Presentation Information
[PCG19-P09]Scientific feasibility study for planetary auroral observations for the LPYUTA mission
*Tomoki Kimura1, Chihiro Tao2, Go Murakami3, Kazuo Yoshioka4, Fuminori Tsuchiya5, Atsushi Yamazaki3, Masato Kagitani5, Ryoichi Koga6, Kei Masunaga3, Shotaro Sakai5, LAPYUTA Working Group (1.Tokyo University of Science, 2.National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, 3.Japan Aerospace and Exploration Agency, 4.University of Tokyo, 5.Tohoku University, 6.Nagoya University)
Keywords:
the LAPYUTA spacetelescope,giant planets,aurora
We made a feasibility study for observations of planetary auroras with the next-generation planetary ultraviolet (UV) space telescope LAPYUTA. Based on the current dataset from the Hubble Space Telescope and the Hisaki satellite, simulations for the LAPYUTA spectroscopy and imaging were made for Jupiter’s auroral emissions. It was confirmed that under the current design of the LAPYTUA telescope, both the spectroscopy and imaging have enough sensitivity for the detection of Jupiter’s auroral emissions. Now we are narrowing down the imaging filter specifications and planning the observation modes. In this presentation, the current status of the above feasibility studies is presented.