Computer Science
Scientific paper
Mar 1989
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1989icar...78...27h&link_type=abstract
Icarus (ISSN 0019-1035), vol. 78, March 1989, p. 27-37.
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Infrared Spectroscopy, Io, Satellite Surfaces, Abundance, High Resolution, Reflectance, Satellite Atmospheres, Sulfur Dioxides, Jupiter, Satellites, Io, Spectroscopy, Infrared, Wavelengths, Surface, Spectra, Composition, Sulfur Dioxide, Sulfur, Oxygen, Abundance, Frost, Atmosphere, Sodium Sulfate, Isotopes, Laboratory Studies, Comparisons
Scientific paper
A comparison of new spectra of Io with laboratory-simulated frosts confirms that the dominant materials on Io are SO2 frost in conjunction with a spectrally neutral material presumed to be sulfur. While the 4-micron region spectra are largely explainable in these terms, attention is drawn to a shoulder in the spectrum at 4.04 microns that is suggestive of adsorbed SO2 gas; two shallow, unidentified bands are also noted at 3.85 and 3.91 microns. The isotopic ratios of oxygen and sulfur appear to be normal. The absence of distinct bands in the new spectra in the 5-micron region limits the abundance of sulfate and sulfite compounds.
Cruikshank Dale P.
Geballe Thomas Ronald
Howell Robert R.
Nash Douglas B.
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