The OSIRIS-REx Visible and InfraRed Spectrometer (OVIRS): spectral maps of the asteroid Bennu

DC Reuter, AA Simon, J Hair, A Lunsford… - Space Science …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract The OSIRIS-REx Visible and Infrared Spectrometer (OVIRS) is a point spectrometer
covering the spectral range of 0.4 to 4.3 microns (25,000–2300 cm− 1). Its primary purpose …

The Pluto System After New Horizons

SA Stern, WM Grundy, WB McKinnon… - Annual Review of …, 2018 - annualreviews.org
The New Horizons (NH) flyby of the Pluto–Charon binary planet and its system of four small
surrounding satellites in mid-2015 revolutionized our knowledge of this distant planet and its …

Evidence for widespread hydrated minerals on asteroid (101955) Bennu

VE Hamilton, AA Simon, PR Christensen, DC Reuter… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Early spectral data from the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and
Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) mission reveal evidence for abundant hydrated …

The geology of Pluto and Charon through the eyes of New Horizons

JM Moore, WB McKinnon, JR Spencer, AD Howard… - Science, 2016 - science.org
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 …

Surface compositions across Pluto and Charon

WM Grundy, RP Binzel, BJ Buratti, JC Cook… - Science, 2016 - science.org
INTRODUCTION The Kuiper Belt hosts a swarm of distant, icy objects ranging in size from
small, primordial planetesimals to much larger, highly evolved objects, representing a whole …

The atmosphere of Pluto as observed by New Horizons

GR Gladstone, SA Stern, K Ennico, CB Olkin… - Science, 2016 - science.org
INTRODUCTION For several decades, telescopic observations have shown that Pluto has a
complex and intriguing atmosphere. But too little has been known to allow a complete …

The geology and geophysics of Kuiper Belt object (486958) Arrokoth

JR Spencer, SA Stern, JM Moore, HA Weaver… - Science, 2020 - science.org
INTRODUCTION On 1 January 2019, the New Horizons spacecraft passed 3538 km from
Kuiper Belt object (KBO)(486958) Arrokoth. Arrokoth is a contact binary consisting of two …

Impact craters on Pluto and Charon indicate a deficit of small Kuiper belt objects

KN Singer, WB McKinnon, B Gladman, S Greenstreet… - Science, 2019 - science.org
The flyby of Pluto and Charon by the New Horizons spacecraft provided high-resolution
images of cratered surfaces embedded in the Kuiper belt, an extensive region of bodies …

Color, composition, and thermal environment of Kuiper Belt object (486958) Arrokoth

WM Grundy, MK Bird, DT Britt, JC Cook, DP Cruikshank… - Science, 2020 - science.org
INTRODUCTION The New Horizons spacecraft flew past (486958) Arrokoth (provisional
designation 2014 MU69) on 1 January 2019. Arrokoth is a member of the subclass of trans …

Pluto's global surface composition through pixel-by-pixel Hapke modeling of New Horizons Ralph/LEISA data

S Protopapa, WM Grundy, DC Reuter, DP Hamilton… - Icarus, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract On July 14th 2015, NASA's New Horizons mission gave us an unprecedented
detailed view of the Pluto system. The complex compositional diversity of Pluto's encounter …