Infrared observations of small solar system bodies

Details Infrared observations of small solar system bodies Infrared observations of small solar system bodies

Oct 1991

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991plas.rept...21b&link_type=abstract

In NASA, Washington, Reports of Planetary Astronomy, 1991 p 21-22 (SEE N92-12792 03-89)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Asteroids, Infrared Absorption, Infrared Astronomy, Infrared Spectra, Planetary Composition, Reflectance, Ammonia, Carbon Monoxide, Gas Giant Planets, Ice, Methane, Nitrogen, Solar System

Scientific paper

Infrared reflectance spectra were measured of dark primitive asteroids in the 2 to 5 micron wavelength region. The search was for organic complexes such and CN, CH, and NH in dark material on small bodies in the solar system. A search and study was made of volatiles such as nitrogen, methane, ammonia, and carbon monoxide, both as free ices and hydrates/clathrates, on icy surfaces in the outer solar system, using high resolution spectra obtained with a multichannel cooled grating, infrared spectrometer. An absorption that can be attributed to X-C (triple bond) N in the matrix of dark materials on the primitive asteroids.

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