Spectrophotometry and upper limit of gaseous CH4 for Triton

James R. Johnson; Uwe Fink; Bradford A. Smith; H. J. Reitsema

doi:10.1016/0019-1035(81)90218-9

Spectrophotometry and upper limit of gaseous CH₄ for Triton

James R. Johnson, Uwe Fink, Bradford A. Smith, H. J. Reitsema

Lunar and Planetary Lab

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Spectra of Triton with a CCD spectrometer yielded a relative spectral reflectivity curve from 0.56 to 1.05 μm at a resolution of 25 Å. Using low-temperature band model parameters from Fink et al. (1980), an upper limit for the one-way path gaseous CH₄ abundance of 1 m-am was derived.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	288-291
Number of pages	4
Journal	Icarus
Volume	46
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0019-1035(81)90218-9
State	Published - May 1981

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