High-resolution imaging of solar system objects

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Sep 1986

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986plas.rept...25g&link_type=abstract

In NASA, Washington Reports of Planetary Astronomy, 1985 p 25 (SEE N87-12407 03-89)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Comets, Planetary Atmospheres, Planetary Orbits, Radar Astronomy, Radar Imagery, Chemical Clouds, Earth Magnetosphere, High Resolution, Io, Sodium Compounds, Temporal Resolution

Scientific paper

A very extensive Io sodium imaging program beginning with the first images of the cloud and culminating in comprehensive characterization of the cloud's appearance and behavior as a function of both time and Io's orbital position now forms the basis for a collaborative modeling analysis and a continued observational study with emphasis on understanding how the cloud's behavior is diagnostic of spatial and temporal variations in the physical conditions of the inner Jovian magnetosphere. The sodium cloud was found to have a variety of systematic variations, a pronounced east-west orbital asymmetry, and temporal changes which could be diagnostic of time changes in both Io and its plasma environment. New comet imaging programs initiated at the 3.6-meter Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope draw upon both ultra high time resolution and high spatial resolution imaging capabilities. Seven observing runs between Dec. 1984 and May 1986 were devoted to observing Halley, Giacobini-Zinner, and several other comets. Among these observations were the first images of Halley through IHW filters, and images of Giacobini-Zinner during the ICE encounter which have been directly correlated with ICE magnetic field measurements.

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