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most citedThe Pluto system: Initial results from its exploration by New Horizons

485 citations · 2k across the 19 of their papers we have counts for

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20 papers

astro-ph.EP2022★ 29 cited

Large-scale cryovolcanic resurfacing on Pluto

Kelsi N. Singer, Oliver L. White, Bernard Schmitt +22

The New Horizons spacecraft returned images and compositional data showing that terrains on Pluto span a variety of ages, ranging from relatively ancient, heavily cratered areas to…

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.EP2021

The science case for spacecraft exploration of the Uranian satellites: Candidate ocean worlds in an ice giant system

Richard J. Cartwright, Chloe B. Beddingfield, Tom A. Nordheim +15

The 27 satellites of Uranus are enigmatic, with dark surfaces coated by material that could be rich in organics. Voyager 2 imaged the southern hemispheres of Uranus' five largest '…

astro-ph.IM2020

Maximizing the value of Solar System data through Planetary Spatial Data Infrastructures

Jani Radebaugh, Bradley J. Thomson, Brent Archinal +15

Planetary spatial data returned by spacecraft, including images and higher-order products such as mosaics, controlled basemaps, and digital elevation models (DEMs), are of critical…

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.EP2020★ 175 cited

Initial results from the New Horizons exploration of 2014 MU69, a small Kuiper Belt Object

S. A. Stern, H. A. Weaver, J. R. Spencer +202

The Kuiper Belt is a distant region of the Solar System. On 1 January 2019, the New Horizons spacecraft flew close to (486958) 2014 MU69, a Cold Classical Kuiper Belt Object, a cla…