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20152020
most citedThe Pluto system: Initial results from its exploration by New Horizons

485 citations · 1.5k across the 9 of their papers we have counts for

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9 papers

astro-ph.IM2020★ 3 cited

A new facility for airborne solar astronomy: NASA's WB-57 at the 2017 total solar eclipse

Amir Caspi, Daniel B. Seaton, Constantine C. C. Tsang +28

NASA's WB-57 High Altitude Research Program provides a deployable, mobile, stratospheric platform for scientific research. Airborne platforms are of particular value for making cor…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 52 cited

Size and Shape Constraints of (486958) Arrokoth from Stellar Occultations

Marc W. Buie, Simon B. Porter, Peter Tamblyn +130

We present the results from four stellar occultations by (486958) Arrokoth, the flyby target of the New Horizons extended mission. Three of the four efforts led to positive detecti…

astro-ph.EP2016★ 271 cited

The Geology of Pluto and Charon Through the Eyes of New Horizons

Jeffrey M. Moore, William B. McKinnon, John R. Spencer +38

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has revealed the complex geology of Pluto and Charon. Pluto's encounter hemisphere shows ongoing surface geological activity centered on a vast basin…

astro-ph.EP2016★ 291 cited

Surface Compositions Across Pluto and Charon

W. M. Grundy, R. P. Binzel, B. J. Buratti +32

The New Horizons spacecraft mapped colors and infrared spectra across the encounter hemispheres of Pluto and Charon. The volatile ices CH, CO, and N, that dominate Pluto's…

astro-ph.EP2016★ 94 cited

The Small Satellites of Pluto as Observed by New Horizons

H. A. Weaver, M. W. Buie, B. J. Buratti +48

The New Horizons mission has provided resolved measurements of Pluto's moons Styx, Nix, Kerberos, and Hydra. All four are small, with equivalent spherical diameters of 40…

astro-ph.EP2016★ 259 cited

The Atmosphere of Pluto as Observed by New Horizons

G. Randall Gladstone, S. Alan Stern, Kimberly Ennico +31

Observations made during the New Horizons flyby provide a detailed snapshot of the current state of Pluto's atmosphere. While the lower atmosphere (at altitudes <200 km) is consist…