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Studies of triton and the pluto-charon system
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Tholen, David J. |
| Copyright Year | 1991 |
| Description | The project is designed to take advantage of the six-year-long series of mutual occultation and eclipse events involving Pluto and its satellite Charon during one of its rare edge-on orbital alignments. High-precision, high-time-resolution photometry of these events can be utilized to extract several important physical parameters. An important derived parameter is the mean density of the system, which constrains the bulk composition of two bodies. |
| File Size | 86233 |
| Page Count | 2 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19920003632 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t8nd0vv0k |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1991-10-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Lunar And Planetary Exploration High Resolution Albedo Astronomical Photometry Triton Orbit Calculation Charon Temporal Resolution Eclipses Occultation Pluto Planet Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
