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Studies of Triton and the Pluto-Charon systemThe 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.
Document ID
19920003632
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Other
Authors
Tholen, David J. (Hawaii Univ. Honolulu, HI, United States)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
October 1, 1991
Publication Information
Publication: NASA, Washington, Reports of Planetary Astronomy, 1991
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Exploration
Accession Number
92N12850
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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