Icy Satellites Reference Page


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Brown, R. H., and 26 coauthors. 2003. Observations with the Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (VIMS) during Cassini's flyby of Jupiter. Icarus 164, 461-470.

Brown, R. H. and 24 coauthors. 2006, Composition and Physical Properties of Enceladus Surface. Science, 311, p. 1425-1428.

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Buratti, B. J. and 28 coauthors. 2005, Cassini Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer Observations of Iapetus: Detection of CO2: Astrophysical Journal, 622, p. L149-L152.

Buratti, B. J., Faulk, S. P., Mosher, J., Baines, K. H., Brown, R. H., Clark, R. N., Nicholson, P. D. 2011. Search for and limits on plume activity on Mimas, Tethys, and Dione with the Cassini Visual Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (VIMS). Icarus 214, 534-540.

Buratti, B., Clark, R.N., Crary, F., Hansen, C.J., Hendrix, A.R., Howett, C.J.A., Lunine, J., Paranicas, C., 2018a. Cold cases: what we don't know about Saturn's moons. Planetary and Space Science, in press https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2017.11.017.

Buratti, B. J. and 38 coauthors, 2018b.  First Results from Cassini's Five Fabulous Flybys of Saturn's Ring Moons, Revision Submitted to Science, May 25, 2018.

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Castillo-Rogez, J., and f coauthors. 2009. 26Al decay: Heat production and a revised age for Iapetus. Icarus 204, 658-662.

Castillo-Rogez, J., Efromsky, M., Lainey, V. 2011. The tidal history of Iapetus: Spin dynamics in the light of a refined dissipation model. J. Geophys. Res. 116, E09008.

Castillo-Rogez, J. C., and 5 coauthors. 2012. Geophysical evolution of Saturn's satellite Phoebe, a large planetesimal in the outer Solar System.  Icarus 219, 86-109.

Castillo-Rogez, J. C., Hemingway, D., Tobie, G., McKinnon, W.B., Schubert, G. (2018): Origin and Evolution of Saturn's Midsize Moons. Chapter in: Enceladus and the Icy Moons of Saturn, Schenk, P.M., Clark, R.N., Howett, C.J.A., Verbiscer, A.J., Waite, J.H. (eds.), Space Science Series, The University of Arizona Press, Tucson, AZ.

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Clark, R. N. and 11 coauthors. 2008, Compositional mapping of Saturn's satellite Dione with Cassini VIMS and implications of dark material in the Saturn system, Icarus, 193, 372-386.

Clark, R. N. 2009. Detection of Adsorbed Water and Hydroxyl on the Moon.  Science 326, 562.

Clark, R. N. and 13 coauthors. 2012, The Composition of Iapetus: Mapping Results from Cassini VIMS, Icarus, 218, 831-860.

Clark, R. N., Brown, R. H.,Cruikshank, D. P. 2016a. CO2 and 12C:13C Isotopic Ratios on Phoebe and Iapetus. AGU Fall Meeting, #192707

Clark, R. N., Brown, R. H., Lytle, D. M., Cruikshank, D. P.,  2016b. Composition of Phoebe and Iapetus: Bound Water and Possible Deuterated Water, Astronomical Society, Division of Planetary Science Annual meeting. Abstract 2565489.

Clark, R. N., Brown. R. H, Swayze, G. A., Cruikshank, D. P., 2017a, Detection of Deuterium in Icy Surfaces and the D/H Ratio of Icy Objects, American Astronomical Society, Division of Planetary Science, Fall Meeting, Provo, Utah, Abstract  2817962.

Clark, R. N., Browni R. H., Swayze, G. A., Cruikshank, D. P., 2017b, Detecting Isotopic Signatures and Measuring Isotopic Ratios on Solid Icy Surfaces:Implications for Origin and Evolution, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, New Orleans, abstract P52B-06.

Clark, R. N., Brown, R. H,, Lytle, D. M., Hedman, M., 2018, The VIMS Wavelength and Radiometric Calibration 19, Final Report,  NASA Planetary Data System, The Planetary Atmospheres Node, 30p.

Collins, G. C., Goodman, J. C.  2007. Enceladus' south polar sea. Icarus 189, 72-82.

Cruikshank, D. P., and 16 coauthors. 2010, Carbon dioxide on the satellites of Saturn: Results from the Cassini VIMS investigation and revisions to the VIMS wavelength scale, Icarus, 206, 561-572.

Cruikshank, D.P., Dalle Ore, C.M., Pendleton, Y. J., Clark, R. N. 2014. Aromatic and Aliphatic Organic Materials on Phoebe, Iapetus, and Hyperion: Analysis of Cassini VIMS Data. Icarus 233, 306-315.

Dalton, J. B. III, Cruikshank, D. P., Clark, R. N. 2012. Compositional analysis of Hyperion with the Cassini Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer. Icarus 220, 252-276.

Damptz, A.L., Dombard, A.J., Kirchoff, M.R. 2018. Testing models for the formation of the equatorial ridge on Iapetus via crater counting. Icarus 302, 134-144.

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Denk, T., and 12 coauthors. 2005a. The First Six Months of Iapetus Observations by the Cassini ISS Camera. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 36, abstract 2262.

Denk, T., and 12 coauthors. 2005b. First Imaging Results From the Iapetus B/C Flyby of the Cassini Spacecraft. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 36, abstract 2268.

Denk, T., and 9 coauthors. 2008. Iapetus Imaging During the Targeted Flyby of the Cassini Spacecraft. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 39, abstract 2533.

Denk, T., and 10 coauthors. 2010. Iapetus: Unique Surface Properties and a Global Color Dichotomy from Cassini Imaging. Science 327, 435-439.

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Denk, T., Mottola, S. 2014. Periods, Poles, and Shapes of Irregular Satellites of Saturn from Lightcurves. American Astronomical Society, DPS meeting #46, id.304.09.

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Elder, C., and 6 coauthors. 2007, Tethys' mysterious equatorial band, Bulletin American Astronomical Society 39, 429.

Filacchione, G. and 18 coauthors. 2012. Saturn's icy satellites and rings investigated by Cassini-VIMS: III - Radial compositional variability. Icarus 220, 1064-1096.

Filacchione, G. and 13 coauthors. 2013. The radial distribution of water ice and chromophores across Saturn's system.  Astrophys. J. 766, 76-80.

Filacchione, G. and 5 coauthors. 2016. Saturn's icy satellites investigated by Cassini-VIMS. IV. Daytime temperature maps, Icarus 271, 292-313.

Geissler, P., and 6 coauthors. 2004. Cassini observations of Io's visible aurorae.  Icarus 172, 127-140.

Giese, B., Neukum, G., Roatsch, T., Denk, T., Porco, C. C. 2006. Topographic modeling of Phoebe using Cassini images. Planetary and Space Science 54, 1156-1166.

Giese, B., Wagner, R., Neukum, G., Helfenstein, P., Thomas, P. C. 2007, Tethys: Lithospheric thickness and heat flux from flexurally supported topography at Ithaca Chasma. Geophysical Research Letters 34,  L21203.

Giese, B., and 8 coauthors. 2008. The topography of Iapetus' leading side. Icarus 193, 359-371.

Glein, C. R., Baross, J. A., Waite, J. H.  2015.  The pH of Enceladus' ocean. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 162, 202-219.

Goguen, J. D. and 12 coauthors. 2015, The temperature and width of an active fissure on Enceladus measured with Cassini VIMS during the 14 April 2012 South Pole flyover. Icarus 226, 1128-1137.

Hammond, N. P., Phillips, C. B., Nimmo, F., Kattenhorn,  S. A. 2013. Flexure on Dione: Investigating subsurface structure and thermal history. Icarus 223, 418-422.

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Hansen, C. J., Shemansky, D. E., Hendrix, A. R.. 2005. Cassini UVIS Observations of Europa's Oxygen Atmosphere and Torus. Icarus 176, 305-315. 

Hansen, C. J. and 7 coauthors. 2006.  Enceladus' Water Vapor Plume. Science 331, 1422-1425.

Hansen, C. J. and 9 coauthors. 2008. Water vapour jets inside the plume of gas leaving Enceladus.  Nature 456, 477-479.

Hansen, C. J. and 7 coauthors. 2011. The Structure of Enceladus' Plume from Cassini Occultation Observations.  AGU Fall Meeting 2011, abstract P13F-01.

Hansen, C. J., Esposito, L. W., Hendrix, A. R.  2017. UV Detection and Characterization of Plume Activity. AGU Fall Meeting 2017, abstract #P23F-05.

Hansen, C. J., Hendrix, A. R., Esposito, L. W.  2018. Observations of Stellar Occultations to Look for Plumes from Dione and Tethys. 49th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 19-23 March, 2018, held at The Woodlands, Texas LPI Contribution No. 2083, id.2446

Harbison, R. A., Thomas, P. C., Nicholson, P. D. 2011. Rotational modeling of Hyperion. Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy 110, 1-16.

Hedman, M. M., and 8 coauthors. 2013. An observed correlation between plume activity and tidal stresses on Enceladus, Nature 500, 182.

Hedman, M. N. and 6 coauthors. 2018. Spatial variations in the dust-to-gas ratio of Enceladus' plume. Icarus 305, 123-138.

Hedman. M. M. and 8 coauthors. 2013. An observed correlation between plume activity and tidal stresses on Enceladus. Nature, 500, 182-184.

Helfenstein, P., and 7 coauthors. 2005. A Cassini ISS Search for Regolith-Texture Variations on Tethys. Lunar Planet Sci. Conf. 36, abstract #2399.

Hemingway, D., Zannoni, M., Tortora, P., Nimmo, F. and Asmar, S. 2016. Dione's internal structure inferred from Cassini gravity and topography. LPSC 47, abstr. 1314.

Hendrix, A.R., Hansen, C.J. 2008. Ultraviolet Observations of Phoebe from Cassini UVIS. Icarus 193, 323-333.

Hendrix, A.R., Hansen, C.J. 2010. The Surface Composition of Enceladus: Clues from the Ultraviolet. Proceedings Book of the IAU Symposium 263  5, 26-130.

Hendrix. A. R., and 9 coauthors. 2012. Mimas' far-UV albedo: Spatial variations. Icarus 220, 922-931.

Hendrix, A. R., Noll, K. S., Spencer, J. R. 2017. Icy Saturnian Satellites: Using UV-Vis data to study surface composition & surface processing. American Astronomical Society, DPS meeting #49, id.210.03.

Hendrix, A. R., Filacchione, G., Paranicas, C., Schenk, P., Scipioni, F. 2018.  Icy Saturnian satellites: Disk-integrated UV-IR characteristics and links to exogenic processes. Icarus 300, 103-114.

Howett, C. J. A., Spencer, J. R., Pearl, J., Segura. M. 2010. Thermal inertia and bolometric Bond albedo values for Mimas, Enceladus, Tethys, Dione, Rhea and Iapetus as derived from Cassini/CIRS measurements. Icarus 206, 573-593.

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Howett, C. J. A., Spencer, J. R., Hurford, T., Verbiscer, A., Segura. M. 2012. PacMan returns: An electron-generated thermal anomaly on Tethys, Icarus 221, 1084-1088.

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Ostro, S. J., and 14 coauthors, 2010. New Cassini RADAR results for Saturn's icy satellites. Icarus 206, 498-505.

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Paranicas, C, and 14 coauthors. 2014. The lens feature on the inner saturnian satellites. Icarus 234, 155-161.

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Porco, C.C. and 24 coauthors. 2006. Cassini Observes the Active South Pole of Enceladus. Science 311, 1393-1401.

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