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TEMPEST - A modular Python-based thermophysical model for rough, irregularly-shaped airless bodies
D. G. Lyster, C. J. A. Howett
Comparing observed and predicted surface temperatures on airless planetary bodies is crucial for interpreting their surface processes, constraining activity, and deriving their sur…
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Thermophysical Properties of Europa's Surface Constrained by Galileo Photopolarimeter-Radiometer Temperature Measurements
L. Lange, S. Piqueux, P. O. Hayne +10
Thermal measurements constrain the physical properties of icy satellite surfaces, including grain size, porosity, and regolith structure. On Europa, analyses of the Galileo Photopo…