P036
Ultraviolet Observing of Solar System Targets

Session ID#: 162386

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 detectors, high performance coatings and novel sensor designs.
Index Terms:

5408 Aurorae and airglow [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLID SURFACE PLANETS]
5494 Instruments and techniques [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLID SURFACE PLANETS]
6218 Jovian satellites [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLAR SYSTEM OBJECTS]
6297 Instruments and techniques [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLAR SYSTEM OBJECTS]

Primary Convener:  Amanda R Hendrix, Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ, United States
Conveners:  Faith Vilas, Planetary Science Institute Tucson, Tucson, AZ, United States and Shouleh Nikzad, JPL/Caltech, Pasadena, United States
 
A miniature ultra-sensitive UV spectrometer for future lunar and planetary missions (1111322)
Amanda R Hendrix, Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ, United States, Dana Hurley, Applied Physics Laboratory Johns Hopkins, Laurel, MD, United States, Anthony Colaprete, NASA, Moffett Field, United States, Bjorn Davidsson, JPL/NASA/Caltech, Pasadena, United States, Guillaume Gronoff, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, United States and Sona Hosseini, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
 
Effects of Air Exposure on the Ultraviolet-Visible Reflectance Characteristics of Analog Minerals (1136584)
Camilo JaramilloCorrea1, Jean Paul Allain1, Roger Nelson Clark2, Deborah L Domingue3, Amanda R Hendrix3, Neil Pearson4, Daniel Wolf Savin5 and Faith Vilas6, (1)Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, Nuclear Engineering, University Park, PA, United States, (2)USGS, Denver, United States, (3)Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ, United States, (4)Planetary Science Institute Tucson, Tucson, United States, (5)Columbia University, New York, NY, United States, (6)Planetary Science Institute Tucson, Tucson, AZ, United States
 
Modeling and observations of OH UV-emissions in the Lunar exosphere (1171938)
Guillaume Gronoff, Science Systems and Applications, Inc. Hampton, Hampton, VA, United States, Sona Hosseini, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States, Suleiman M Baraka, National Institute of Aerospace, 100 Exploration Way, Hampton, VA, United States, Bjorn Davidsson, JPL/NASA/Caltech, Pasadena, United States, Dana Hurley, Applied Physics Laboratory Johns Hopkins, Laurel, MD, United States, Amanda R Hendrix, Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ, United States and Anthony Colaprete, NASA, Moffett Field, United States
 
UV Reflectance Spectra of Jupiter’s Icy Moons: Spectral Trends and a 185 nm Absorption Feature on Europa (1184688)
Philippa Mary Molyneux1, Emilie M Royer2, Tracy M Becker3, Ujjwal Raut1, Kurt D Retherford4, Amanda R Hendrix5, Benjamin D Teolis6 and Bereket Mamo7, (1)Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, United States, (2)Planetary Science Institute Tucson, Tucson, AZ, United States, (3)Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, United States, (4)Southwest Research Inst, San Antonio, United States, (5)Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ, United States, (6)Southwest Research Institute San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States, (7)University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, United States
 
Update: Search for Carbon in Mercury’s Surface Material from Mariner 10 EUV Data (1185156)
Elizabeth A Jensen1, Faith Vilas1, Amanda R Hendrix2, Deborah L Domingue2 and Frank Chuang1, (1)Planetary Science Institute Tucson, Tucson, AZ, United States, (2)Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ, United States
 
Assessing the Utility of Ultraviolet Spectral Reflectance in the Determination of Mineral Composition in a Field Campaign (1187960)
Gregory M Holsclaw, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, Amanda R Hendrix, Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ, United States, Faith Vilas, Planetary Science Institute Tucson, Tucson, AZ, United States and TREX team
 
Ultraviolet Reflectance and Surface Composition of Saturn’s E-ring Moons (1073903)
Emilie M Royer, Planetary Science Institute Tucson, Tucson, AZ, United States, Ashley Stelzer, Planetary Science Institute Tucson, Tucson, United States, Amanda R Hendrix, Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ, United States and Anne Verbiscer, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States
 
UV Detectors and Instrumentation for Exoplanet Studies (Invited) (1092270)
April Jewell1, John J Hennessy2, Robin E Rodriguez1, Samuel R Cheng3, Gillian Kyne1, Todd J Jones3, Shouleh Nikzad4, Evgenya L Shkolnik5, David R. Ardila6, Travis Barman7, Matthew Beasley8, Bowman Judd9, Varoujan Gorjian1, Dawn Gregory10, Daniel Jacobs9, Maria Ladwig9, Joe Llama11, Mary Knapp12, Victoria Suzanne Meadows13, Sarah Peacock14, Tahina Ramiaramanantsoa9, Paul A Scowen15 and Mark Swain16, (1)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States, (2)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States, (3)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 389E, Pasadena, CA, United States, (4)JPL/Caltech, Pasadena, United States, (5)Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States, (6)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States, (7)University of Arizona, Tucson, United States, (8)Southwest Research Institute Boulder, Boulder, United States, (9)Arizona State University, Tempe, United States, (10)AZ Space Technologies, Gilbert, United States, (11)Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, United States, (12)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States, (13)University of Washington, Astronomy, Seattle, United States, (14)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States, (15)Arizona State University, School of Earth and Space Engineering, Tempe, United States, (16)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States
 
Saturn Lyman-alpha airglow: re-assessment of the calibration of ultraviolet instruments since 1980 (1066165)
Lotfi Ben-Jaffel, Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, Paris, France, Robert A West, Jet Propulsion Lab, Pasadena, CA, United States, John T Clarke, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States, Julianne I Moses, Space Science Institute, Seabrook, TX, United States, Klaus-Michael Aye, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, CO, United States and Eric Todd Bradley, Univ of Central FL-Physics, Orlando, FL, United States
 
The large extent of the Earth's exosphere (>30RE) was not foreseen and needs investigation. The Moon orbit provides a vantage point for this study. The OUL is a lunar orbiter designed to enable the investigation of the roles of the lunar gravity and the solar wind on exospheric physics. (Invited) (1058496)
Ana Gomez de Castro, Madrid, SPAIN
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