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most citedSynergies between interstellar dust and heliospheric science with an Interstellar Probe

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astro-ph.EP2026

The Shape of (486958) Arrokoth

Simon B. Porter, Kelsi N. Singer, Paul M. Schenk +6

Here we present an updated shape model of (486958) Arrokoth, the bilobate Kuiper Belt Object (KBO) which the NASA New Horizons spacecraft flew past in 2019. This updated shape mode…

astro-ph.IM2025

A Demonstration of Interstellar Navigation Using New Horizons

Tod R. Lauer, David H. Munro, John R. Spencer +51

As NASA's New Horizons spacecraft exits the Solar System bound for interstellar space, it has traveled so far that the nearest stars have shifted markedly from their positions seen…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 2 cited

The Lyman alpha Sky as Observed by New Horizons

G. R. Gladstone, J. M. Shull, W. R. Pryor +22

During September 2023 the Alice ultraviolet spectrograph on the New Horizons (NH) spacecraft was used to map diffuse Lyman alpha (Lya) emission over most of the sky, at a range of…

physics.space-ph2025

High-Resolution Observations of Pickup Ion Mediated Shocks to 60 au

Bishwas L. Shrestha, David J. McComas, Eric J. Zirnstein +10

This study provides a detailed analysis of fourteen distant interplanetary shocks observed by the Solar Wind Around Pluto (SWAP) instrument onboard New Horizons. These shocks were…

astro-ph.EP2025

An Extremely Deep Rubin Survey to Explore the Extended Kuiper Belt and Identify Objects Observable by New Horizons

JJ Kavelaars, Marc W. Buie, Wesley C. Fraser +22

A proposed Vera C. Rubin Observatory Deep Drilling micro-survey of the Kuiper Belt will investigate key properties of the distant solar system. Utilizing 30 hours of Rubin time acr…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 6 cited

Excess Ultraviolet Emission at High Galactic Latitudes: A New Horizons View

Jayant Murthy, J. Michael Shull, Marc Postman +11

We present new observations of the cosmic ultraviolet background (CUVB) at high Galactic latitudes (), made using the Alice UV spectrograph on board the New Horiz…

astro-ph.EP2024

Observations of Uranus at High Phase Angle as Seen by New Horizons

Samantha N. Hasler, L. C. Mayorga, William M. Grundy +14

We present flux measurements of Uranus observed at phase angles of 43.9°, 44.0°, and 52.4° by the Multispectral Visible Imaging Camera (MVIC) on the New Horizons spacecraft during…

astro-ph.GA2024

New Synoptic Observations of the Cosmic Optical Background with New Horizons

Marc Postman, Tod R. Lauer, Joel W. Parker +11

We obtained New Horizons LORRI images to measure the cosmic optical background (COB) intensity integrated over The survey comprises 16 high Galac…

astro-ph.EP2024

New Horizons Venetia Burney Student Dust Counter Observes Higher than Expected Fluxes Approaching 60 AU

Alex Doner, Mihaly Horanyi, Fran Bagenal +8

The NASA New Horizons Venetia Burney Student Dust Counter (SDC) measures dust particle impacts along the spacecraft's flight path for grains with mass g, mapping o…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 7 cited

Synergies between interstellar dust and heliospheric science with an Interstellar Probe

Veerle J. Sterken, Silvan Hunziker, Kostas Dialynas +40

We discuss the synergies between heliospheric and dust science, the open science questions, the technological endeavors and programmatic aspects that are important to maintain or d…