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most citedCompositional Diversity Among Primitive Asteroids

42 citations · 53 across the 7 of their papers we have counts for

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10 papers

astro-ph.EP2023

Determining the Shape, Size, and Sources of the Zodiacal Dust Cloud using Polarized Ultraviolet Scattered Sunlight

Geoffrey Bryden, Neal J. Turner, Petr Pokorny +7

The solar system's Zodiacal Cloud is visible to the unaided eye, yet the origin of its constituent dust particles is not well understood, with a wide range of proposed divisions be…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 1 cited

A New UV Spectral Feature on Europa: Confirmation of NaCl in Leading-hemisphere Chaos Terrain

Samantha K. Trumbo, Tracy M. Becker, Michael E. Brown +6

Recent visible-wavelength observations of Europa's surface obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope revealed the presence of an absorption feature near 450 nm that appears spatiall…

astro-ph.EP2021★ 1 cited

Science goals and new mission concepts for future exploration of Titan's atmosphere geology and habitability: Titan POlar Scout/orbitEr and In situ lake lander and DrONe explorer (POSEIDON)

Sébastien Rodriguez, Sandrine Vinatier, Daniel Cordier +61

In response to ESA Voyage 2050 announcement of opportunity, we propose an ambitious L-class mission to explore one of the most exciting bodies in the Solar System, Saturn largest m…

astro-ph.EP2021

The science case for spacecraft exploration of the Uranian satellites: Candidate ocean worlds in an ice giant system

Richard J. Cartwright, Chloe B. Beddingfield, Tom A. Nordheim +15

The 27 satellites of Uranus are enigmatic, with dark surfaces coated by material that could be rich in organics. Voyager 2 imaged the southern hemispheres of Uranus' five largest '…

astro-ph.EP2021

Persephone: A Pluto-System Orbiter and Kuiper Belt Explorer

Carly Howett, Stuart Robbins, Bryan J. Holler +40

Persephone is a NASA concept mission study that addresses key questions raised by New Horizons' encounters with Kuiper Belt objects (KBOs), with arguably the most important being "…

astro-ph.IM2020

Ultraviolet-Based Science in the Solar System: Advances and Next Steps

Amanda R. Hendrix, Tracy M. Becker, Dennis Bodewits +25

We review the importance of recent UV observations of solar system targets and discuss the need for further measurements, instrumentation and laboratory work in the coming decade.…