Journal Article10.1126/SCIENCE.285.5432.1355C
Ethane on Pluto
Dale P. Cruikshank,Catherine de Bergh,Sylvain Douté,Thomas R. Geballe,Tobias Owen,Eric Quirico,Ted L. Roush,Bernard Schmitt +7 more
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TL;DR: The article “Telling Pluto and its partner apart” by Mark Sincell (News of the Week, 30 July, p.649) reports the detection of frozen ethane on Pluto from spectra obtained at the new Subaru telescope on Mauna Kea, Hawaii.
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Abstract: The article “Telling Pluto and its partner apart” by Mark Sincell (News of the Week, 30 July, p. [649][1]), apparently adapted from a Web site ([1][2]), reports the detection of frozen ethane on Pluto from spectra obtained at the new Subaru telescope on Mauna Kea, Hawaii. We are great admirers
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Surface Ices and the Atmospheric Composition of Pluto
Tobias Owen,Ted L. Roush,Dale P. Cruikshank,James L. Elliot,Leslie A. Young,Catherine de Bergh,Bernard Schmitt,Thomas R. Geballe,Robert H. Brown,Mary Jane Bartholomew +9 more
TL;DR: Observations of the 1.4- to 2-micrometer spectrum of Pluto reveal absorptions of carbon monoxide and nitrogen ices and confirm the presence of solid methane.
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Water frost on Charon
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors presented new spectra of the Pluto-Charon system taken just before and during a total eclipse of the satellite, revealing the signature of water ice.
The Surface Compositions of Triton, Pluto, and Charon
Dale P. Cruikshank,Ted L. Roush,Tobias Owen,Eric Quirico,Catherine de Bergh +4 more
- 01 Jan 1998
TL;DR: The most distant planetary bodies on which ices have been directly detected have been Triton and Pluto as discussed by the authors, which is the most distant planet-satellite binary binary Pluto and Charon.