We present spatially resolved Keck/NIRC2 images of a stellar occultation by Titan on September 5, 2022 and compare them to predictions from concurrent ALMA observations and a suite of General […]
stellar occultation
Posted inAstronomy & Telescopes, Atmospheres, Climate, Weather, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Status Report
Calculating Occultation Light Curves using Wavelets: Exponential Atmospheres and the Constraints of Static Stability
The signatures of waves are seen during many high-quality ground-based refractive stellar occultations by solar system atmospheres.
Posted inAtmospheres, Climate, Weather, Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Press Release, Triton
Triton Atmospheric Pressure: A New Value Is Obtained
The observation of a stellar occultation by a Solar System object is a very powerful method for measuring its dimensions, as well as possibly detecting rings, revealing an atmosphere and […]
Posted inAtmospheres, Climate, Weather, Biochemistry & Organic Chemistry, Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Missions & Hardware, Saturn, Status Report
A Pole-to-Pole Map Of Hydrocarbons In Saturn’s Upper Stratosphere And Mesosphere
We analyze data from the final two years of the Cassini mission to retrieve the distributions of methane, ethane, acetylene, ethylene, and benzene in Saturn’s upper stratosphere and mesosphere from […]