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20152025
most citedScientific rationale for Uranus and Neptune in situ explorations

100 citations · 186 across the 5 of their papers we have counts for

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6 papers

astro-ph.EP2025★ 3 cited

Rapid-response characterization of near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 during a Torino Scale 3 alert

Maxime Devogèle, Olivier R. Hainaut, Marco Micheli +32

On 27 December 2024, near-Earth object (NEO) 2024 YR was discovered by the ATLAS survey and identified as a virtual impactor. A few weeks later, it eventually reached level 3 o…

astro-ph.EP2019

In situ Exploration of the Giant Planets

Olivier Mousis, David H. Atkinson, Richard Ambrosi +27

Remote sensing observations suffer significant limitations when used to study the bulk atmospheric composition of the giant planets of our solar system. This impacts our knowledge…

astro-ph.EP2019★ 3 cited

Ice Giant Systems: The Scientific Potential of Orbital Missions to Uranus and Neptune

Leigh N. Fletcher, Ravit Helled, Elias Roussos +27

Uranus and Neptune, and their diverse satellite and ring systems, represent the least explored environments of our Solar System, and yet may provide the archetype for the most comm…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 100 cited

Scientific rationale for Uranus and Neptune in situ explorations

O. Mousis, D. H. Atkinson, T. Cavalié +53

The ice giants Uranus and Neptune are the least understood class of planets in our solar system but the most frequently observed type of exoplanets. Presumed to have a small rocky…

astro-ph.EP2016★ 45 cited

The dust environment of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko from Rosetta OSIRIS and VLT observations in the 4.5 to 2.9 au heliocentric distance range inbound

F. Moreno, C. Snodgrass, O. Hainaut +51

The ESA Rosetta spacecraft, currently orbiting around comet 67P, has already provided in situ measurements of the dust grain properties from several instruments, particularly OSIRI…

astro-ph.IM2015★ 35 cited

The Hera Saturn Entry Probe Mission

O. Mousis, D. H. Atkinson, T. Spilker +41

The Hera Saturn entry probe mission is proposed as an M--class mission led by ESA with a contribution from NASA. It consists of one atmospheric probe to be sent into the atmosphere…