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20072021
most citedThe Relationship between the Optical Depth of the 9.7 micron Silicate Absorption Feature and Infrared Differential Extinction in Dense Clouds

88 citations · 331 across the 13 of their papers we have counts for

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22 papers

astro-ph.EP2021

The Dark Side of Pluto

Tod R. Lauer, John R. Spencer, Tanguy Bertrand +12

During its departure from Pluto, New Horizons used its LORRI camera to image a portion of Pluto's southern hemisphere that was in a decades-long seasonal winter darkness, but still…

astro-ph.EP202119 cited

Morphological Comparison of Blocks in Chaos Terrains on Pluto, Europa, and Mars

Helle L. Skjetne, Kelsi N. Singer, Brian M. Hynek +12

Chaos terrains are characterized by disruption of preexisting surfaces into irregularly arranged mountain blocks with a chaotic appearance. Several models for chaos formation have…

astro-ph.EP20209 cited

Charon: A brief history of tides

Alyssa Rose Rhoden, Helle L. Skjetne, Wade G. Henning +9

In 2015, the New Horizons spacecraft flew past Pluto and its moon Charon, providing the first clear look at the surface of Charon. New Horizons images revealed an ancient surface,…

astro-ph.IM2020

The Search for MeV Electrons 2-45 AU from the Sun with the Alice Instrument Microchannel Plate Detector Aboard New Horizons

B. A. Keeney, M. Versteeg, J. Wm. Parker +14

The Alice UV spectrograph aboard NASA's New Horizons mission is sensitive to MeV electrons that penetrate the instrument's thin aluminum housing and interact with its microchannel…

astro-ph.EP202014 cited

Pluto's Ultraviolet Spectrum, Surface Reflectance, and Airglow Emissions

Andrew J. Steffl, Leslie A. Young, Darrell F. Strobel +16

During the New Horizons spacecraft's encounter with Pluto, the Alice ultraviolet spectrograph conducted a series of observations that detected emissions from both the interplanetar…

astro-ph.EP2019

Plutos Far Side

S. A. Stern, O. L. White, P. J. McGovern +11

The New Horizons spacecraft provided near global observations of Pluto that far exceed the resolution of Earth-based data sets. Most Pluto New Horizons analysis hitherto has focuse…