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

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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…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 102 cited

The Geology and Geophysics of Kuiper Belt Object (486958) Arrokoth

J. R. Spencer, S. A. Stern, J. M. Moore +75

The Cold Classical Kuiper Belt, a class of small bodies in undisturbed orbits beyond Neptune, are primitive objects preserving information about Solar System formation. The New Hor…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 17 cited

Photometry of Kuiper Belt Object (486958) Arrokoth from New Horizons LORRI

Jason D. Hofgartner, Bonnie J. Buratti, Susan D. Benecchi +14

On January 1st 2019, the New Horizons spacecraft flew by the classical Kuiper belt object (486958) Arrokoth (provisionally designated 2014 MU69), possibly the most primitive object…