Temperature of nitrogen ice on Pluto and its implications for flux measurements

Authors :: Tryka, Kimberly A.
Brown, Robert H.
Cruikshank, Dale P.
Owen, Tobias C.
Geballe, Thomas R.
DeBergh, Catherine
Source :: Icarus. Dec, 1994, Vol. 112 Issue 2, p513, 15 p.
Publication Year :: 1994
Abstract: Spectroscopic observations of Pluto reveal that the nitrogen ice on Pluto has a temperature of 40 Kelvin. This is higher than the temperature of nitrogen on the satellite Triton. The study indicates that the nitrogen on the planet is concentrated at the polar caps of the planet and absent in the equatorial region.