Views from EPOXI: Colors in our Solar System Carolyn A. Crow 1, L. A. McFadden 3, T. Robinson 4, T. A. Livengood 2, T. Hewagama 1, R. K. Barry 3, L. D.

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Views from EPOXI: Colors in our Solar System Carolyn A. Crow 1, L. A. McFadden 3, T. Robinson 4, T. A. Livengood 2, T. Hewagama 1, R. K. Barry 3, L. D. Deming 3, V. Meadows 4, C. M. Lisse 5 1 University of Maryland, 2 NCESSE, 3 Goddard Space Flight Center, 4 University of Washington, 5 APL 1

Briefly about me… 2

Outline Why are colors important? How do we determine the colors? What can colors tell us? What does this mean for future observations? 3

Why are colors important? 4

Credit: Reto Stöckli, Nazmi El Saleous, and Marit Jentoft-Nilsen, NASA GSFC 5

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James Web Space Telescope Terrestrial Planet Finder Kepler Credit: NASA/Kepler mission/Wendy Stenzel Credit: EADS Astrium Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech 7

How do we determine the colors? 8

Spectroscopy 9 Credit: Credit: Pink Floyd

Light Sensitivity of Eye 10 Credit:

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The EPOXI Mission EPOXI Mission = EPOCh + DIXI EPOCh – Extrasolar Planet Observation and Characterization DIXI – Deep Impact Extended Investigation Deep Impact (DI) Flyby Spacecraft: 2 Visible cameras and IR spectrometer Comet Tempel 1 from DI Flyby Spacecraft Earth & Moon from DI Flyby Spacecraft 13

Hartley 2 Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UMD 14

Lunar transit of Earth EarthObs 29 May 2008 Lunar near side Stevinus (6) and Balmer Crater Regions (7). Calibrations 16 Jan Observations Mars Observations EarthObs 20 Nov

What can colors tell us? 16

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Color-Color Plot 19 Blue vs. Green Red vs. Green

Color-Color Plot 20 Blue vs. Green Red vs. Green

Color-Color Plot 21 Blue vs. Green Red vs. Green

Color-Color Plot 22 Blue vs. Green Red vs. Green

Color-Color Plot 23 Blue vs. Green Red vs. Green

What does this mean about the future? 24

Credit: NASA/Kepler Mission/Dana Berry Planet Kepler 10b 25

Thank You! 26