Determining Albedos and Sizes for Irregular Satellites of Jupiter and Saturn

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Sep 2004

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Spitzer Proposal ID #3582

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Determining sizes and albedos for the irregular satellites of the giant planets is essential in understanding their origins and capturing processes. The Multiband Imaging Photometer (MIPS) aboard the Spitzer InfraRed Telescope Facility (SIRTF) is the only instrument available that makes photometric observation of a large number of irregular satellites in the mid-infrared possible. We propose to perform mid-infrared photometric observations of 23 Jovian and 9 Saturnian irregular satellites, over half of the known irregulars around these two planets. This sample will give us a uniqe sample of accurate sizes and albedos that will provide us with the capability to compare them with other solar system bodies in the search for their origins and processes of evolution.

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