Observing Planetary Rings and Small Satellites with the James Webb Space Telescope: Science Justification and Observation Requirements
- Authors
- Type
- Published Article
- Journal
- Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
- Publisher
- IOP Publishing
- Publication Date
- Jan 27, 2016
- Volume
- 128
- Issue
- 959
- Identifiers
- DOI: 10.1088/1538-3873/128/959/018008
- Source
- SETI Institute
- License
- Green
Abstract
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will provide unprecedented opportunities to observe the rings and small satellites in our Solar System, accomplishing three primary objectives:(1) discovering new rings and moons,(2) unprecedented spectroscopy, and (3) time-domain observations. We give details on these science objectives and describe requirements that JWST must fulfill in order to accomplish the science objectives.
