HubbleHubble 30th Anniversary Science within our Solar System Heidi B. Hammel Planetary Astronomer Vice President for Science, AURA Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy Email: [email protected] twitter: hbhammel Why use HUBBLE to look at Solar System objects?!? Source: Pop Chart https://popchart.co/products/the-chart-of-cosmic-exploration NASA / JPL / Roscosmos / JAXA / ESA / ISRO / Jason Davis / The Planetary Society Hubble provides global context for in situ missions Hubble complements orbiting space missions NASA artist’s concept of Cassini spacecraft about to dive between Saturn and its rings Cassini spacecraft - orbited Saturn for nearly 18 years Saturn’s aurorae imaged by Hubble in the ultraviolet Hubble complements orbiting space missions Illustration of Juno at Jupiter (courtesy NASA) Juno spacecraft - currently Jupiter’s aurorae imaged by Hubble in the ultraviolet in orbit around Jupiter Hubble enhances space missions Pluto Charon Styx Nix Kerboros Hydra Illustration of Pluto's moon dances (courtesy NASA) New Horizons spacecraft - studied Pluto Composite of Hubble images showing Pluto moons and its moons discovered by Hubble Hubble enables space missions Arrokoth (2014 MU69) from New Horizons (courtesy NASA) Hubble found a new target in 2014, New Horizons spacecraft – went on to YEARS after New Horizons was launched! encounter object discovered by Hubble Hubble spectroscopy yields rich results Comet Garradd, Sirene Observatory Credit & Copyright: Olivier Sedan Europa spectroscopy with Hubble's Space Telescope Imaging C/2009 P1 (Garradd) Spectrograph (STIS) with Hubble Hubble spectra yield insights into chemistry of Far-ultraviolet spectroscopy of recent comets with Cosmic Europa's plumes Origins Spectrograph on Hubble Space Telescope Hubble enables a WEALTH of Solar System science Interstellar Comet 2I/Borisov Hubble Space Telescope Europa Plumes and Ganymede Aurorae Hubble Space Telescope Comet Shoemaker-levy 9 Impacts on Jupiter Hubble Space Telescope Hubble 30th Anniversary - Solar System Science Provide mission context Complement, enhance, enable Prepare for new missions Examine multiple objects Conduct multi-decadal studies Superb Solar System explorer Hubble Hubble 30th Anniversary - Solar System Science Hubble Hubble 30th Anniversary - Solar System Science Heidi B. Hammel [email protected] hbhammel.
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