Global multispectral mosaics of the icy Galilean satellites

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Jul 1983

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1983jgr....88.5789j&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 88, July 10, 1983, p. 5789-5805.

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Galilean Satellites, Mosaics, Satellite Imagery, Satellite Surfaces, Voyager Project, Albedo, Callisto, Digital Data, Europa, Ganymede, Ice, Image Processing, Jupiter, Satellites, Icy Bodies, Spectra, Voyager Missions, Imagery, Image Processing, Procedure, Albedo, Analysis, Terrain, Callisto, Brightness, Europa, Ganymede, Comparisons, Ultraviolet, Reflectance, Io, Plasma, Optical Properties

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Multispectral mosaics of the three icy Galilean satellites have been produced from low- to moderate-resolution Voyager images. The digital image data have been calibrated using preflight and in-flight calibration data, and reduced to normal albedos for four-color band passes, centered at 0.35, 0.41, 0.48, and 0.59 microns. The individual images have been geometrically corrected, mosaiked, and presented in a normal cylindrical map projection at a uniform scale of 8 km/pixel. Preliminary analysis of the normal albedo data shows that (1) the darkest terrains on the satellites are the dark regions on Callisto, (2) the brightest regions are bright plains regions on Europa and bright, fresh craters on Ganymede, (3) bright craters on Ganymede and its dark, cratered regions are both significantly brighter than comparable terrains on Callisto, and (4) Europa exhibits several distinct spectral units, with regions on the trailing hemisphere having lower relative ultraviolet spectral reflectance than areas on the leading hemisphere. This is consistent with proposals that Io-related plasma impact on Europa's trailing side has altered its optical properties.

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