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Left: Close up of the trailing/leading spectral...

Left: Close up of the trailing/leading spectral ratios (3.15 - 3.5 μm) for Ariel (“Ar”),...

Richard J. Cartwright et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 8

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Top: absorbance spectra (–log(reflectance)) of ...

Top: absorbance spectra (–log(reflectance)) of a thick CO2 ice layer deposited at 50 K a...

Richard J. Cartwright et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 8

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Spectral ratios generated by dividing the trail...

Spectral ratios generated by dividing the trailing hemisphere spectrum by the leading he...

Richard J. Cartwright et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 8

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G395M data of Ariel’s trailing hemisphere compa...

G395M data of Ariel’s trailing hemisphere compared to laboratory reflectance data of an ...

Richard J. Cartwright et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 8

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NIRSpec spectra and 1σ uncertainties for Ariel ...

NIRSpec spectra and 1σ uncertainties for Ariel (“Ar”), Umbriel (“Um”), Titania (“Ti”), a...

Richard J. Cartwright et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 8

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Area measurements and 3σ uncertainties for the ...

Area measurements and 3σ uncertainties for the (a) 4.20 μm CO2 peak, (b) 4.67 μm CO band...

Richard J. Cartwright et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 8

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NIRSpec IFU (G395M/F290LP) reflectance spectra ...

NIRSpec IFU (G395M/F290LP) reflectance spectra and 1σ uncertainties for the leading and ...

Richard J. Cartwright et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 8

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Top: absorbance spectra (–log(reflectance)) of ...

Top: absorbance spectra (–log(reflectance)) of CO2 ice (50 K) measured using INGMAR (e.g...

Richard J. Cartwright et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 8

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Laboratory spectra (modified from T. Suhasaria ...

Laboratory spectra (modified from T. Suhasaria et al. 2025) of CO2 ice condensed on a si...

Richard J. Cartwright et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 8

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Continuum-divided reflectance data showing 4 μm...

Continuum-divided reflectance data showing 4 μm bands identified in the leading and trai...

Richard J. Cartwright et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 8

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Areas and approximate 1σ uncertainties for the ...

Areas and approximate 1σ uncertainties for the 4.20, 4.67, 4.90, and 5.17 μm spectral fe...

Richard J. Cartwright et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 8

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The trajectory of 100 surface-emitted water mol...

The trajectory of 100 surface-emitted water molecules with an initial velocity of 380 m ...

William M. Farrell et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 8

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An illustration of the geometry near the landin...

An illustration of the geometry near the landing site used in this model. The solar wind...

William M. Farrell et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 8

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The position of 20,000 released particles from ...

The position of 20,000 released particles from the surface source region, with positions...

William M. Farrell et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 8

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Simulated neutral and current densities as a fu...

Simulated neutral and current densities as a function of horizontal distance from the or...

William M. Farrell et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 8

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The electrodynamic aspects of the vapor cloud, ...

The electrodynamic aspects of the vapor cloud, including (a) the ion production rate, (b...

William M. Farrell et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 8

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The (a) surface temperature using the temperatu...

The (a) surface temperature using the temperature model described by Equation (2) of D. ...

William M. Farrell et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 8

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The magnetic field from the local Starship-crea...

The magnetic field from the local Starship-created current source as a function of posit...

William M. Farrell et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 8

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The distribution of water desorption activation...

The distribution of water desorption activation energy, F(U, t) for a surface consisting...

William M. Farrell et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 8

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The density field from the DSMC plume simulatio...

The density field from the DSMC plume simulations for the case of surface water emission...

William M. Farrell et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 8

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The geometry of the current region used to calc...

The geometry of the current region used to calculate the B-field in Figure 8. The curren...

William M. Farrell et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 8

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The red circle shows the extent of the one-hop ...

The red circle shows the extent of the one-hop exospheric water released from a topside ...

William M. Farrell et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 8

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The vertically averaged neutral-water density o...

The vertically averaged neutral-water density on a 50 km vertical column, as a function ...

William M. Farrell et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 8

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(a) Selected slices of the relaxed state of the...

(a) Selected slices of the relaxed state of the three-dimensional magnetic flux tube emb...

Mingzhe Guo et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1007 2

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Temporal evolution of δvx, δBx, z+, z−, and Sz ...

Temporal evolution of δvx, δBx, z+, z−, and Sz at the two positions marked by the dashed...

Mingzhe Guo et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1007 2

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