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Whole-disk Photometric and Colorimetric Phase Curves of Earth with the Clementine Lunar Orbiter
Chase Cooper, Tyler D. Robinson, L. C. Mayorga +2
The phase curve on a planetary object can reveal key details about its atmosphere and surface, including the presence of surface liquid oceans. Phase curves for Earth can inform th…
Early Exploration of the Scientific Discovery Space for the Habitable Worlds Observatory
Courtney D. Dressing, Danica Adams, Evelyne Alecian +324
The Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) is a future NASA flagship mission concept identified by the Astro2020 Decadal Survey as the highest priority for large space missions. HWO sh…
Piercing through the Haze: Characterizing Titan-like terrestrial exoplanets with JWST
L. C. Mayorga, Jacob Lustig-Yaeger, Andrew P. Lincowski +5
As we enter a new era of using JWST to characterize exoplanet atmospheres, a top priority is defining observational needs and parameters in the search for life on an exoplanet. Alt…
A Benchmark JWST Near-Infrared Spectrum for the Exoplanet WASP-39b
A. L. Carter, E. M. May, N. Espinoza +77
Observing exoplanets through transmission spectroscopy supplies detailed information on their atmospheric composition, physics, and chemistry. Prior to JWST, these observations wer…
A WISPR of the Venus Surface: Analysis of the Venus Nightside Thermal Emission at Optical Wavelengths
J. Lustig-Yaeger, N. R. Izenberg, M. S. Gilmore +8
Parker Solar Probe (PSP) conducted several flybys of Venus while using Venus' gravity for orbital adjustments to enable its daring passes of the Sun. During these flybys, PSP turne…
On the Effectiveness of the Planetary Infrared Excess (PIE) Technique to Retrieve the Parameters of Multiplanet Systems around M dwarfs: A Case Study on the TRAPPIST-1 System
L. C. Mayorga, J. Lustig-Yaeger, K. B. Stevenson
The planetary infrared excess (PIE) technique has the potential to efficiently detect and characterize the thermal spectra of both transiting and non-transiting exoplanets. However…
High Tide or Riptide on the Cosmic Shoreline? A Water-Rich Atmosphere or Stellar Contamination for the Warm Super-Earth GJ~486b from JWST Observations
Sarah E. Moran, Kevin B. Stevenson, David K. Sing +21
Planets orbiting M-dwarf stars are prime targets in the search for rocky exoplanet atmospheres. The small size of M dwarfs renders their planets exceptional targets for transmissio…
Hotter Than Expected: HST/WFC3 Phase-resolved Spectroscopy of a Rare Irradiated Brown Dwarf with Strong Internal Heat Flux
Rachael C. Amaro, Daniel Apai, Yifan Zhou +8
With infrared flux contrasts larger than typically seen in hot Jupiter, tidally-locked white dwarf-brown dwarf binaries offer a superior opportunity to investigate atmospheric proc…
A JWST transmission spectrum of a nearby Earth-sized exoplanet
J. Lustig-Yaeger, G. Fu, E. M. May +20
The critical first step in the search for life on exoplanets over the next decade is to determine whether rocky planets transiting small M-dwarf stars possess atmospheres and, if s…
Hierarchical Bayesian Atmospheric Retrieval Modeling for Population Studies of Exoplanet Atmospheres: A Case Study on the Habitable Zone
Jacob Lustig-Yaeger, Kristin S. Sotzen, Kevin B. Stevenson +5
With the growing number of spectroscopic observations and observational platforms capable of exoplanet atmospheric characterization, there is a growing need for analysis techniques…
HST/WFC3 Complete Phase-resolved Spectroscopy of White Dwarf-Brown Dwarf Binaries WD 0137 and EPIC 2122
Yifan Zhou, Dániel Apai, Xianyu Tan +7
Brown dwarfs in close-in orbits around white dwarfs offer an excellent opportunity to investigate properties of fast-rotating, tidally-locked, and highly-irradiated atmospheres. We…
Mapping the pressure-dependent day-night temperature contrast of a strongly irradiated atmosphere with HST spectroscopic phase curve
Ben W. P. Lew, Dániel Apai, Yifan Zhou +6
Many brown dwarfs are on ultra-short period and tidally-locked orbits around white dwarf hosts. Because of these small orbital separations, the brown dwarfs are irradiated at level…
Retrieving Exoplanet Atmospheres using Planetary Infrared Excess: Prospects for the Nightside of WASP-43 b and other Hot Jupiters
Jacob Lustig-Yaeger, Kevin B. Stevenson, L. C. Mayorga +4
To increase the sample size of future atmospheric characterization efforts, we build on the planetary infrared excess (PIE) technique that has been proposed as a means to detect an…
Transmission Spectroscopy of the Earth-Sun System to Inform the Search for Extrasolar Life
L. C. Mayorga, J. Lustig-Yaeger, E. M. May +7
Upcoming NASA astrophysics missions such as the James Webb Space Telescope will search for signs of life on planets transiting nearby stars. Doing so will require co-adding dozens…
Variable Irradiation on 1D Cloudless Eccentric Exoplanet Atmospheres
L. C. Mayorga, Tyler D. Robinson, Mark S. Marley +2
Exoplanets on eccentric orbits experience an incident stellar flux that can be markedly larger at periastron versus apoastron. This variation in instellation can lead to dramatic c…
Detection of Rotational Variability in Floofy Objects at Optical Wavelengths
L. C. Mayorga, E. M. May, J. Lustig-Yaeger +1
Phase resolved observations of planetary bodies allow us to understand the longitudinal and latitudinal variations that make each one unique. Rotational variations have been detect…
Reflected Light Observations of the Galilean Satellites from Cassini: a testbed for cold terrestrial exoplanets
L. C. Mayorga, David Charbonneau, D. P. Thorngren
For terrestrial exoplanets with thin atmospheres or no atmospheres, the surface contributes light to the reflected light signal of the planet. Measurement of the variety of disk-in…
Imaging Cool Giant Planets in Reflected Light: Science Investigations and Synergy with Habitable Planets
Mark Marley, Nikole Lewis, Giada Arney +38
Planned astronomical observatories of the 2020s will be capable of obtaining reflected light photometry and spectroscopy of cool extrasolar giant planets. Here we explain that such…
On the Use of Planetary Science Data for Studying Extrasolar Planets
Daniel J. Crichton, J. Steve Hughes, Gael Roudier +5
There is an opportunity to advance both solar system and extrasolar planetary studies that does not require the construction of new telescopes or new missions but better use and ac…
Phantom Inflated Planets in Occurrence Rate Based Samples
L. C. Mayorga, Daniel P. Thorngren
The recently launched Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is expected to produce many new exoplanet discoveries which will be especially amenable to follow-up study. Asses…
Jupiter's Phase Variations from Cassini: a testbed for future direct-imaging missions
L. C. Mayorga, J. Jackiewicz, K. Rages +4
We present phase curves of Jupiter from 0-140 degrees as measured in multiple optical bandpasses by Cassini/ISS during the Millennium flyby of Jupiter in late 2000 to early 2001. P…