Impacts of cosmic dust on planetary atmospheres and surfaces

JMC Plane, GJ Flynn, A Määttänen, JE Moores… - Space Science …, 2018 - Springer
Recent advances in interplanetary dust modelling provide much improved estimates of the
fluxes of cosmic dust particles into planetary (and lunar) atmospheres throughout the solar …

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

SA Stern, F Bagenal, K Ennico, GR Gladstone… - Science, 2015 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Pluto was discovered in 1930 and was long thought to be a misfit or
anomaly in the solar system. However, the 1992 discovery of the Kuiper Belt—a torus …

The 2015 edition of the GEISA spectroscopic database

N Jacquinet-Husson, R Armante, NA Scott… - Journal of Molecular …, 2016 - Elsevier
The GEISA database (Gestion et Etude des Informations Spectroscopiques Atmosphériques:
Management and Study of Atmospheric Spectroscopic Information) has been developed …

Instrumental methods for professional and amateur collaborations in planetary astronomy

O Mousis, R Hueso, JP Beaulieu, S Bouley… - Experimental …, 2014 - Springer
Amateur contributions to professional publications have increased exponentially over the
last decades in the field of planetary astronomy. Here we review the different domains of the …

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 …

A Pluto-like radius and a high albedo for the dwarf planet Eris from an occultation

B Sicardy, JL Ortiz, M Assafin, E Jehin, A Maury… - Nature, 2011 - nature.com
The dwarf planet Eris is a trans-Neptunian object with an orbital eccentricity of 0.44, an
inclination of 44 degrees and a surface composition very similar to that of Pluto. It resides at …

Mean radius and shape of Pluto and Charon from New Horizons images

F Nimmo, O Umurhan, CM Lisse, CJ Bierson, TR Lauer… - Icarus, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Approach images taken by the LORRI imaging system during the New Horizons
spacecraft encounter have been used to determine the mean radii and shapes of Pluto and …

Methane line parameters in the HITRAN2012 database

LR Brown, K Sung, DC Benner, VM Devi… - Journal of Quantitative …, 2013 - Elsevier
The compilation of methane molecular line parameters was updated to include new global
analyses and measurements for 12 CH 4, 13 CH 4 and 12 CH 3 D. Over 70% of the …

Detection of CO and HCN in Pluto's atmosphere with ALMA

E Lellouch, M Gurwell, B Butler, T Fouchet, P Lavvas… - Icarus, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Observations of the Pluto-Charon system, acquired with the ALMA interferometer on
June 12–13, 2015, have led to the detection of the CO (3-2) and HCN (4-3) rotational …

The orbits and masses of satellites of Pluto

M Brozović, MR Showalter, RA Jacobson, MW Buie - Icarus, 2015 - Elsevier
We present the numerically integrated orbits of Pluto's satellites. The orbits have been fit to a
data set that includes Earth-based and Hubble Space Telescope (HST) astrometry of …