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The source of widespread 3-µm absorption in Jupiter’s clouds: Constraints from 2000 Cassini VIMS observations
Sromovsky, L. A.; Fry, P. M.
The Cassini flyby of Jupiter in 2000 provided spatially resolved spectra of Jupiter's atmosphere using the Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (VIMS). A prominent characteristic of these spectra is the presence of a strong absorption at wavelengths from about 2.9 µm to 3.1 µm, previously noticed in a 3-µm spectrum obtained b…
The source of 3-µm absorption in Jupiter’s clouds: Reanalysis of ISO observations using new NH3 absorption models
Sromovsky, L. A.; Fry, P. M.
A prominent characteristic of jovian near-IR spectra is the widely distributed presence of a strong absorption at wavelengths from about 2.9 µm to 3.1 µm, first noticed in a 3-µm spectrum obtained by the Infrared Space Observatory (ISO) in 1996. While Brooke et al. (Brooke, T.Y., Knacke, R.F., Encrenaz, T., Drossart, P., Crisp, D…
Mid-infrared spectra of the shocked Murchison CM chondrite: Comparison with astronomical observations of dust in debris disks
Koike, C.; Mann, I.; Morlok, A. +2 more
We present laboratory mid-infrared transmission/absorption spectra obtained from matrix of the hydrated Murchison CM meteorite experimentally shocked at peak pressures of 10-49 GPa, and compare them to astronomical observations of circumstellar dust in different stages of the formation of planetary systems. The laboratory spectra of the Murchison …
High-resolution 3-µm spectra of Jupiter: Latitudinal spectral variations influenced by molecules, clouds, and haze
Geballe, T. R.; Minh, Y. C.; Seo, H. J. +3 more
We present latitudinally-resolved high-resolution ( R = 37,000) pole-to-pole spectra of Jupiter in various narrow longitudinal ranges, in spectral intervals covering roughly half of the spectral range 2.86-3.53 µm. We have analyzed the data with the aid of synthetic spectra generated from a model jovian atmosphere that included lines of CH <…