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27 papers
Revealing Callisto's carbon-rich surface and CO2 atmosphere with JWST
Richard J. Cartwright, Geronimo L. Villanueva, Bryan J. Holler +18
We analyzed spectral cubes of Callisto's leading and trailing hemispheres, collected with the NIRSpec Integrated Field Unit (G395H) on the James Webb Space Telescope. These spatial…
Interstellar Object Accessibility and Mission Design
Benjamin P. S. Donitz, Declan Mages, Hiroyasu Tsukamoto +6
Interstellar objects (ISOs) represent a compelling and under-explored category of celestial bodies, providing physical laboratories to understand the formation of our solar system…
Tidal insights into rocky and icy bodies: An introduction and overview
Amirhossein Bagheri, Michael Efroimsky, Julie Castillo-Rogez +7
Solid body tides provide key information on the interior structure, evolution, and origin of the planetary bodies. Our Solar system harbours a very diverse population of planetary…
Operations for Autonomous Spacecraft
Rebecca Castano, Tiago Vaquero, Federico Rossi +20
Onboard autonomy technologies such as planning and scheduling, identification of scientific targets, and content-based data summarization, will lead to exciting new space science m…
(216) Kleopatra, a low density critically rotating M-type asteroid
F. Marchis, L. Jorda, P. Vernazza +36
Context. The recent estimates of the 3D shape of the M/Xe-type triple asteroid system (216) Kleopatra indicated a density of 5 g.cm. Such a high density implies a high metal…
An advanced multipole model for (216) Kleopatra triple system
M. Brož, F. Marchis, L. Jorda +37
To interpret adaptive-optics observations of (216) Kleopatra, we need to describe an evolution of multiple moons, orbiting an extremely irregular body and including their mutual in…
Evidence for differentiation of the most primitive small bodies
B. Carry, P. Vernazza, F. Vachier +40
Dynamical models of Solar System evolution have suggested that P-/D-type volatile-rich asteroids formed in the outer Solar System and may be genetically related to the Jupiter Troj…
Feasibility of characterizing subsurface brines on Ceres by electromagnetic sounding
Robert Grimm, Julie Castillo-Rogez, Carol Raymond +1
The ice-rich dwarf planet Ceres is the largest object in the main asteroid belt and is thought to have a brine or mud layer at a depth of tens of kilometers. Furthermore, recent su…
Captured Small Solar System Bodies in the Ice Giant Region
Timothy R. Holt, Bonnie Buratti, Julie Castillo-Rogez +14
This white paper advocates for the inclusion of small, captured Outer Solar system objects, found in the Ice Giant region in the next Decadal Survey. These objects include the Troj…
White Paper on Improvements to the NASA Research and Analysis Proposal and Review System
Paul K Byrne, Christina R. Richey, Julie C. Castillo-Rogez +1
We review some key issues pertaining to NASA's Research and Analysis programs, and offer recommended actions to mitigate or resolve these issues. In particular, we recommended that…
Advancing the Scientific Frontier with Increasingly Autonomous Systems
Rashied Amini, Abigail Azari, Shyam Bhaskaran +19
A close partnership between people and partially autonomous machines has enabled decades of space exploration. But to further expand our horizons, our systems must become more capa…
A Recipe for Geophysical Exploration of Enceladus
Anton I. Ermakov, Ryan S. Park, Javier Roa +13
Orbital geophysical investigations of Enceladus are critical to understanding its energy balance. We identified key science questions for the geophysical exploration of Enceladus,…
Binary asteroid (31) Euphrosyne: Ice-rich and nearly spherical
B. Yang, J. Hanus, B. Carry +38
Asteroid (31) Euphrosyne is one of the biggest objects in the asteroid main belt and the Euphrosyne family occupies a highly inclined region in the outer main belt and contains a r…
Main Belt Asteroid Science in the Decade 2023-2032: Fundamental Science Questions and Recommendations on behalf of the Small Bodies Assessment Group
Maggie M. McAdam, Andrew S. Rivkin, Lucy F. Lim +3
Solicited by the Small Bodies Assessment Group, we recommend a balanced program of telescopic observation (ground-based, airborne, and space-based), laboratory studies, theoretical…
(704) Interamnia: A transitional object between a dwarf planet and a typical irregular-shaped minor body
J. Hanuš, P. Vernazza, M. Viikinkoski +56
With an estimated diameter in the 320 to 350 km range, (704) Interamnia is the fifth largest main belt asteroid and one of the few bodies that fills the gap in size between the fou…
GAUSS -- A Sample Return Mission to Ceres
Xian Shi, Julie Castillo-Rogez, Henry Hsieh +26
The goal of Project GAUSS is to return samples from the dwarf planet Ceres. Ceres is the most accessible ocean world candidate and the largest reservoir of water in the inner solar…
A Space-based Decametric Wavelength Radio Telescope Concept
K. Belov, A. Branch, S. Broschart +17
This paper reports a design study for a space-based decametric wavelength telescope. While not a new concept, this design study focused on many of the operational aspects that woul…
The shape of (7) Iris as evidence of an ancient large impact?
J. Hanuš, M. Marsset, P. Vernazza +35
Asteroid (7) Iris is an ideal target for disk-resolved imaging owing to its brightness (V7-8) and large angular size of 0.33 arcsec during its apparitions. Iris is believed t…
Spectrophotometric Modeling and Mapping of Ceres
Jian-Yang Li, Stefan E. Schröder, Stefano Mottola +8
We report a comprehensive analysis of the global spectrophotometric properties of Ceres using Dawn Framing Camera images collected from April to June 2015 during the RC3 and Survey…
Ceres' opposition effect observed by the Dawn framing camera
Stefan E. Schröder, Jian-Yang Li, Marc D. Rayman +12
The surface reflectance of planetary regoliths may increase dramatically towards zero phase angle, a phenomenon known as the opposition effect (OE). Two physical processes that are…
Different origins or different evolutions? Decoding the spectral diversity among C-type asteroids
P. Vernazza, J. Castillo-Rogez, P. Beck +15
Anhydrous pyroxene-rich interplanetary dust particles (IDPs) have been proposed as surface analogs for about two-thirds of all C-complex asteroids. However, this suggestion appears…
Surface Albedo and Spectral Variability of Ceres
Jian-Yang Li, Vishnu Reddy, Andreas Nathues +21
Previous observations suggested that Ceres has active but possibly sporadic water outgassing, and possibly varying spectral characteristics in a time scale of months. We used all a…
Observing Near-Earth Objects with the James Webb Space Telescope
Cristina A. Thomas, Paul Abell, Julie Castillo-Rogez +6
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has the potential to enhance our understanding of near-Earth objects (NEOs). We present results of investigations into the observability of NE…
Compositions and origins of outer planet systems: Insights from the Roche critical density
Matthew S. Tiscareno, Matthew M. Hedman, Joseph A. Burns +1
We consider the Roche critical density (rho_Roche), the minimum density of an orbiting object that, at a given distance from its planet, is able to hold itself together by self-gra…