The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will provide unprecedented opportunities to observe the rings and small satellites in our solar system, accomplishing three primary objectives: 1) discovering new rings and moons, 2) unprecedented spectroscopy, and 3) time-domain observations. We give details on these science objectives and describe requirements that JWST must fulfill in order to accomplish the science objectives
@article{arxiv.1403.6849,
title = {Observing Planetary Rings with JWST: Science Justification and Observation Requirements},
author = {Matthew S. Tiscareno and Mark R. Showalter and Richard G. French and Joseph A. Burns and Jeffrey N. Cuzzi and Imke de Pater and Douglas P. Hamilton and Matthew M. Hedman and Philip D. Nicholson and Daniel Tamayo and Anne J. Verbiscer and Stefanie N. Milam and John A. Stansberry},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1403.6849},
year = {2019}
}
Comments
14 pages, 5 figures; Accepted by Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1403.6845