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Maria Camarca

Title: Characterizing the surface properties of Solar System moons and asteroids with ALMA

Abstract: The moons of our Solar System bear no shortage of interesting surface processes. From the colorful volcanic plains of Io to the bright tectonic regions that encircle Ganymede like ribbons, the satellites of the outer planets rival the terrestrial planets in terms of their geologic variety. A key way to understand outer planet moons is to probe the thermal emission from their surfaces to infer material properties. Importantly, ALMA observations can probe the physical properties of a surface (e.g, thermal inertia, emissivity) at depths that sense below the most heavily processed near-surface layers. Understanding the distribution of such physical properties across a surface can illuminate both the interior and evolution of a planetary body. In this talk, I will highlight key results obtained using ALMA on some outer planet moons and present new work on Callisto, a relatively understudied satellite that bears some of the largest impact features in the Solar System.