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Unique Spectroscopy and Imaging of Mars with the James Webb Space Telescope

Hartogh, Paul; Lellouch, Emmanuel; Fouchet, Thierry +12 more

In this paper, we summarize the main capabilities of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) for performing observations of Mars. The distinctive vantage point of JWST at the Sun-Earth Lagrange point (L2) will allow sampling the full observable disk, permitting the study of short-term phenomena, diurnal processes (across the east-west axis), and lat…