ISO-SWS Observations of Neptune
B. Bézard, Th. Encrenaz (Obs. Paris), H. Feuchtgruber (MPI Garching), E. Lellouch (Obs. Meudon), T. de Graauw (SRON Groningen), M. Griffin (QMWC London), S.K. Atreya (U. Michigan)
The spectrum of Neptune was recorded on 1996 October 26 with the Short
Wavelength Spectrometer (SWS) of the Infrared Space Observatory (ISO).
Observations cover the 7-16
m spectral range at a resolving power of
1500. Emission bands from CH
, CH
D, C
H
, and C
H
are prominent in the spectrum. A first analysis of these data will be
presented.