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Potential Cryovolcanic Regions on Ganymede: A Priority Target for JUICE

  • Authors: Anezina Solomonidou, Christos Ntinos, Katrin Stephan, Federico Tosi, Michael Malaska, Athena Coustenis, Sébastien Rodriguez, Rosaly M. C. Lopes, Alice Lucchetti, Giuseppe Mitri, Klara Kalousova, Martin Valenti, Olivier Witasse

Anezina Solomonidou et al 2026 The Planetary Science Journal 7 .

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Spectral fits illustrating examples of outlier behavior among the modeled ROIs. ROI #6 displays elevated residuals and complex spectral mixing dominated by NaCl and acid hydrates; ROI #20 exhibits an atypical sulfate-rich composition consistent with spectral characteristics commonly associated with irradiation or chemical alteration; and ROI #15 shows balanced contributions from granular and slab-like ice, indicating intermediate best-fit compositional mixtures. These examples demonstrate the range of spectral diversity captured by the linear unmixing analysis and underscore that not all terrains conform to the dominant slab-ice compositional pattern observed across Ganymede’s cryovolcanic candidate regions.

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