Spectral evidence for SO2 frost or adsorbate on Io's surface (original) (raw)

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The infrared reflection spectrum of Io matches that from an SO2 frost grown in the laboratory.

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  1. Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, 91103
    William D. Smythe, Robert M. Nelson & Douglas B. Nash
  2. Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, 90024
    William D. Smythe

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  2. Robert M. Nelson
  3. Douglas B. Nash

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Smythe, W., Nelson, R. & Nash, D. Spectral evidence for SO2 frost or adsorbate on Io's surface.Nature 280, 766 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1038/280766a0

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