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20122021
most citedThe Pluto system: Initial results from its exploration by New Horizons

485 citations · 914 across the 6 of their papers we have counts for

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6 papers

astro-ph.EP2021★ 23 cited

A Statistical Review of Light Curves and the Prevalence of Contact Binaries in the Kuiper Belt

Mark R. Showalter, Susan D. Benecchi, Marc W. Buie +19

We investigate what can be learned about a population of distant KBOs by studying the statistical properties of their light curves. Whereas others have successfully inferred the pr…

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.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.EP2015★ 485 cited

The Pluto system: Initial results from its exploration by New Horizons

S. A. Stern, F. Bagenal, K. Ennico +148

The Pluto system was recently explored by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft, making closest approach on 14 July 2015. Pluto's surface displays diverse landforms, terrain ages, albedos…

astro-ph.EP2012★ 35 cited

Temporal Variability of Lunar Exospheric Helium During January 2012 from LRO/LAMP

Paul D. Feldman, Dana M. Hurley, Kurt D. Retherford +8

We report observations of the lunar helium exosphere made between December 29, 2011, and January 26, 2012, with the Lyman Alpha Mapping Project (LAMP) ultraviolet spectrograph on N…