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Constraints on the Atmospheric Composition of 2002 XV from JWST Spectroscopy
Ian Wong, Silvia Protopapa, Emmanuel Lellouch
The recent detection of an atmosphere surrounding the trans-Neptunian object (TNO) 2002 XV from stellar occultation measurements has challenged the longstanding view that on…
JWST reveals anomalously enhanced methane outgassing from below Chiron's water ice and carbon dioxide bearing surface
Ian Wong, Silvia Protopapa, Aurélie Guilbert-Lepoutre +7
Centaurs are inward-scattered Kuiper belt objects, with some exhibiting comet-like activity. The physical mechanisms powering this activity remain poorly understood, with carbon mo…
JWST/NIRSpec Observations of Salacia-Actaea and Máni: Exploring Population-level Trends among Water-ice-rich Kuiper Belt Objects
Ian Wong, Bryan J. Holler, Silvia Protopapa +9
We present observations of the midsized Kuiper Belt objects (KBOs) SalaciaActaea and Máni, obtained with the Near-Infrared Spectrograph on JWST. The satellite Actaea was fully b…
Laboratory Investigation of CO2-Driven Enhancement of Radiolytic H2O2 on Europa and Other Icy Moons
Bereket D. Mamo, Ujjwal Raut, Ben D. Teolis +5
Observations of Europa's leading hemisphere reveal elevated H2O2 in the warmer, low latitude chaos terrains compared to the colder, polar regions. This distribution disagrees with…
JWST Reveals Spectral Tracers of Recent Surface Modification on Europa
Richard J. Cartwright, Charles A. Hibbits, Bryan J. Holler +9
Europa has been modified by a variety of geologic processes, exposing internally-derived materials that are heavily irradiated by charged particles trapped in Jupiter's magnetosphe…
Prominent mid-infrared excess of the dwarf planet (136472) Makemake discovered by JWST/MIRI indicates ongoing activity
Csaba Kiss, Thomas G. Müller, Anikó Farkas-Takács +18
We report on the discovery of a very prominent mid-infrared (18-25 μm) excess associated with the trans-Neptunian dwarf planet (136472) Makemake. The excess, detected by the MIRI i…
Unveiling the ice and gas nature of active centaur (2060) Chiron using the James Webb Space Telescope
N. Pinilla-Alonso, J. Licandro, R. Brunetto +15
(2060) Chiron is a large centaur that has been reported active on multiple occasions including during aphelion passage. Studies of Chirons coma during active periods have resulted…
A Contact Binary Satellite of the Asteroid (152830) Dinkinesh
Harold F. Levison, Simone Marchi, Keith S. Noll +3
Asteroids with diameters less than about 5 km have complex histories because they are small enough for radiative torques, YORP, to be a notable factor in their evolution. (152830)…
JWST molecular mapping and characterization of Enceladus' water plume feeding its torus
G. L. Villanueva, H. B. Hammel, S. N. Milam +18
Enceladus is a prime target in the search for life in our solar system, having an active plume likely connected to a large liquid water subsurface ocean. Using the sensitive NIRSpe…
Planetary Spectrum Generator: an accurate online radiative transfer suite for atmospheres, comets, small bodies and exoplanets
Geronimo L. Villanueva, Michael D. Smith, Silvia Protopapa +2
We have developed an online radiative-transfer suite (https://psg.gsfc.nasa.gov) applicable to a broad range of planetary objects (e.g., planets, moons, comets, asteroids, TNOs, KB…
TNOs are Cool: A survey of the trans-Neptunian region V. Physical characterization of 18 Plutinos using Herschel PACS observations
Michael Mommert, A. W. Harris, C. Kiss +18
We present Herschel PACS photometry of 18 Plutinos and determine sizes and albedos for these objects using thermal modeling. We analyze our results for correlations, draw conclusio…