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20002019
most citedThe Geology of Pluto and Charon Through the Eyes of New Horizons

271 citations · 743 across the 6 of their papers we have counts for

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6 papers

astro-ph.EP2019★ 136 cited

Reorientation of Sputnik Planitia implies a Subsurface Ocean on Pluto

F. Nimmo, D. P. Hamilton, W. B. McKinnon P. M. Schenk +60

The deep nitrogen-covered Sputnik Planitia (SP; informal name) basin on Pluto is located very close to the longitude of Pluto's tidal axis[1] and may be an impact feature [2], by a…

astro-ph.EP2019★ 60 cited

Formation of Charon's Red Poles From Seasonally Cold-Trapped Volatiles

W. M. Grundy, D. P. Cruikshank, G. R. Gladstone +38

A unique feature of Pluto's large satellite Charon is its dark red northern polar cap. Similar colours on Pluto's surface have been attributed to organic macromolecules produced by…

astro-ph.EP2016★ 26 cited

The Puzzling Detection of X-rays From Pluto by Chandra

C. M. Lisse, R. L. McNutt, S. J. Wolk +17

Using Chandra ACIS-S, we have obtained imaging Xray spectrophotometry of the Pluto system in support of the New Horizons flyby on 14 July 2015. 174 ksec of observations were obtain…

astro-ph.EP2016★ 128 cited

Detection of CO and HCN in Pluto's atmosphere with ALMA

E. Lellouch, M. Gurwell, B. Butler +16

Observations of the Pluto-Charon system, acquired with the ALMA interferometer on June 12-13, 2015, have yielded a detection of the CO(3-2) and HCN(4-3) rotational transitions from…

astro-ph.EP2016★ 271 cited

The Geology of Pluto and Charon Through the Eyes of New Horizons

Jeffrey M. Moore, William B. McKinnon, John R. Spencer +38

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has revealed the complex geology of Pluto and Charon. Pluto's encounter hemisphere shows ongoing surface geological activity centered on a vast basin…

astro-ph2000★ 122 cited

HST/STIS Ultraviolet Imaging of Polar Aurora on Ganymede

Paul D. Feldman, Melissa A. McGrath, Darrell F. Strobel +3

We report new observations of the spectrum of Ganymede in the spectral range 1160 - 1720 A made with the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) on HST on 1998 October 30. The…