2 papers
astro-ph.EP2025
Global Distribution of the Key Species on the Surface of Europa
Jiazheng Li, Yinsi Shou, Cheng Li +1
The icy surface of Europa is continuously bombarded by ions and electrons from Jupiter's magnetosphere. The bombardment of the particles dissociates water molecules on the surface…
astro-ph.EP2024
Infrared Compositional Measurements in Comet C/2017 K2 (Pan-STARRS) at Heliocentric Distances Beyond 2.3 AU
Chemeda Ejeta, Erika Gibb, Michael A. DiSanti +11
Comet C/2017 K2 (Pan-STARRS) provided a rare opportunity to investigate the evolution of coma composition and outgassing patterns over a transitional heliocentric distance (Rh) ran…