JUICE-MAJIS observations planning for plumes detection on icy Galilean satellites
Abstract
The existence of plumes at Europa has been suggested by recent observations, carried out over the last seven years. Here we discuss here about the possibility of their detection on Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto by using the MAJIS imaging spectrometer onboard the ESA JUICE mission. The confirmation of this kind of geological activity may have important consequences in our understanding of the relationships among the surface, the interior, and the exosphere of these bodies, ultimately helping in assessing their habitability.
- Publication:
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EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2019
- Pub Date:
- September 2019
- Bibcode:
- 2019EPSC...13.1368D