most citedThe New Horizons and Hubble Space Telescope Search For Rings, Dust, and Debris in the Pluto-Charon System

14 citations · 14 across the 1 of their papers we have counts for

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astro-ph.EP201714 cited

The New Horizons and Hubble Space Telescope Search For Rings, Dust, and Debris in the Pluto-Charon System

Tod R. Lauer, Henry B. Throop, Mark R. Showalter +11

We searched for dust or debris rings in the Pluto-Charon system before, during, and after the New Horizons encounter. Methodologies included searching for back-scattered light duri…

astro-ph.EP2016

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

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

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

Thermal properties of Rhea's Poles: Evidence for a Meter-Deep Unconsolidated Subsurface Layer

Carly Howett, John Spencer, Terry Hurford +2

Cassini's Composite Infrared Spectrometer (CIRS) observed both of Rhea's polar regions during two flybys on 2013/03/09 and 2015/02/10. The results show Rhea's southern winter pole…