3 papers
astro-ph.EP2026
The Rocky Planet Picture Show: Implementation of Surface Reflection and Emission in with Application to and Interpretation of JWST Data
Elijah Mullens, Ryan J. MacDonald, Marina E. Gemma +3
The surface characterization of rocky exoplanets via emission spectroscopy represents a frontier of current (JWST) and future (HWO) observational efforts. Here, we implement new fe…
astro-ph.EP2025
Investigating the extent of bladed terrain on Pluto via photometric surface roughness
I. Mishra, R. Dhingra, B. J. Buratti +2
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft discovered fields of sub-parallel sets of steep ridges situated in the high-altitude, low-latitude regions in Pluto's encounter hemisphere called 'bl…
astro-ph.EP2025
An Assessment of Organics Detection and Characterization on the Surface of Europa with Infrared Spectroscopy
Ishan Mishra, Nikole Lewis, Jonathan Lunine +1
Organics, if they do exist on Europa, may only be present in trace amounts on the surface. NASA's upcoming mission Europa Clipper is going to provide global, high quality data of t…