DARK-MATTER IN THE OUTER SOLAR-SYSTEM

被引:8
作者
OWEN, T
CRUIKSHANK, D
DEBERGH, C
GEBALLE, T
机构
[1] NASA, AMES RES CTR, MOFFETT FIELD, CA 94035 USA
[2] OBSERV PARIS, F-92195 MEUDON, FRANCE
[3] JOINT ASTRON CTR, HILO, HI 96720 USA
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PREBIOTIC CHEMISTRY IN SPACE | 1995年 / 16卷 / 02期
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10.1016/0273-1177(95)00192-H
中图分类号
V [航空、航天];
学科分类号
08 ; 0825 ;
摘要
There are now a large number of small bodies in the outer solar system that are known to be covered with dark material. Attempts to identify that material have been thwarted by the absence of discrete absorption features in the reflection spectra of these planetesimals. An absorption at 2.2 mu m that appeared to be present in several objects has not been confirmed by new observations. Three absorptions in the spectrum of the unusually red planetesimal 5145 Pholus are well-established, but their identity remains a mystery.
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