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TNFlow: Amortized Posterior Inference for Trans-Neptunian Object Surface Composition
Agastya Gaur, Cristina M. Dalle Ore, Alessandra Ricca
We present TNFlow, a transformer and normalizing flow architecture for inferring the surface composition of Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs) from their reflectance spectra. TNFlow is…
Surface Composition of Pluto's Kiladze Area and Relationship to Cryovolcanism
A. Emran, C. M. Dalle Ore, D. P. Cruikshank +1
A link between exposures of water (HO) ice with traces of an ammoniated compound (e.g., a salt) and the probable effusion of a water-rich cryolava onto the surface of Pluto…
Pluto's Surface Mapping using Unsupervised Learning from Near-Infrared Observations of LEISA/Ralph
A. Emran, C. M. Dalle Ore, C. J. Ahrens +3
We map the surface of Pluto using an unsupervised machine learning technique using the near-infrared observations of the LEISA/Ralph instrument onboard NASA's New Horizons spacecra…
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…
Color, Composition, and Thermal Environment of Kuiper Belt Object (486958) Arrokoth
W. M. Grundy, M. K. Bird, D. T. Britt +46
The outer Solar System object (486958) Arrokoth (provisional designation 2014 MU) has been largely undisturbed since its formation. We study its surface composition using da…
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…
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…
Saturn's icy satellites investigated by Cassini - VIMS. IV. Daytime temperature maps
Gianrico Filacchione, Emiliano D'Aversa, Fabrizio Capaccioni +13
The spectral position of the 3.6 micron continuum peak measured on Cassini-VIMS I/F spectra is used as a marker to infer the temperature of the regolith particles covering the surf…
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…
Rotationally resolved spectroscopy of (20000) Varuna in the near-infrared
V. Lorenzi, N. Pinilla-Alonso, J. Licandro +2
Models of the escape and retention of volatiles by minor icy objects exclude any presence of volatile ices on the surface of TNOs smaller than ~1000km in diameter at the typical te…