Triton's Temperature Distribution

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Jun 2005

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2005sptz.prop20446s&link_type=abstract

Spitzer Proposal ID #20446

Computer Science

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We propose to obtain a 25 - 40 micron spectrum of the thermal emission from Neptune's large and complex moon Triton. The spectrum will constrain surface temperature distributions (especially in the frost-free regions), surface/atmosphere interactions, and the time variability of its surface frost distribution and atmospheric pressure. This will be the first detection of Triton's thermal emission, apart from a marginal 47 micron observation by Voyager in 1989, filling a major gap in our understanding of this fascinating body. We will use a variety of strategies to reduce and characterize scattered and diffracted thermal radiation from Neptune, including observations with identical Neptune-relative pointing with and without Triton in the slit, and will also experiment with using the end of the slit to mask out Neptune.

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