Surficial textures of the Galilean satellites

Details Surficial textures of the Galilean satellites Surficial textures of the Galilean satellites

May 1988

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1988natur.333..148b&link_type=abstract

Nature (ISSN 0028-0836), vol. 333, May 12, 1988, p. 148-151.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Callisto, Io, Planetary Surfaces, Remote Sensing, Textures, Iue, Jupiter Satellites, Ultraviolet Astronomy, Jupiter, Satellites, Surface, Texture, Satellite Observations, Models, Iue Satellite, Comparisons, Bombardment, Magnetosphere, Resurfacing, Io, Callisto, Regolith, Europa, Ultraviolet, Wavelengths, Ganymede

Scientific paper

The observations of the Galilean satellites of Jupiter obtained with the IUE have been analyzed as a function of solar phase angle. By fitting the measurements to a shadowing model, comparative descriptions of the microtextures of the optically active portion of the surfaces of the satellites are derived. Important differences among the satellites and between leading and trailing hemispheres of individual satellites result from the different processes of meteoritic bombardment, magnetospheric interaction, and geological resurfacing that operate in the Jovian system. Io and Callisto have the most tenuous upper regoliths, whereas the surface of the leading side of Europa is the most compact.

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