Candidate cryovolcanic regions on Ganymede: a target priority for JUICE

Kurzfassung

Jupiter’s largest moon, Ganymede, is the main target of the upcoming ESA mission JUpiter ICy moons Explorer (JUICE), which is planned to launch in 2023. One of the top priorities of the JUICE mission is investigation of past and/or recent cryovolcanic and tectonic activity and the exchange processes with the subsurface and possibly with the ocean (Grasset et al., 2013). Following that objective, the science team has defined ‘potential cryovolcanic regions’ as a category of high interest for observation by JUICE (Stephan et al. 2021). Hence, for preparation of the scientific return of the mission, it is important to study in detail the regions that are considered to be good candidates for past or present activity.