Constraining the composition of salts exposed on Europa’s surface using VIS-NIR spectra derived from Europa Clipper EIS and MISE data

Jason M Soderblom1, Charles Hibbitts2, Elizabeth P Turtle3, Diana L Blaney4, Ingrid Daubar5, Kevin P Hand4, Matthew Hedman6, David C Humm7, Thomas B McCord8, McEwen Alfred9, Jonathan I Lunine10, Chris Paranicas11, Lynnae C. Quick12, Frank P Seelos2 and The Europa Clipper EIS and MISE Teams, (1)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Cambridge, MA, United States, (2)Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States, (3)JHU Applied Physics Lab., Laurel, MD, United States, (4)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (5)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (6)University of Idaho, Physics, Moscow, ID, United States, (7)Johns Hopkins Univ, Annapolis, MD, United States, (8)Bear Fight Institute, Winthrop, WA, United States, (9)University of Arizona, Tucson, United States, (10)Cornell University, Department of Astronomy, Ithaca, NY, United States, (11)Applied Physics Lab, Laurel, MD, United States, (12)Johns Hopkins Univ-Olin Hall, Baltimore, MD, United States