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Views from EPOXI: Colors in our Solar System

Views from EPOXI: Colors in our Solar System. Carolyn A. Crow 1 , L. A. McFadden 3 , T. Robinson 4 , T. A. Livengood 2 , T. Hewagama 1 , R. K. Barry 3 , L. D. Deming 3 , V. Meadows 4 , C. M. Lisse 5

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Views from EPOXI: Colors in our Solar System

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  1. Views from EPOXI: Colors in our Solar System Carolyn A. Crow1, L. A. McFadden3, T. Robinson4, T. A. Livengood2, T. Hewagama1, R. K. Barry3, L. D. Deming3, V. Meadows4, C. M. Lisse5 1University of Maryland, 2NCESSE, 3Goddard Space Flight Center, 4University of Washington, 5APL

  2. Briefly about me…

  3. Outline • Why are colors important? • How do we determine the colors? • What can colors tell us? • What does this mean for future observations?

  4. Why are colors important?

  5. Credit: Reto Stöckli, Nazmi El Saleous, and Marit Jentoft-Nilsen, NASA GSFC

  6. Kepler James Web Space Telescope Terrestrial Planet Finder Credit: NASA/Kepler mission/Wendy Stenzel Credit: EADS Astrium Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

  7. How do we determine the colors?

  8. Spectroscopy Credit: Pink Floyd Credit: www.bareket-astro.com

  9. Light Sensitivity of Eye Credit: www.polisoftdesign.com

  10. The EPOXI Mission • EPOXI Mission = EPOCh + DIXI • EPOCh – Extrasolar Planet Observation and Characterization • DIXI – Deep Impact Extended Investigation • Deep Impact (DI) Flyby Spacecraft: 2 Visible cameras and IR spectrometer Earth & Moon from DI Flyby Spacecraft Comet Tempel 1 from DI Flyby Spacecraft

  11. DIXI @ Hartley 2 Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UMD

  12. Observations Lunar transit of Earth EarthObs 29 May 2008 Lunar near side Stevinus (6) and Balmer Crater Regions (7). Calibrations 16 Jan 2005. Mars Observations EarthObs 20 Nov 2009

  13. What can colors tell us?

  14. Color-Color Plot Blue vs. Green Red vs. Green

  15. Color-Color Plot Blue vs. Green Red vs. Green

  16. Color-Color Plot Blue vs. Green Red vs. Green

  17. Color-Color Plot Blue vs. Green Red vs. Green

  18. Color-Color Plot Blue vs. Green Red vs. Green

  19. What does this mean about the future?

  20. Planet Kepler 10b Credit: NASA/Kepler Mission/Dana Berry

  21. Thank You!

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