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20022023
most citedThe Pluto system: Initial results from its exploration by New Horizons

485 citations · 3.3k across the 56 of their papers we have counts for

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59 papers

astro-ph.EP2023

Discovery of seven volcanic outbursts on Io from an IRTF observation campaign 2016 to 2022

Christian D. Tate, Julie A. Rathbun, Alexander G. Hayes +2

This study analyzes near-infrared measurements of Io, Jupiter's moon, observed over 170 nights from 2016 to early 2022 using the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF). During thi…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 29 cited

Large-scale cryovolcanic resurfacing on Pluto

Kelsi N. Singer, Oliver L. White, Bernard Schmitt +22

The New Horizons spacecraft returned images and compositional data showing that terrains on Pluto span a variety of ages, ranging from relatively ancient, heavily cratered areas to…

astro-ph.EP2022

A Predicted Dearth of Majority Hypervolatile Ices in Oort Cloud Comets

C. M. Lisse, G. R. Gladstone, L. A. Young +30

We present new, ice species-specific New Horizons/Alice upper gas coma production limits from the 01 Jan 2019 MU69/Arrokoth flyby of Gladstone et al. (2021) and use them to make pr…

astro-ph.EP2022

A Near Surface Temperature Model of Arrokoth

O. M. Umurhan, W. M. Grundy, M. K. Bird +19

A near surface thermal model for Arrokoth is developed based on the recently released facet model of the body. This thermal solution takes into account Arrokoth's surface re…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 82 cited

Anomalous Flux in the Cosmic Optical Background Detected With New Horizons Observations

Tod R. Lauer, Marc Postman, John R. Spencer +27

We used New Horizons LORRI images to measure the optical-band () sky brightness within a high galactic-latitude field selected to have reduced diffu…

astro-ph.EP2022

High Resolution Search for KBO Binaries from New Horizons

H. A. Weaver, S. B. Porter, J. R. Spencer +1

Using the New Horizons LORRI camera, we searched for satellites near five Kuiper belt objects (KBOs): four cold classicals (CCs: 2011 JY31, 2014 OS393, 2014 PN70, 2011 HZ102) and o…