UV Imaging of Europa & Ganymede: Unveiling Satellite Aurora & Electrodynamical Interactions

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Jul 1999

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HST Proposal ID #8224

Physics

Hst Proposal Id #8224 Solar System

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We propose to obtain dispersed ultraviolet images of Europa and Ganymede using STIS to isolate atomic oxygen {1304 and 1356 Angstrom} and hydrogen {Lyman-Alpha} emissions, to study the interaction of the Jovian magnetosphere with the tenuous oxygen atmospheres of these icy satellites. Previous spectroscopic observations, from both HST {with GHRS} and Galileo, suggest the presence of polar aurorae on Ganymede whose geometry would be clearly delineated in these images. Europa is expected to show an oxygen emission morphology similar to that recently discovered on Io.

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