Neptune, Satellites, Triton, Nitrogen, Spectrophotometry, Absorption, Liquids, Wavelengths, Spectra, Reflectivity, Observations, Models

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Improved spectrophotometry of Triton at 2.16 microns was obtained with the MMT infrared photometer at a resolution of 1.0 percent. The observations do not reveal an absorption feature due to liquid nitrogen. Three explanations are consistent with this finding: (1) there is liquid nitrogen on the surface but it is not distributed uniformly; (2) the feature varies with time, e.g., it is sometimes obscured by cloud cover; and (3) the feature might be relatively broad.

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