P041
Ultraviolet Observing of Solar System Targets
Session ID#: 82404
Session Description:
Ultraviolet spectroscopy and imaging have a decades-long history as valuable techniques for studying atmospheres, aurorae, plumes, and surface composition and volatiles on asteroids, comet nuclei and moons. While there continue to be opportunities for UV remote sensing from Earth orbit and in future robotic missions, the infrastructure for UV instrumentation is at a crossroads. Existing orbital facilities are nearing the end of their useful lives and there continue to be many phenomena that cannot be effectively studied with existing, high-heritage instrument designs. Exciting advances in UV-optimized technologies promise new capabilities that can be incorporated into the next generation of robotic probes, flexible SmallSat missions, and large aperture space-based observatories. This session welcomes abstracts covering UV science results, as well as reports on progress toward developing new technologies such as UV detector technologies, high performance coatings, and novel sensor designs.
Index Terms:
0394 Instruments and techniques [ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE]
6219 Io [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLAR SYSTEM OBJECTS]
6221 Europa [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLAR SYSTEM OBJECTS]
6297 Instruments and techniques [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLAR SYSTEM OBJECTS]
Primary Convener: Shouleh Nikzad, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
Conveners: Amanda Hendrix, Space Environment Technologies, Hawthorne, CA, United States and Walter Harris, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States; University of Arizona, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, Tucson, AZ, United States
Primary Liaison: Walter Harris, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States
Diagnostics of the atomic and molecular physics of small bodies atmospheres available in the ultraviolet (635190)
Dennis Bodewits1, Stuart Loch2, Michael Fogle Jr.3, Juraj Országh4, Štefan Matejčík4, John Noonan5, Walt Harris6, Kathleen Mandt7, Joel Wm Parker8 and Fiorangela La Forgia9, (1)Auburn University, Auburn, AL, United States, (2)Auburn University, Physics Department, Auburn, AL, United States, (3)Auburn University at Montgomery, Physics, Montgomery, AL, United States, (4)Comenius University, Department of Experimental Physics, Bratislava, Slovakia, (5)Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States, (6)University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States, (7)The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Space Exploration Sector, Laurel, MD, United States, (8)Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO, United States, (9)University of Padova, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Padova, Italy
An Analysis of Lunar Swirls By Night and Day: Detection, Distribution, and Discernment of Swirls and Their Physical Properties Utilizing LRO Lyman-α and LROC Ultraviolet Maps (630390)
Joshua T Cahill, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States, Anna A. Wirth, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab, Laurel, MD, United States, Amanda R Hendrix, Planetary Science Institute Tucson, Tucson, AZ, United States, Benjamin D Byron, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States and Kurt D Retherford, Southwest Research Inst, San Antonio, TX, United States
Development of UV-optimized CMOS detectors for small planetary missions (609878)
Philippa Mary Molyneux1, Yibin Bai2, James W Beletic2, Michael Wayne Davis1, Kurt D Retherford3, Ujjwal Raut1, Kevin Ryu4 and James Gregory4, (1)Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, United States, (2)Teledyne Imaging Sensors, Camarillo, CA, United States, (3)Southwest Research Inst, San Antonio, TX, United States, (4)MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, United States
FIREBall-2: Delta-doped EMCCDs for UV space based observations (624420)
Gillian Kyne1, Shouleh Nikzad2, April Jewell3, Samuel R Cheng4, Todd J Jones4, Erika T Hamden5 and Chris Martin6, (1)Glendale, CA, United States, (2)JPL/Caltech, Pasadena, United States, (3)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States, (4)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 389E, Pasadena, CA, United States, (5)University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States, (6)California Institute of Technology, PMA, Pasadena, CA, United States
Global Spectral Analysis of the Lunar Surface in the Far-UV (605803)
Benjamin D Byron1, Kurt D Retherford2, Thomas Greathouse2, Danielle Y Wyrick3, Akbar D Whizin, Joshua T Cahill5, Amanda Hendrix6, Lizeth O Magana1 and Elizabeth Czajka3, (1)University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States, (2)Southwest Research Inst, San Antonio, TX, United States, (3)Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, United States, (4)JHU/APL, Laurel, MD, United States, (5)Space Environment Technologies, Hawthorne, CA, United States
LRO Investigations: LAMP Analysis of Aristarchus Crater (542233)
Elizabeth Czajka1, Kurt D Retherford2, Amanda R Hendrix3, Joshua T Cahill4, Benjamin D Byron1, Thomas K Greathouse5, Benjamin T Greenhagen6, Lizeth O Magana1, Kathleen E. Mandt6 and Cesare Grava7, (1)University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States, (2)Southwest Research Inst, San Antonio, TX, United States, (3)Planetary Science Institute Tucson, Tucson, AZ, United States, (4)JHU/APL, Laurel, MD, United States, (5)Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, United States, (6)Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States, (7)Southwest Research Institute San Antonio, Space Sci & Engineering Div, San Antonio, TX, United States
