Session 49. Triton and Pluto

Contributed Oral Parallel Session, Friday, October 16, 1998, 9:00-10:20am, Madison Ballroom D

49.01 The Structure of Triton's Middle Atmosphere from HST Stellar Occultation Observations

J. L. Elliot (MIT \& Lowell Obs.), D. F. Strobel, X. Zhu (JHU), L. H. Wasserman, O. G. Franz (Lowell Obs.)

49.02 Structure of Triton's atmosphere from the occultation of Tr176

B. Sicardy, O. Mousis (Obs. \& Univ. Paris-Despa, Meudon, France), W. Beisker, E. Hummel (IOTA-European Section, Hannover, Germany), W.B. Hubbard, R. Hill (LPL Uni. Arizona, Tucson, USA), H.J. Reitsema (Ball Aerospace, Boulder, Colorado, USA), P. Anderson, L. Ball, B. Downs, S. Hutcheon, M. Moy, G. Nielsen (Astron. Assoc. of Queensland, St Lucia, Qld, Australia), I. Pink, R. Walters (Bundaberg Astronomical Society Inc.)

49.03 Observation of a reddening of Triton's spectrum

B. J. Buratti, M. D. Hicks, K. A. Tryka, R. L. Newburn, Jr. (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology)

49.04 Search for Secular Changes in the Near-Infrared Spectrum of Triton

B. N. Hilbert (Boston Univ.), J. A. Stansberry, W. M. Grundy (Lowell Obs.), R. V. Yelle (Boston Univ.), M. W. Buie (Lowell Obs.), C. Dalla Piazza (Lycoming Col.)

49.05 Atmospheric Control of Triton's Frost Distribution

J. A. Stansberry (Lowell Observatory)

49.06 Pluto's Atmosphere above 1500 km

V. A. Krasnopolsky (CUA/NASA GSFC), D. P. Cruikshank (NASA Ames)

49.07 Seasonal Monitoring of Pluto: 1998 Status Report

M. W. Buie, W. M. Grundy (Lowell Observatory)

49.08 Reflectance Spectroscopy of the Individual Members of the Pluto/Charon System: HST/NICMOS Results

C. Dumas, R. J. Terrile (JPL), A. Burgasser (Caltech), R. Brown, M. Rieke, G. Schneider, R. Thompson (Univ. Arizona), D. Koerner (Univ. Pennsylvania)