XXM Status, Priorities, Plans,
and Activities
Icy Satellite Science
C. J. Hansen, A. Hendrix
January 2013
XXM Status
• Icy satellite observations executed since last team meeting
– Two Dione, one Rhea occultations
– ICYPLU (Enceladus)
– ICYLON – Mimas, Tethys, Rhea
• Upcoming observations in next 6 months
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Rev 183 DOY068 March 9
Rhea flyby for gravity
Rev 188 DOY118 April 28
Dione occultation
Enceladus plume observations
Mimas PIEs
Low phase observations of Mimas, Enceladus, Tethys and Dione
Satellite Flyby Hiatus
Solstice
Mission
Enceladus
Flybys
• All Enceladus flyby’s
in XXM have executed
except E21
• E20 and E22 are
relatively distant flybys
on Rev 223 and Rev
228, resp., in 2015
Proximal Mission Phase Priorities
• Two more potential Enceladus stellar occs in 2016
– One is equatorial
• 22 June 2017
01:19
Rev 280
Mean anomaly = 116
– The other requires a trajectory tweak – occ rayheight is currently
3000 km)
• 11 March 2016 11:57
Rev 233
Mean anomaly = 220
• The other main priority for UVIS are the Dione stellar occ
opportunities
– MAG sees mass-loading in the magnetosphere at ~7 kg/sec
(Enceladus supplies ~200 kg/sec)
– Dione plume won’t go as high or lose as much gas (escape velocity
is higher because Dione is larger, gravity higher)
Looking for plumes
• Does Dione have jets / plumes similar to Enceladus but on
a more confined scale?
– Evidence for mass-loading, but at a much lower level
• Some numbers:
– Dione gravity ~ 2x Enceladus
– Dione escape velocity = 510 m/sec
– Max plume height for v = 500 m/sec = ~540 km
• Given lower level of mass-loading we should probably
assume velocity is much lower than escape velocity
– Plumes won’t go as high
– At T = 100 K, thermal velocity = 342 m/sec, which would give a
plume height of ~250 km
The occultation collection
Dione
Acquired
Planned
• 2005 Rev 19
• 2007 Rev 45
• 2009 Rev 118
•
•
•
•
•
New
• 2012 Rev 169
• 2012 Rev 170
2013 Rev 188
2015 Rev 217
2015 Rev 220
2016 Rev 242
2016 Rev 252
Locations probed to-date
Circles are ~250 km radius
Future Occultations – PIEs In
Rev
Star
188
Alpha Lyr
217
220
242
252
Alpha Vir
Alpha Eri
Sig Sgr
Zeta Ori
Lat
Lon
ingress
-33.3
154.1
egress
-54.5
208
ingress
-50.9
53.5
egress
72.3
177.1
ingress
37.6
224.2
egress
-27.5
338.5
ingress
55.8
199
egress
31.5
304.6
ingress
-53.6
35.6
egress
-9.7
211.7
Locations to-date plus planned
Circles are ~250 km radius
Future Occultations – no PIEs yet –
in Proximal and F ring orbits
Rev
Star
260
Gam Ori
264
279
293*
Gam Ori
Beta CMa
Beta CMa
* After s/c demise?
Lat
Lon
ingress
-23.9
132.7
egress
58.5
299
ingress
2.1
65.1
egress
35.6
253.8
ingress
16.1
93.6
egress
31.7
286.9
ingress
-2.0
107.6
egress
19.2
283.2
Locations to-date plus planned
Circles are ~250 km radius
Backup
HSP Ingress
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•
•
0.002 integration summed to 1 sec
Very interesting dip in signal 1 sec before ingress
Probably just due to diffraction…
Detection limits for Atmosphere
• From stellar occs
– O2: 1.3 x 1015 cm-2
• From emission features
– Atomic oxygen solar scattering: 1.5 x 1013 cm-2
– O2 electron impact dissociation: 1.6 x 1014 cm-2
• For scale length of 100 km bulk density is 1.5 x
1013 / 105 = 1.5 x 108 m-3
• INMS detects 3 x 1010 m-3
Backup Slides
Events in F-Ring/Proximal Mission Phases
Object
Rhea occ
Daphnis
Pandora
Mimas
Epimetheus
Prometheus
Dione occ
Pan
Dione occ
Janus
Pan
Enceladus
Janus
Atlas
Enceladus
Tethys
Hyperion
Dione
Rhea
Dione
Enceladus
Enceladus
Enceladus
Dione
Time (2017)
10 Jan 14:39
16 Jan 13:22
23 Jan 17:17
30 Jan 21:06
30 Jan 21:07
30 Jan 21:28
8 Feb 21:16:31
7 Mar 18:09
9 Mar 1:52:01
22 Mar 01:50
22 Mar 02:23
29 Mar 05:46
12 Apr 13:45
12 Apr 13:45
3 May 00:45
15 May 00:24
25 May 01:14
29 May 00:01
6 June 22:21:08
14 Jun 13:47:59
17 June
13 July
27 Aug
14 Sep 8:10:49
C/A (km)
γ-Ori
17,600
19,000
40,385
5900
50,250
γ-Ori
25,350
γ-Ori
43,950
55,200
93,046
9060
13,170
174,730
193,000
285,000
200,000
κ-Ori
β-CMa
195,000
173,000
146,000
β-CMa
Uniqueness
Comments
UVIS occ – 1 min
Closest ever by > order of mag
Closest by a factor of 3
Close flyby of N. Pole
One of closest, but not unique
One of closest, but not unique
Map N. Pole
Closest by factor of 2
UVIS occ – 3 min
Low phase angle
UVIS occ – 2 min
Second best (see below)
Equal to best yet
Last VGR class flyby
Best by an order of magnitude
Best by almost factor of 2
Last look at Hyperion
Last look at Dione
UVIS occ – 2 min
UVIS occ – 2 min
UVIS occ – 2 min
Notes: Compiled from the SOST PIE list, Digit, and Horizons Pink is must have; orange is should have.
Blue are occs – don’t need Rhea
Last four of Enceladus are of equal priority – don’t need all?
Observations of small satellites would give estimate of amplitude of libration
System Scans - Summary of
Request
167-168
OR 169-170
17 June 2012
2 August 2012
256 hr
196-197
5 August 2013
256 hr
206-207
3 August 2014
256 hr
211-212
25 January 2015
resume 4 per
year 64 hr cadence
Hello
Helene!
• Helene is
Dione’s
leading coorbital; one of
4 of Saturn’s
moons in the
Lagrangian L4
point
• Phoebe-size:
36 x 32 x 30
km
• Sub-Saturnian
side
XXM Planning Status
Requested PIEs for all
occultations by:
• Dione and Tethys
– Look for volatiles being
released, supplying E ring
• Rhea
– Look for rings or other
evidence of volatile release
• 15 occs requested
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–
–
–
8 in as occ PIEs
2 “in” SOST but in conflict
4 out
1 not scheduled yet
• Iapetus in apoapsis Rev 196
• Now looking at occs in
proximal orbit
UV stellar occultations
Orbit
158
158
158
158
170
200
211
217
217
217
217
217
217
220
220
220
220
252
264
266
278
290
DOY
346
346
346
346
225
1
22
167
167
167
167
167
167
229
229
229
229
349
68
80
160
241
Year
2011
2011
2011
2011
2012
2014
2015
2015
2015
2015
2015
2015
2015
2015
2015
2015
2015
2016
2017
2017
2017
2017
Date
DEC
DEC
DEC
DEC
AUG
JAN
JAN
JUN
JUN
JUN
JUN
JUN
JUN
AUG
AUG
AUG
AUG
DEC
MAR
MAR
JUN
AUG
12
12
12
12
12
1
22
16
16
16
16
16
16
17
17
17
17
14
9
21
9
29
9:36:40
9:37:18
9:38:04
9:38:27
21:45:22
3:03:42
6:22:15
19:57:36
20:06:49
20:06:54
20:07:12
20:08:52
20:09:50
18:36:20
18:36:33
18:36:49
18:39:36
0:05:13
1:51:55
19:23:32
2:20:31
22:40:54
Egress
9:38:33
9:38:54
9:39:22
9:40:10
21:46:11
3:06:24
6:22:42
20:05:38
20:09:33
20:09:21
20:09:26
20:10:58
20:12:14
18:39:29
18:39:33
18:39:43
18:42:48
0:05:54
1:52:44
19:24:36
2:21:46
22:42:24
135
139
143
143
183
183
183
183
211
245
250
277
293
205
290
11
11
68
68
68
68
23
287
334
157
256
2010
2010
2011
2011
2013
2013
2013
2013
2015
2016
2016
2017
2017
JUL
OCT
JAN
JAN
MAR
MAR
MAR
MAR
JAN
OCT
NOV
JUN
SEP
24
17
11
11
9
9
9
9
23
13
29
6
13
18:54:51
7:11:35
4:56:43
4:57:10
18:03:46
18:03:58
18:05:05
18:06:55
16:30:03
20:41:41
9:57:57
22:21:50
19:51:54
18:56:21
7:14:40
4:58:47
5:01:41
18:05:57
18:05:29
18:07:43
18:08:57
16:32:13
20:43:33
10:01:09
22:24:44
19:55:48
UVIS
UVIS
UVIS
UVIS
UVIS
151
170
178
225
291
213
225
7
315
248
2011
2012
2013
2015
2017
AUG
AUG
JAN
NOV
SEP
1
12
7
11
5
7:22:52
17:28:57
1:07:44
14:21:41
9:00:15
7:24:06
17:29:45
1:08:12
14:26:13
9:01:42
UVIS
UVIS
155 292 2011 OCT
233
71 2016 MAR
19
11
9:23:21
11:57:46
9:24:30 ENCELADUS
11:58:58 ENCELADUS
UVIS
UVIS
UVIS
UVIS
UVIS
UVIS
UVIS
UVIS
UVIS
UVIS
UVIS
UVIS
UVIS
UVIS
UVIS
UVIS
UVIS
UVIS
UVIS
UVIS
UVIS
UVIS
UVIS
UVIS
UVIS
UVIS
UVIS
UVIS
UVIS
UVIS
UVIS
UVIS
UVIS
UVIS
UVIS
UVIS
Ingress
Target Moon Star
DIONE
Alp_Lyr
DIONE
Zet_Oph
DIONE
Eta_UMa
DIONE
Alp_Vir
DIONE
Kap_Ori
DIONE
Alp_Vir
DIONE
Alp_CMa
DIONE
Alp_Vir
DIONE
Bet_Cen
DIONE
Bet_Cru
DIONE
Alp1Cru
DIONE
Alp_Pav
DIONE
Alp_Eri
DIONE
Bet_Cen
DIONE
Bet_Cru
DIONE
Alp1Cru
DIONE
Alp_Eri
DIONE
Zet_Ori
DIONE
Gam_Ori
DIONE
Lam_Sco
DIONE
Eps_CMa
DIONE
Kap_Ori
Objective
Priority 1: Determine whethe
Dione exhibits low-level activ
by looking for volatiles via ab
of starlight from uv-bright st
source
RHEA
RHEA
RHEA
RHEA
RHEA
RHEA
RHEA
RHEA
RHEA
RHEA
RHEA
RHEA
RHEA
Eps_Ori
Sig_Sgr
Alp_Lyr
Eta_UMa
Zet_Ori
Eps_Ori
Kap_Ori
Bet_CMa
Alp_CMa
Eta_UMa
Gam_Ori
Kap_Ori
Eps_CMa
Priority 1-2: Determine whet
is ring material orbiting Rhea
continuing to look for volatile
Rhea's vicinity that could exp
MAPS data now attributed to
TETHYS
TETHYS
TETHYS
TETHYS
TETHYS
Kap_Ori
Eps_Ori
Alp_Vir
Alp_Vir
Bet_Ori
Priority 2: Determine whethe
contributes to the E ring by lo
for volatiles in Tethys' vicinit
Gam_Ori
Eps_Ori
Priority 1: Identify long-term
secular and seasonal change
by observing plume occulting
bright uv stars
NOTE: Colored fill indicates a single block of time
Rhea occ in bold goes through the equatorial plane, thus is best geometry to be occulted by ring material
other occs do not go through the equatorial plane, thus only address whether there are volatiles
Objectives from the Traceability Matrix
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Summary
IC1a
Identify long-term secular and seasonal changes at Enceladus, through
observations of the south polar region, jets, and plumes. Also focus on wellilluminated N. pole to understand why it is so fundamentally different from S. pole.
(Opportunity is ideal because illumination conditions are reversed from the
primary mission.)
IN1a
Test for the presence of an ocean at Enceladus as inferred from plume composition, and
constrain the mechanisms driving the endogenic activity by long-term remote sensing of
plumes and thermal emission.
IC2a
Determine whether Dione exhibits evidence for low-level activity, now or in recent
geological time.
IN2b
Determine whether Tethys contributes to the E-ring and the magnetospheric ion and
neutral population.
IN2a
Explore the mechanisms behind the unique thermal and optical properties of Mimas
discovered by Cassini with remote sensing, especially the N. pole, at the highest
resolution possible.
IN1b
Observe selected small satellites to quantify the movement of Enceladus material
through the system, the history and formation of satellites, including collisions/breakup,
interaction with ring material as indicated by surface properties/composition, and
cratering rates and geologic history deep in the Saturnian system
Comments
Green = nature of prox.
orbit; Red=illumination;
Blue=long baseline
Get rid of
New Data
Dione ICYEXO
Rev 169
July 2012
HSP
•
•
•
•
Occultation of alpha Vir
Occultation on 2012-205T03:00
0.002 integration summed to 1 sec
Look at how quickly HSP count rate recovered after egress
FUV
•
•
•
5 sec integration summed over all wavelengths, spatial rows 12 to 14
Very interesting dip in signal before ingress, but have to be cautious now due to 5 sec
integration time
Nothing on egress
FUV Ingress
•
•
Zooming in…
Probably just due to beginning of occultation starting within time record 96 5sec
integration
•
•
Ingress lat / lon: -4.7 / 137.9
Egress lat / lon: -4.5 / 321
Dione ICYEXO
Rev 170
12 Aug 2012
•
•
•
•
Kappa Ori
2012-225
Ingress lat / lon: -32 / 104
Egress lat / lon: 1.5 / 287
FUV
•
5 sec integration summed over all wavelengths,
spatial rows 12 to 14
•
Decrease in signal on ingress and egress appears
to be just due to star going behind the limb within
the 5 sec integration period
Counts ingress
Counts egress
250
255
260
265
270
300
305
310
315
320
34900
34674
34557
21938
19
23
29221
34869
35103
34559
No signal attenuation in
HSP at ingress