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Published - EPSC2018-203-1.pdf
", "abstract": "We use Keck NIRSPEC to investigate the geographic distribution of hydrogen peroxide, a potentially biologically important oxidant, on the surface of Europa. Contrary to expectation, we see the highest abundances at low latitudes, potentially correlated with geologically young chaos terrain. We also use NASA IRTF SpeX spectra of Europa before and after eclipse to investigate the extent to which temperature controls equilibrium hydrogen peroxide concentrations on the surface. During eclipse, Europa's surface temperature falls 10-20 K. If temperature were a significant control on peroxide concentrations, then the hydrogen peroxide band strengths should be different pre- and post-eclipse. Ultimately, these investigations will help further our understanding of the surface, and perhaps subsurface, composition of Europa.", "date": "2018-09", "date_type": "published", "publisher": "EPSC Abstracts", "id_number": "CaltechAUTHORS:20190424-155510319", "official_url": "https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20190424-155510319", "rights": "No commercial reproduction, distribution, display or performance rights in this work are provided.", "funders": { "items": [ { "agency": "NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship" }, { "agency": "Heising-Simons Foundation", "grant_number": "51 Pegasi b Fellowship" } ] }, "local_group": { "items": [ { "id": "Astronomy-Department" }, { "id": "Division-of-Geological-and-Planetary-Sciences" } ] }, "primary_object": { "basename": "EPSC2018-203-1.pdf", "url": "https://authors.library.caltech.edu/records/dkqam-jrb57/files/EPSC2018-203-1.pdf" }, "resource_type": "conference_item", "pub_year": "2018", "author_list": "Trumbo, S. K.; Brown, M. E.; et el." } ]