[Baps] BU seminar - Thursday 17 April - Mark Gurwell (Harvard CfA) Solar system mm-wave astronomy

[Paul Withers]

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Subject: 	[Announce] THURSDAY: Mark Gurwell (Harvard–Smithsonian Center
for Astrophysics) Space Physics Seminar
Date: 	Fri, 11 Apr 2014 16:56:55 +0000
From: 	Grein, Zachary <zgrein at bu.edu>
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*BU LOGO***

*Space Physics Seminar*

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Mark Gurwell

Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics



*Taking the Long View - Solar System Astronomy at Millimeter and 
Submillimeter Wavelengths*

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*Thursday, April 17, 2014*

*725 Commonwealth Ave.*

*Refreshments at 3:30pm in CAS 500*

*Talk begins at 4:00pm in CAS 502*

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Abstract:

The long-wavelength millimeter and submillimeter spectral regime
provides unique information about the wide variety of objects in our
solar system, from major planets down to satellites, comets, and KBOs.
While the largest bodies can be reasonably well imaged by current
mm/submm observatories such as the Submillimeter Array (SMA), smaller
bodies can only be observed with relatively coarse spatial resolution.
The Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA) will usher in a
new era of ground-based planetary atmospheric exploration at high
resolution. The vast sensitivity and detailed imaging provided by ALMA
will increase our ability to study many facets of our solar system, from
cometary comae/nuclei and the stratosphere of Jupiter down to 100-km
class KBOs, volcanoes on Io, and the polar plumes of Enceladus.



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