DPS 2001 meeting, November 2001
Session 37. Galilean and Other Outer Planet Satellite Posters
Displayed, 9:00am Tuesday - 3:00pm Saturday, Highlighted, Friday, November 30, 2001, 9:00-10:30am, French Market Exhibit Hall

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[37.08] Rotational Lightcurves of the Icy Galilean Satellites in the Near-UV

D. Domingue (Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory), A. Hendrix (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)

The International Ultraviolet Explorer observed the Galilean satellites over a decade time span. This data has been examined to determine the rotational phase curve behavior of these satellites from 0.26 to 0.32 microns in 0.01 micron increments. The general behavior of the lightcurves is commensurate with that seen by the Voyager and Galileo observations. The data has been separated into time periods, 10 years apart, to examine possible temporal variations. Preliminary analysis indicates that any temporal variations are only a few percent above the noise level in the data.


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