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

485 citations · 1.2k across the 7 of their papers we have counts for

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7 papers

astro-ph.EP2025★ 7 cited

High-Speed Boulders and the Debris Field in DART Ejecta

Tony L. Farnham, Jessica M. Sunshine, Masatoshi Hirabayashi +44

On 26 September 2022 the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft collided with Dimorphos, the moon of the near-Earth asteroid 65803 Didymos, in a full-scale demonstratio…

astro-ph.IM2025★ 5 cited

A Mission to Demonstrate Rapid-Response Flyby Reconnaissance for Planetary Defense

Nancy L. Chabot, Justin A. Atchison, Rylie Bull +13

International and U.S. strategies and protocols have identified the need to develop rapid-response spacecraft reconnaissance capabilities as a priority to advance planetary defense…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 79 cited

Physical properties of asteroid Dimorphos as derived from the DART impact

S. D. Raducan, M. Jutzi, A. F. Cheng +39

On September 26, 2022, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission successfully impacted Dimorphos, the natural satellite of the binary near-Earth asteroid (65803) Didym…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 229 cited

Momentum Transfer from the DART Mission Kinetic Impact on Asteroid Dimorphos

Andrew F. Cheng, Harrison F. Agrusa, Brent W. Barbee +66

The NASA Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission performed a kinetic impact on asteroid Dimorphos, the satellite of the binary asteroid (65803) Didymos, at 23:14 UTC on Sep…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 270 cited

Successful Kinetic Impact into an Asteroid for Planetary Defense

R. Terik Daly, Carolyn M. Ernst, Olivier S. Barnouin +98

While no known asteroid poses a threat to Earth for at least the next century, the catalog of near-Earth asteroids is incomplete for objects whose impacts would produce regional de…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 164 cited

Orbital Period Change of Dimorphos Due to the DART Kinetic Impact

Cristina A. Thomas, Shantanu P. Naidu, Peter Scheirich +46

The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft successfully performed the first test of a kinetic impactor for asteroid deflection by impacting Dimorphos, the secondary of…

astro-ph.EP2015★ 485 cited

The Pluto system: Initial results from its exploration by New Horizons

S. A. Stern, F. Bagenal, K. Ennico +148

The Pluto system was recently explored by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft, making closest approach on 14 July 2015. Pluto's surface displays diverse landforms, terrain ages, albedos…