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JWST measured the infrared spectra of Saturn's rings and several of its small moons (Epimetheus, Pandora, Telesto and Pallene) as part of Guaranteed Time Observation program 1247. The NIRSpec instrument obtained near-infrared spectra of the…

We present astrometric observations of the Saturnian satellites Mimas, Enceladus, Tethys, Dione and Rhea from Cassini Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS) narrow-angle camera (NAC) images. Image sequences were designed to observe mutual…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-26 N. J. Cooper , C. D. Murray , V. Lainey , R. Tajeddine , M. W. Evans , G. A. Williams

We obtained the first maps of Jupiter at 1-3 mm wavelength with the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA) on 3-5 January 2017, just days after an energetic eruption at 16.5S jovigraphic latitude had been reported by the…

We present an atmospheric characterization study of two medium sized planets bracketing the radius of Neptune: HD 106315 c (R$_{\rm{P}}$=4.98 $\pm$ 0.23 R$_{\oplus}$) and HD 3167 c (R$_{\rm{P}}$=2.740$_{-0.100}^{+0.106}$ R$_{\oplus}$). We…

Our knowledge of Saturns neutral thermosphere is far superior to that of the other giant planets due to Cassini Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph (UVIS) observations of 15 solar occultations and 26 stellar occultations analyzed to date.…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-26 Darrell F. Strobel , Tommi Koskinen , Ingo Mueller-Wodarg

We present near-infrared high-dispersion spectroscopic observations of Europa using the Infrared Camera and Spectrograph (IRCS) onboard the Subaru Telescope, seeking direct evidence of water plumes on Europa and exploring spatial variations…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2024-10-01 Jun Kimura , Taro Matsuo , Hitomi Kobayashi , Yuji Ikeda , Kazuo Yoshioka , Seiko Takagi , Shigeru Ida

Recent analysis of scientific data from Cassini and earth-based observations gave evidence for a global ocean under a surrounding solid ice shell on Saturn's moon Enceladus. Images of Enceladus' South Pole showed several fissures in the ice…

Observations of Pluto and its solar-tidal stability zone were made using the Advanced Camera for Surveys' (ACS) Wide Field Channel (WFC) on the Hubble Space Telescope on UT 2005 May 15 and UT 2005 May 18. Two small satellites of Pluto,…

Global maps of Jupiter's atmospheric temperatures, gaseous composition and aerosol opacity are derived from a programme of 5-20 $\mu$m mid-infrared spectroscopic observations using the Texas Echelon Cross Echelle Spectrograph (TEXES) on…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2017-06-14 L. N. Fletcher , T. K. Greathouse , G. S. Orton , J. A. Sinclair , R. S. Giles , P. G. J. Irwin , T. Encrenaz

Observations of the 1(10)-1(01) 556.936 GHz transition of ortho-water with the Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite (SWAS) have revealed the presence of widespread emission and absorption by water vapor around the strong submillimeter…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 David A. Neufeld , Edwin A. Bergin , Gary J. Melnick , Paul F. Goldsmith

Micron size extrasolar dust particles have been convincingly detected by satellites. Larger extrasolar meteoroids (5-35 microns) have most likely been detected by ground based radar at Arecibo and New Zealand. We present estimates of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Norman Murray , Joe Weingartner , Paul Capobianco

We used 0.85 - 5.1 micron 2006 observations by Cassini's Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (VIMS) to constrain the unusual vertical structure and compositions of cloud layers in Saturn's south polar region, the site of a powerful…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-23 Lawrence A. Sromovsky , Kevin H. Baines , Patrick M. Fry

We report on the detection of infrared light from the super-Earth 55 Cnc e, based on four occultations obtained with Warm Spitzer at 4.5 microns. Our data analysis consists of a two-part process. In a first step, we perform individual…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Brice-Olivier Demory , Michael Gillon , Sara Seager , Bjoern Benneke , Drake Deming , Brian Jackson

The interior of Enceladus, a medium sized icy moon of Saturn hosts hydrothermal activity and exhibits tidal heating and related geyser-like activity. There are major disagreements in the existing literature on the porosity of the interior,…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-14 Imre Kisvárdai , Bernadett D. Pál , Ákos Kereszturi

Of the over 200 known extrasolar planets, 14 exhibit transits in front of their parent stars as seen from Earth. Spectroscopic observations of the transiting planets can probe the physical conditions of their atmospheres. One such technique…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-16 L. Jeremy Richardson , Drake Deming , Karen Horning , Sara Seager , Joseph Harrington

Active eruptions from the south polar region of Saturn's small (~500 km diameter) moon Enceladus are concentrated along a series of lineaments known as the `tiger stripes', thought to be partially open fissures that connect to the liquid…

Geophysics · Physics 2019-11-11 Douglas J. Hemingway , Maxwell L. Rudolph , Michael Manga

This paper tackles the challenging problem of detecting methane plumes, a potent greenhouse gas, using Sentinel-2 imagery. This contributes to the mitigation of rapid climate change. We propose a novel deep learning solution based on U-Net…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-08-25 Khai Duc Minh Tran , Hoa Van Nguyen , Aimuni Binti Muhammad Rawi , Hareeshrao Athinarayanarao , Ba-Ngu Vo

We report the first unambiguous detection of X-ray emission originating from Saturn with a Chandra observation, duration 65.5 ksec with ACIS-S3. Beyond the pure detection we analyze the spatial distribution of X-rays on the planetary…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 J. -U. Ness , J. H. M. M. Schmitt , S. J. Wolk , K. Dennerl , V. Burwitz

The nature of far-infrared dust emission toward main sequence stars, whether interstellar or circumstellar, can be deduced from submillimeter photometry. We present JCMT/SCUBA flux measurements at 850 microns toward 8 stars with large…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Jonathan P. Williams , Sean M. Andrews

Saturn raises a time-dependent tide on its small moon Enceladus, due to the eccentricity of the orbit. As shown in a companion paper (Goldreich et al.), the resulting tidal heating drives Enceladus into a limit cycle, in which its…

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