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Scientific paper
Dec 1982
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1982natur.300..425m&link_type=abstract
Nature, vol. 300, Dec. 2, 1982, p. 425-427.
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Albedo, Infrared Spectroscopy, Pluto (Planet), Size Determination, Thermal Emission, Triton, Brightness, Diameters, Methane, Planetary Atmospheres, Planetary Composition, Satellite Atmospheres
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The Neptune satellite Triton and the planet Pluto, whose diameter and albedo must be estimated by indirect methods, invite comparative study because of their similar brightness and current distance of 30 AU from the sun. IR spectroscopy has detected methane on both objects. Upper limits are given for the thermal IR emission from these objects which allow the determination of significant upper diameter limits. It is also demonstrated that both are high albedo objects, excluding the possibility that Triton is the largest planetary satellite and consistent with the small Pluto dimensions deduced from other data
Brown Harvey R.
Cruikshank Dale P.
Morrison Douglas
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