3 papers
astro-ph.EP2026
Deuterated water and the formation of the satellites of Uranus
Michael E. Brown, Matthew Belyakov, Swaroop Chandra +5
The satellites of Uranus orbit in a low-eccentricity, equatorial plane that is tilted by 98 degrees relative to the solar system -- a geometry that mirrors Uranus's extreme axial t…
astro-ph.EP2026
Formation and Trapping of CO2 from Cryogenic Irradiation of Carbonate
Ashma Pandya, Swaroop Chandra, Michael E. Brown
The detection of CO2 on the Jovian satellite Europa by Galileo NIMS and recent mapping of the leading side by JWST has revealed that it is most concentrated in geologically young t…
astro-ph.EP2025
A JWST study of CO on the satellites of Saturn
Michael E. Brown, Samantha K. Trumbo, Matthew Belyakov +2
Solid state CO has been detected throughout the outer solar system, even at temperatures where crystalline CO is unstable, requiring that the CO be trapped in a separat…