2 papers
astro-ph.EP2024
The Large Smooth Patch on Comet 9P/Tempel 1: Remnant of a Recent Past Event
J. L. Rizos, T. L. Farnham, J. Kloos +2
We present a comprehensive reassessment of the region containing the large smooth patch on comet 9P/Tempel 1, leveraging data from the Deep Impact and Stardust-NExT missions, an up…
astro-ph.EP2024
New Candidates for Organic-rich Regions on Ceres
J. L. Rizos, J. M. Sunshine, R. T. Daly +7
We explore the spatial distribution of organics on Ceres using the visible and near-infrared data collected by the Dawn mission. We employ a spectral mixture analysis (SMA) approac…