2 papers
astro-ph.EP2026
The Physical Nature of Regolith on Icy Moons
Cyril Mergny, Thomas Cornet, Alice Le Gall +8
Estimating surface properties such as porosity and grain sizes is key for planning lander missions and landing site selection on icy moons. However, spaceborne instruments do not m…
astro-ph.EP2025
The Blinking Crystallinity of Europa: A Competition between Irradiation and Thermal Alteration
Cyril Mergny, Frédéric Schmidt, Felix Keil
The surface of Europa experiences a competition between thermally-induced crystallization and radiation-induced amorphization processes, leading to changes of its crystalline struc…