Spectrophotometry of Pluto from 3500 to 7350 A

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Oct 1980

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1980icar...44...43b&link_type=abstract

Icarus, vol. 44, Oct. 1980, p. 43-52.

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Astronomical Spectroscopy, Planetology, Pluto (Planet), Spectrophotometry, Albedo, Methane, Natural Satellites, Planetary Atmospheres, Spectral Bands

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Spectra of Pluto have been obtained on six nights during February 1979 by the use of the Cassegrain Digicon spectrograph on the 2.1-m Struve reflector and the IDS spectrograph on the 2.7-m reflector of McDonald Observatory. These spectra, with nominal resolution of 6-7 A, have been reduced to relative fluxes. Relative albedos were then calculated using the solar irradiances of Arvesen et al. (1969). The spectra taken in the blue show no indication of the upturn in albedo at wavelengths less than 3800 A previously reported by Fix, et al. (1970). The lack of a UV upturn cannot be interpreted in terms of a Rayleigh scattering atmosphere unless the albedo of the underlying surface is known. From the lack of methane absorption at the wavelength of the 6190- or 7270-A methane bands, an upper limit of 1-3 m-am of gaseous CH4 is derived. The albedo curve has a constant slope between 3500 and 7300 A. The only other solar system body which has this feature is an S-type asteroid.

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