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Observational planning for the 2026 August 5 Falcon 9 Upper Stage lunar impact
Benjamin Fernando, Jennifer Heldmann, Bill Grey +20
The paper outlines plans to observe the August 5, 2026 impact of a spent Falcon 9 upper stage on the Moon near Einstein Crater, describing how the flash and ejecta plume could be r…
Detection of New Auroral Emissions at Io and Implications for Its Interaction with the Plasma Torus
Zachariah Milby, Katherine de Kleer, Carl Schmidt
We observed Io's optical aurora in eclipse on six nights between 2022 and 2024 using Keck I/HIRES. Spectra revealed 13 new auroral emissions not identified previously, tripling the…
Sodium and Potassium Linewidths as an Atmospheric Escape Diagnostic at Mercury
Patrick Lierle, Carl Schmidt
The spatial distribution and linewidth of Mercury's sodium and potassium exosphere were observed using a combination of long-slit and high-resolution point spectroscopy. Effective…
Spatiotemporal Variations of Temperature in Jupiter's Upper Atmosphere
Kate Roberts, Luke Moore, James O'Donoghue +5
Global temperatures in Jupiter's upper atmosphere are poorly constrained. Other than an in situ measurement by the Galileo Probe, all temperature data come from remote sensing meth…
Mass supply from Io to Jupiter's magnetosphere
L. Roth, A. Blöcker, K. de Kleer +24
Since the Voyager mission flybys in 1979, we have known the moon Io to be both volcanically active and the main source of plasma in the vast magnetosphere of Jupiter. Material lost…