Here we review the origin, evolution, and compositional properties of Saturn's ring moons.
This class of eleven small satellites includes objects orbiting near the outer edge of the main …

The origin and evolution of Saturn's rings is critical to understanding the Saturnian system as
a whole. Here, we discuss the physical and chemical composition of the rings, as a …

The Rosetta spacecraft has investigated comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko from large
heliocentric distances to its perihelion passage and beyond. We trace the seasonal and …

Observations of cometary nuclei have revealed a very limited amount of surface water
ice,,,,,,, which is insufficient to explain the observed water outgassing. This was clearly …

Although water vapour is the main species observed in the coma of comet 67P/Churyumov–
Gerasimenko, and water is the major constituent of cometary nuclei,, limited evidence for …

Context. Since the orbital insertion of the Rosetta spacecraft, comet 67P/Churyumov-
Gerasimenko (67P) has been mapped by OSIRIS camera and VIRTIS spectro-imager …

Aims. We investigate the nucleus photometric properties of the comet 67P/Churyumov-
Gerasimenko as observed by the Visible and Infrared Thermal Imaging Spectrometer …

Occator Crater on dwarf planet Ceres hosts the so-called faculae, several areas with
material 5 to 10 times the albedo of the average Ceres surface: Cerealia Facula, the …

Aims. We present a study of the spectrophotometric properties of dwarf planet Ceres in the
visual-to-infrared (VIS-IR) spectral range by means of hyper-spectral images acquired by the …

Carbon dioxide (CO2) is one of the most abundant species in cometary nuclei, but because
of its high volatility, CO2 ice is generally only found beneath the surface. We report the …