The Global Color of Pluto from New Horizons

The Global Color of Pluto from New Horizons

The New Horizons flyby provided the first high-resolution color maps of Pluto. We present here, for the first time, an analysis of the color of the entire sunlit surface of Pluto and the first quantitative analysis of color and elevation on the encounter hemisphere. These maps show the color variati...

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Main Authors: Olkin, Catherine B. (Author), Spencer, John R. (Author), Grundy, William M. (Author), Parker, Alex H. (Author), Beyer, Ross A. (Author), Schenk, Paul M. (Author), Howett, Carly J. A. (Author), Stern, S. Alan (Author), Reuter, Dennis C. (Author), Weaver, Harold A. (Author), Young, Leslie A. (Author), Ennico, Kimberly (Author), Buie, Marc W. (Author), Cook, Jason C. (Author), Cruikshank, Dale P. (Author), Ore, Cristina M. Dalle (Author), Jennings, Donald E. (Author), Singer, Kelsi N. (Author), Linscott, Ivan E. (Author), Lunsford, Allen W. (Author), Protopapa, Silvia (Author), Schmitt, Bernard (Author), Weigle, Eddie (Author), Binzel, Richard P (Contributor), Earle, Alissa Michelle (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: American Astronomical Society, 2018-08-27T18:59:06Z.
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