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The Visual Monitoring Camera (VMC) on Mars Express: a new science instrument made from an old webcam orbiting Mars
Jorge From, :, Jorge Hernández-Bernal +19
The Visual Monitoring Camera (VMC) is a small imaging instrument onboard Mars Express with a field of view of ~40x30 degrees. The camera was initially intended to provide visual co…
Constraints on the structure and seasonal variations of Triton's atmosphere from the 5 October 2017 stellar occultation and previous observations
J. Marques Oliveira, B. Sicardy, A. R. Gomes-Júnior +234
A stellar occultation by Neptune's main satellite, Triton, was observed on 5 October 2017 from Europe, North Africa, and the USA. We derived 90 light curves from this event, 42 of…
A long term study of Mars mesospheric clouds seen at twilight based on Mars Express VMC images
J. Hernandez-Bernal, A. Sanchez-Lavega, T. del Rio-Gaztelurrutia +5
We present the first systematic study of clouds observed during twilight on Mars. We analyze images obtained by the Visual Monitoring Camera (VMC) on Mars Express between 2007 and…
An Extremely Elongated Cloud over Arsia Mons Volcano on Mars: I. Life Cycle
J. Hernández-Bernal, A. Sánchez-Lavega, T. del Río-Gaztelurrutia +12
We report a previously unnoticed annually repeating phenomenon consisting of the daily formation of an extremely elongated cloud extending as far as 1800 km westward from Arsia Mon…
The 2018 Martian Global Dust Storm over the South Polar Region studied with MEx/VMC
J. Hernández-Bernal, A. Sánchez-Lavega, T. del Río-Gaztelurrutia +6
We study the 2018 Martian Global DustStorm (GDS 2018) over the Southern Polar Region using images obtained by the Visual Monitoring Camera (VMC) on board Mars Express during June a…
Keys of a Mission to Uranus or Neptune, the Closest Ice Giants
Tristan Guillot, Jonathan Fortney, Emily Rauscher +26
Uranus and Neptune are the archetypes of "ice giants", a class of planets that may be among the most common in the Galaxy. They hold the keys to understand the atmospheric dynamics…