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most citedThe variability of crater identification among expert and community crater analysts

190 citations · 570 across the 11 of their papers we have counts for

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11 papers

astro-ph.EP2024

The New Horizons Extended Mission Target: Arrokoth Search and Discovery

Marc W. Buie, John R. Spencer, Simon B. Porter +37

Following the Pluto fly-by of the New Horizons spacecraft, the mission provided a unique opportunity to explore the Kuiper Belt in-situ. The possibility existed to fly-by a Kuiper…

astro-ph.EP2021★ 11 cited

The CosmoQuest Moon Mappers Community Science Project: The Effect of Incidence Angle on the Lunar Surface Crater Distribution

Matthew Richardson, Andrés A. Plazas Malagón, Larry A. Lebofsky +4

The CosmoQuest virtual community science platform facilitates the creation and implementation of astronomical research projects performed by citizen scientists. One such project, c…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 102 cited

The Geology and Geophysics of Kuiper Belt Object (486958) Arrokoth

J. R. Spencer, S. A. Stern, J. M. Moore +75

The Cold Classical Kuiper Belt, a class of small bodies in undisturbed orbits beyond Neptune, are primitive objects preserving information about Solar System formation. The New Hor…

cs.CY2019★ 31 cited

Coercion, Consent, and Participation in Citizen Science

Alison Reiheld, Pamela L. Gay

Throughout history, everyday people have contributed to science through a myriad of volunteer activities. This early participation required training and often involved mentorship f…

astro-ph.EP2014★ 190 cited

The variability of crater identification among expert and community crater analysts

Stuart J. Robbins, Irene Antonenko, Michelle R. Kirchoff +8

The identification of impact craters on planetary surfaces provides important information about their geological history. Most studies have relied on individual analysts who map an…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 40 cited

Galaxy Zoo: A Catalog of Overlapping Galaxy Pairs for Dust Studies

William C. Keel, Anna Manning, Benne W. Holwerda +5

Analysis of galaxies with overlapping images offers a direct way to probe the distribution of dust extinction and its effects on the background light. We present a catalog of 1990…