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20152020
most citedDistribution of CO2 ice on the large moons of Uranus and evidence for compositional stratification of their near-surfaces

59 citations · 142 across the 7 of their papers we have counts for

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10 papers

astro-ph.IM2020

Transformative Planetary Science with the US ELT Program

Michael H. Wong, Karen J. Meech, Mark Dickinson +4

The proposed US Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) Program would secure national open access to at least 25% of the observing time on the Thirty Meter Telescope in the north and the G…

astro-ph.IM2020

The science enabled by a dedicated solar system space telescope

Cindy L. Young, Michael H. Wong, Kunio M. Sayanagi +35

The National Academy Committee on Astrobiology and Planetary Science (CAPS) made a recommendation to study a large/medium-class dedicated space telescope for planetary science, goi…

astro-ph.IM2020

Architectures and Technologies for a Space Telescope for Solar System Science

Kunio M. Sayanagi, Cindy L. Young, Lynn Bowman +37

We advocate for a mission concept study for a space telescope dedicated to solar system science in Earth orbit. Such a study was recommended by the Committee on Astrobiology and Pl…

astro-ph.IM2020

The Science Case for Spacecraft Exploration of the Uranian Satellites

Richard J. Cartwright, Chloe B. Beddingfield, Tom Nordheim +14

The five classical Uranian moons are possible ocean worlds that exhibit bizarre geologic landforms, hinting at recent surface-interior communication. However, Uranus' classical moo…

astro-ph.EP202055 cited

Evidence for ammonia-bearing species on the Uranian satellite Ariel supports recent geologic activity

Richard J. Cartwright, Chloe B. Beddingfield, Tom A. Nordheim +6

We investigated whether ammonia-rich constituents are present on the surface of the Uranian moon Ariel by analyzing 32 near-infrared reflectance spectra collected over a wide range…

astro-ph.EP201922 cited

Probing the regoliths of the classical Uranian satellites: Are their surfaces mantled by a layer of tiny H2O ice grains?

Richard J. Cartwright, Joshua P. Emery, William M. Grundy +3

We investigate whether the surfaces of the classical moons of Uranus are compositionally stratified, with a thin veneer of mostly tiny H2O ice grains (<= 2 micron diameters) mantli…