Articles | Volume 44, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-44-547-2026
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-44-547-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
The JUICE 2024 close flyby of the Moon: thermal assessment from MAJIS
Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica – Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali (INAF–IAPS), Rome, Italy
Clément Royer
Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, CNRS/Paris-Saclay University, Paris, France
Federico Colaiuta
Department of Physics, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica – Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali (INAF–IAPS), Rome, Italy
François Poulet
Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, CNRS/Paris-Saclay University, Paris, France
Tyler M. Powell
Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU–APL), Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MD, USA
Benjamin T. Greenhagen
Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU–APL), Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MD, USA
Yves Langevin
Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, CNRS/Paris-Saclay University, Paris, France
Alessandro Mura
Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica – Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali (INAF–IAPS), Rome, Italy
Giuseppe Piccioni
Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica – Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali (INAF–IAPS), Rome, Italy
Cédric Pilorget
Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, CNRS/Paris-Saclay University, Paris, France
Cristian Carli
Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica – Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali (INAF–IAPS), Rome, Italy
Francesca Zambon
Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica – Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali (INAF–IAPS), Rome, Italy
Data sets
JUICE Moon–Earth flyby Guest Storage Facility, ESA-JUICE_LEGA-Special-Issue_v1.0 Raffaella Noschese https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-2bb387d
Short summary
Using mid-infrared data acquired by Moons and Jupiter Imaging Spectrometer (MAJIS) aboard the European Space Agency’s JUpiter ICy moons Explorer (JUICE) spacecraft during the 2024 lunar flyby, we retrieved lunar surface temperature and effective emissivity at high spatial and spectral resolution. By comparing three independent thermal-retrieval methods, we confirmed the main mare–highland contrasts and showed how roughness and observing geometry shape the infrared signal, providing a methodological test case for future MAJIS studies of Jupiter’s icy moons.
Using mid-infrared data acquired by Moons and Jupiter Imaging Spectrometer (MAJIS) aboard the...