Observations of carbon monoxide in (2060) Chiron

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Mar 1997

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1997lpi....28.1575w&link_type=abstract

Conference Paper, 28th Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, p. 575.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Chiron, Satellite Atmospheres, Carbon Monoxide, Kuiper Belt, Line Spectra, Satellite Surfaces, Nitrogen, Methane, Carbon Dioxide

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Consideration is given to a search for carbon monoxide in (2060) Chiron through its well-known rotational band at 2.6 mm during 1995 June 10-12 UT at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory 12-m telescope at Kitt Peak Arizona. The CO J = 1-0 rotational transition was detected in both polarizations of each of two different resolution spectra. The simplest origin for the CO gas detected in Chiron's coma is from the direct sublimation of solid state CO on, or in thermal contact with, Chiron's surface.

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