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Solar System Observations with JWSTThe James Webb Space Telescope will enable a wealth of new scientific investigations in the near- and mid- infrared, with sensitivity and spatial-spectral resolution greatly surpassing its predecessors. In this paper, we focus upon Solar System science facilitated by JWST, discussing the most current information available concerning JWST instrument properties and observing techniques relevant to planetary science. We also present numerous example observing scenarios for a wide variety of Solar System targets to illustrate the potential of JWST science to the Solar System community. This paper updates and supersedes the Solar System white paper published by the JWST Project in 2010 (Lunine et al., 2010). It is based both on that paper and on a workshop held at the annual meeting of the Division for Planetary Sciences in Reno, NV in 2012.
Document ID
20140010383
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Other
Authors
Norwood, James
(New Mexico State Univ. Las Cruces, NM, United States)
Hammel, Heidi
(Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. Washington, DC, United States)
Milam, Stefanie
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Stansberry, John
(Space Telescope Science Inst. Baltimore, MD, United States)
Lunine, Jonathan
(Cornell Univ. Ithaca, NY, United States)
Chanover, Nancy
(New Mexico State Univ. Las Cruces, NM, United States)
Hines, Dean
(Space Telescope Science Inst. Baltimore, MD, United States)
Sonneborn, George
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Tiscareno, Matthew
(Cornell Univ. Ithaca, NY, United States)
Brown, Michael
(California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Ferruit, Pierre
(European Space Agency. European Space Research and Technology Center, ESTEC Noordwijk, Netherlands)
Date Acquired
July 31, 2014
Publication Date
March 24, 2014
Subject Category
Astronomy
Lunar And Planetary Science And Exploration
Report/Patent Number
GSFC-E-DAA-TN14765
Report Number: GSFC-E-DAA-TN14765
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.
Keywords
Infrared observations
Solar System
JWST
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