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Assessing the Detectability of Europa’s Seafloor Topography from Europa Clipper’s Gravity Data
The Planetary Science Journal, 2022 Due to its size and tidal heating, Europa may potentially possess active volcanism and hydrothermal circulation at its seafloor. The upcoming Europa Clipper mission provides the opportunity to obtain global gravity maps over a range of spatial scales, up
Ze-Wen Koh +4 more
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The Planetary Science Journal, 2023 The stratigraphy of the largest natural satellite of our solar system, Ganymede, is investigated using available global mosaic (basemap) and high-resolution images. We are focusing on the reconstruction of the formation and tectonic evolution of selected
Namitha Rose Baby +3 more
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Experimental Validation of Cryobot Thermal Models for the Exploration of Ocean Worlds
The Planetary Science Journal, 2023 Accessing the potentially habitable subsurface waters of Ocean Worlds requires a robotic ice probe (or “cryobot”) to traverse tens of kilometers of ice with temperatures ranging from ∼100 to 273 K.
Paula do Vale Pereira +19 more
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Astrometry of mutual approximations between natural satellites. Application to the Galilean moons [PDF]
, 2016 Typically we can deliver astrometric positions of natural satellites with errors in the 50-150 mas range. Apparent distances from mutual phenomena, have much smaller errors, less than 10 mas. However, this method can only be applied during the equinox of
Assafin, M. +5 more
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Jupiter’s Early Luminosity May Have Driven off Io’s Initial Water Inventory
The Planetary Science Journal, 2023 After its formation, Jupiter was substantially more luminous than it is at the present day (10 ^4 times). Right after formation, the inner satellites Io and Europa would have received an order-of-magnitude larger incoming flux from Jupiter, than solar ...
Carver J. Bierson +3 more
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Thermal infrared spectroscopy of Europa and Callisto [PDF]
, 2000 The trailing hemispheres of Europa and Callisto were observed at 9–13 μm, and a spectrum of Europa with better spectral resolution and a better signal-to-noise ratio than was previously possible has been derived.
Brown, Michael E., Mills, Franklin P.
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Thermal Properties of the Leading Hemisphere of Callisto Inferred from ALMA Observations
The Planetary Science Journal, 2023 We present a thermal observation of Callisto's leading hemisphere obtained using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array at 0.87 mm (343 GHz).
Maria Camarca +7 more
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Early Stages of Galilean Moon Formation in a Water-depleted Environment
The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2023 A key feature of the Galilean satellite system is its monotonic decrease in bulk density with growing distance from Jupiter, indicating an ice mass fraction that is zero in the innermost moon Io and about half in the outer moons Ganymede and Callisto ...
Olivier Mousis +5 more
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Magnetospheric considerations for solar system ice state [PDF]
, 2018 The current lattice configuration of the water ice on the surfaces of the inner satellites of Jupiter and Saturn is likely shaped by many factors. But laboratory experiments have found that energetic proton irradiation can cause a transition in the ...
Blaney, D. +10 more
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Probing Ganymede’s Atmosphere with HST Lyα Images in Transit of Jupiter
The Planetary Science Journal, 2023 We report results from far-ultraviolet observations by the Hubble Space Telescope of Jupiter’s largest moon, Ganymede, transiting across the planet’s dayside hemisphere.
Lorenz Roth +8 more
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