Surface composition of Pluto

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Mar 1979

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1979icar...37..554l&link_type=abstract

Icarus, vol. 37, Mar. 1979, p. 554-558.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Planetary Composition, Planetary Surfaces, Pluto (Planet), Ice, Infrared Astronomy, Solar System, Tables (Data), Pluto, Surface, Composition, Infrared, Photometry, Observations, Methane, Spectrum, Absorption Spectra, Wavelengths, Albedo

Scientific paper

Broadband (J, H, K and L) and narrowband (1.5- to 3.7-micron) infrared photometry of Pluto has been conducted in order to check previous ambiguous observations of methane frost on the planet's surface. In detail, the match between a laboratory spectrum of methane frost and the observed spectrum of Pluto is not good. Nevertheless, the photometric observations suggest the presence of methane in some form.

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