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Evidence for possible N2 basal flow beneath Pluto northern Sputnik Planitia
S. Alan Stern, Orkan Umurhan, Gary D. Clow +4
Sputnik Planitia (SP) on Pluto is a large, predominantly N2 ice-filled basin with a surface area of one million square kilometers; it is among the most spectacular surface features…
High Resolution Search for KBO Binaries from New Horizons
H. A. Weaver, S. B. Porter, J. R. Spencer +1
Using the New Horizons LORRI camera, we searched for satellites near five Kuiper belt objects (KBOs): four cold classicals (CCs: 2011 JY31, 2014 OS393, 2014 PN70, 2011 HZ102) and o…
Charon: A brief history of tides
Alyssa Rose Rhoden, Helle L. Skjetne, Wade G. Henning +9
In 2015, the New Horizons spacecraft flew past Pluto and its moon Charon, providing the first clear look at the surface of Charon. New Horizons images revealed an ancient surface,…
Constraining the final merger of contact binary(486958) Arrokoth with soft-sphere discrete element simulations
J. C. Marohnic, D. C. Richardson, W. B. McKinnon +8
The New Horizons mission has returned stunning images of the bilobate Kuiper belt object (486958) Arrokoth. It is a contact binary, formed from two intact and relatively undisturbe…
Plutos Far Side
S. A. Stern, O. L. White, P. J. McGovern +11
The New Horizons spacecraft provided near global observations of Pluto that far exceed the resolution of Earth-based data sets. Most Pluto New Horizons analysis hitherto has focuse…
Overview of initial results from the reconnaissance flyby of a Kuiper Belt planetesimal: 2014 MU69
S. A. Stern, J. R. Spencer, H. A. Weaver +11
The centerpiece objective of the NASA New Horizons first Kuiper Extended Mission (KEM-1) was the close flyby of the Kuiper Belt Object KBO) 2014 MU69, nicknamed Ultima Thule. On 1…
The Lyman-α Sky Background as Observed by New Horizons
G. Randall Gladstone, Wayne R. Pryor, S. Alan Stern +22
Recent observations of interplanetary medium (IPM) atomic hydrogen Lyman-α (Lyα) emission in the outer solar system, made with the Alice ultraviolet spectrograph on New Horizons (N…
The New Horizons Kuiper Belt Extended Mission
S. A. Stern, H. A. Weaver, J. R. Spencer +2
The central objective of the New Horizons prime mission was to make the first exploration of Pluto and its system of moons. Following that, New Horizons has been approved for its f…
The nitrogen cycles on Pluto over seasonal and astronomical timescales
T. Bertrand, F. Forget, O. M. Umurhan +13
Pluto's landscape is shaped by the cycles of the volatile ices covering its surface. In particular, the Sputnik Planitia (SP) ice sheet displays a large diversity of terrains, with…
A Search for Temporal Changes on Pluto and Charon
J. D. Hofgartner, B. J. Buratti, S. L. Devins +12
A search for temporal changes on Pluto and Charon was motivated by (1) the discovery of young surfaces in the Pluto system that imply ongoing or recent geologic activity, (2) the d…
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…
Evidence for Possible Clouds in Pluto's Present Day Atmosphere
S. A. Stern, J. A. Kammer, E. L. Barth +10
Several trace constituents can reach saturation vapor pressure in Pluto's present day atmosphere. As such, we describe a search for discrete could features in Pluto's atmosphere us…