The Surface Composition of Mimas: Ultraviolet Constraints

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[6280] Planetary Sciences: Solar System Objects / Saturnian Satellites

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Mimas is a little moon (198 km in radius), but is proving to be a fascinating body. Bizarre leading-trailing dichotomies abound, including a unique thermal signature that may, or may not, be related to Herschel crater (139 km in diameter), which dominates the leading hemisphere. Recent visible-wavelength color maps (Schenk et al., 2010) show an intriguing lens-shaped feature covering the leading hemisphere, perhaps the result of high-energy electron bombardment. Mimas’s visible-to-near-infrared spectrum suggests a surface that is dominated by water ice. We explore the ultraviolet spectral signature of Mimas and relate it to the longer wavelength data, to place constraints on non-ice surface species. The ultraviolet regime is particularly sensitive to exogenic processes. We look for spatial variations in ultraviolet albedo that could reveal the effects of charged particle interaction, E-ring grain interaction, and/or neutral transport.

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