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A volcanically active planet is shown in closeup at the left side of the image with glowing eruptions and lines of lava on the surface. To the right and in the distance is a faint blue glowing ball representing the more massive planet in the system.

Sixteen frames from Voyager 1's flyby of Jupiter in 1979 were merged to create this image. Jupiter's Great Red Spot is visible in the center. Jupiter's moon Europa can be seen in the foreground at the bottom left of the image.

The frame is a horizontal rainbow of color on a grid. Shadows of molecules can be seen through the light as well as the jagged peaks and troughs of spectral lines.

Fizzy Super Earths and Lava Worlds“Fizzy Super-Earths: Impacts of Magma Composition on the Bulk Density and Structure of Lava Worlds.” in The Astrophysical Journal.01/03

Identifying Hydrothermal Activity on Icy Ocean Worlds“Ethene-ethanol ratios as potential indicators of hydrothermal activity at Enceladus, Europa, and other icy ocean worlds.” In Icarus.02/03

NASA Raman Spectroscopic Database"The NASA Raman spectroscopic database: Ramdb version 1.00.” In Icarus.03/03

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May 2010DIVISION III: PLANETARY SYSTEMS SCIENCE

Bowell, E. L. G., Meech, K. J., Williams, I. P., Boss, A., Courtin, R., Gustafson, B. Å. S., … Levasseur-Regourd, A-C. (2010). Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 6(T27B), 158–167. doi:10.1017/s174392131000493x

Accurate fundamental parameters for 23 bright solar-type stars

Bruntt, H., Bedding, T. R., Quirion, P-O., Lo Curto, G., Carrier, F., Smalley, B., … Dall, T. H. (2010). Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, None(None), no–no. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.16575.x

History of biological metal utilization inferred through phylogenomic analysis of protein structures

Dupont, C. L., Butcher, A., Valas, R. E., Bourne, P. E., & Caetano-Anolles, G. (2010). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 107(23), 10567–10572. doi:10.1073/pnas.0912491107

Searching for star-planet interactions within the magnetosphere of HD 189733

Fares, R., Donati, J-F., Moutou, C., Jardine, M. M., Grießmeier, J-M., Zarka, P., … Shkolnik, E. L. (2010). Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 406(1), 409–419. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.16715.x

Sodium chloride as a geophysical probe of a subsurface ocean on Enceladus

Glein, C. R., & Shock, E. L. (2010). Geophysical Research Letters, 37(9), n/a–n/a. doi:10.1029/2010gl042446

Diamonds through Time

Gurney, J. J., Helmstaedt, H. H., Richardson, S. H., & Shirey, S. B. (2010). Economic Geology, 105(3), 689–712. doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.105.3.689

Explaining the Structure of the Archean Mass-Independent Sulfur Isotope Record

Halevy, I., Johnston, D. T., & Schrag, D. P. (2010). Science, 329(5988), 204–207. doi:10.1126/science.1190298

Fe, C, and O isotope compositions of banded iron formation carbonates demonstrate a major role for dissimilatory iron reduction in ~2.5Ga marine environments

Heimann, A., Johnson, C. M., Beard, B. L., Valley, J. W., Roden, E. E., Spicuzza, M. J., & Beukes, N. J. (2010). Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 294(1-2), 8–18. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2010.02.015

Tidal effects on brown dwarfs: application to the eclipsing binary 2MASS J05352184-0546085

Heller, R., Jackson, B., Barnes, R., Greenberg, R., & Homeier, D. (2010). A&A, 514(None), A22. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/200912826

COMMISSION 51: BIOASTRONOMY

Irvine, W., Ehrenfreund, P., Boss, A., Cosmovici, C., Kwok, S., Levasseur-Regourd, A-C., … Morrison, D. (2010). Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 6(T27B), 180–181. doi:10.1017/s1743921310004989

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