Methane on Triton and Pluto - New CCD spectra

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Jul 1983

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1983apj...270..342a&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 270, July 1, 1983, p. 342-350. NASA-supported research.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Abundance, Atmospheric Composition, Infrared Spectra, Methane, Pluto (Planet), Triton, Charge Coupled Devices, Ice, Infrared Absorption, Molecular Absorption, Planetary Atmospheres, Spectral Line Width, Spectrophotometry, Planets, Triton, Pluto, Spectra, Neptune, Methane, Hydrocarbons, Abundance

Scientific paper

Spectra of Triton and of Pluto from 4553-9558 A at 25 A resolution are presented. Both spectra show the methane absorption near 8900 A; its equivalent width was 16 times greater on Pluto than on Triton at the time of the observations. This is the first published observation of the 8900 A feature in Triton's spectrum. The previously reported 27 m-amagat abundance of the Pluto atmosphere ignored contributions due to methane ice and should therefore be regarded as an upper limit. The observations of the Pluto spectrum discussed here show sharp structure in the 8900 and 8600 A bands; the case for an atmosphere on Pluto may turn on whether new laboratory measurements show that such structure is present in methane ice.

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