5 papers
Callisto from JWST: CO2-rich terrain on the leading hemisphere and global patterns of H2O ice
Maria Camarca, Katherine de Kleer, Richard J. Cartwright +5
We present maps of H2O, CO2, and a 4.57 um spectral feature across Callisto's surface observed using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). H2O ice was mapped by measuring band par…
Neptune's Inner Moons and Rings Are Exposed Icy Body Interiors
M. Ryleigh Davis, Matthew Belyakov, Ian Wong +2
JWST spectroscopy of Neptune's inner moons (Larissa, Galatea, Proteus) and its rings shows no water ice but a distinctive 2.72 µm magnesium‑rich phyllosilicate band, indicating the…
Detection of New Auroral Emissions at Io and Implications for Its Interaction with the Plasma Torus
Zachariah Milby, Katherine de Kleer, Carl Schmidt
We observed Io's optical aurora in eclipse on six nights between 2022 and 2024 using Keck I/HIRES. Spectra revealed 13 new auroral emissions not identified previously, tripling the…
FUOr-Aur 0544+3330: A New YSO Outburst in the Outskirts of Auriga OB1, Viewed Face-On
Lynne A. Hillenbrand, Adolfo S. Carvalho, Dan Stern +5
We present a newly appreciated FU Ori outburst event that began in 2019 and reached a peak in early 2021. Suspected young stellar object WISE J054452.25+333009.6 experienced substa…
Mass supply from Io to Jupiter's magnetosphere
L. Roth, A. Blöcker, K. de Kleer +24
Since the Voyager mission flybys in 1979, we have known the moon Io to be both volcanically active and the main source of plasma in the vast magnetosphere of Jupiter. Material lost…