Search for the 3.4-μm C–H Spectral Bands
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Dale P. Cruikshank; Thomas R. Geballe; Tobias C. Owen; Cristina M. Dalle Ore; Te
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Article
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2002
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Elsevier Science
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English
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A report of the detection of the C-H hydrocarbon band complex at 3.4 µm in an asteroid spectrum, by D. P. Cruikshank and R. H. Brown (1987, Science 238, 183-184) is not confirmed by recent data of higher quality. Spectra of the same asteroid and six other low-albedo asteroids do not show this featur