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Observational planning for the 2026 August 5 Falcon 9 Upper Stage lunar impact
Benjamin Fernando, Jennifer Heldmann, Bill Grey +20
On 2026 August 5, at approximately 06:35 UT, a spent Falcon 9 upper stage will impact the lunar surface near Einstein Crater. This event will occur on sunlit terrain near the easte…
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…
Redshifted Sodium Transient near Exoplanet Transit
Apurva V. Oza, Julia V. Seidel, H. Jens Hoeijmakers +21
Neutral sodium (Na I) is an alkali metal with a favorable absorption cross section such that tenuous gases are easily illuminated at select transiting exoplanet systems. We examine…
Short-Timescale Spatial Variability of Ganymede's Optical Aurora
Zachariah Milby, Katherine de Kleer, Carl Schmidt +1
Ganymede's aurora are the product of complex interactions between its intrinsic magnetosphere and the surrounding Jovian plasma environment and can be used to derive both atmospher…
Jovian sodium nebula and Io plasma torus S and brightnesses 2017 -- 2023: insights into volcanic vs. sublimation supply
Jeffrey P. Morgenthaler, Carl A. Schmidt, Marissa F. Vogt +2
We present first results derived from the largest collection of contemporaneously recorded Jovian sodium nebula and Io plasma torus (IPT) in [S II] 673.1 nm images assembled to dat…
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…
The origin and fate of O in Europa's ice: an atmospheric perspective
Robert E. Johnson, Apurva V. Oza, Francois Leblanc +2
The early prediction and subsequent detection of an O atmosphere on Europa, coupled with the discovery that Europa has an ocean under its ice mantle, has made this moon a prime…