6 papers
Physical Characterization of Moon Impactor 2025-010D
Tanner Campbell, Adam Battle, Bill Gray +4
Renewed interest in lunar exploration is creating a growing population of poorly tracked cislunar objects, some of which will ultimately impact the Moon. The ultimate fate of…
JWST Characterization of Earth Quasi-Satellite (469219) Kamo`oalewa
Benjamin N. L Sharkey, Vishnu Reddy, John W. Noonan +5
Near-Earth asteroid (469219) Kamo`oalewa is a uniquely stable quasi-satellite of the Earth and a target of the Tianwen-2 spacecraft mission. Here we report observations taken with…
Ultraviolet Radiation Effects on the Optical Properties of Water-Dominated Exoplanet Hazes
Lori Huseby, Sarah E. Moran, Tiffany Kataria +8
Temperate sub-Neptune and terrestrial exoplanets could contain large inventories of water in various phases, such as water-dominated atmospheres or even oceans. Observations have s…
Near-Discovery Observations of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS with the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility
Theodore Kareta, Chansey Champagne, Lucas McClure +8
Interstellar Objects are comets and asteroids that formed around other stars but were ejected before they could accrete into exoplanets. They therefore represent a rare opportunity…
Effects of Ultraviolet Radiation on Sub-Neptune Exoplanet Hazes Through Laboratory Experiments
Lori Huseby, Sarah E. Moran, Neil Pearson +9
Temperate sub-Neptune exoplanets could contain large inventories of water in various phases, such as water-worlds with water-rich atmospheres or even oceans. Both space-based and g…
Spectral Effects of Shock Darkening on Ordinary Chondrite and Howardite, Eucrite, and Diogenite meteorites
Juan A. Sanchez, Vishnu Reddy, Lucille Le Corre +2
Impacts are the most ubiquitous processes on planetary bodies in our solar system. During these impact events, shock waves can deposit enough energy to produce shock-induced darken…