Search for variations in Pluto's millimeter-wave emission

Authors
Lellouch, E Paubert, G Moreno, R Schmitt, B
Citation
E. Lellouch et al., Search for variations in Pluto's millimeter-wave emission, ICARUS, 147(2), 2000, pp. 580-584
Citations number
30
Categorie Soggetti
Space Sciences
Journal title
ICARUS
ISSN journal
00191035 → ACNP
Volume
147
Issue
2
Year of publication
2000
Pages
580 - 584
Database
ISI
SICI code
0019-1035(200010)147:2<580:SFVIPM>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
We report on repeated bolometric observations of the Pluto-Charon system at 1.2 mm with the IRAM 30-m telescope. These observations indicate at most s mall (similar to1-2 mJy) variations of the millimeter-wave emission of Plut o with orbital longitude, suggesting that the dark regions of Pluto have a millimeter emissivity of similar to0.6-0.7. (C) Academic Press.