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Surface Compositions Across Pluto and CharonThe 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 new class of previously unexplored cryogenic worlds. Pluto, the largest among them, along with its system of five satellites, has been revealed by NASAs New Horizons spacecraft flight through the system in July 2015, nearly a decade after its launch.
Document ID
20170003182
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Grundy, W. M.
(Lowell Observatory Flagstaff, AZ, United States)
Binzel, R. P.
(Massachusetts Inst. of Tech. Cambridge, MA, United States)
Buratti, B. J.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Cook, J. C.
(Southwest Research Inst. Boulder, CO, United States)
Cruikshank, D. P.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA United States)
Dalle Ore, C. M.
(Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Inst. Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Earle, A. M.
(Massachusetts Inst. of Tech. Cambridge, MA, United States)
Ennico, K.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA United States)
Howett, C. J. A.
(Southwest Research Inst. Boulder, CO, United States)
Lunsford, A. W.
(Catholic Univ. of America Washington, DC, United States)
Olkin, C. B.
(Southwest Research Inst. Boulder, CO, United States)
Parker, A. H.
(Southwest Research Inst. Boulder, CO, United States)
Philippe, S
(Universite Grenoble Alpes Saint Martin d'Heres, France)
Protopapa, S.
(Maryland Univ. College Park, MD, United States)
Quirico, E.
(Universite Grenoble Alpes Saint Martin d'Heres, France)
Reuter, D. C.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Schmitt, B.
(Universite Grenoble Alpes Saint Martin d'Heres, France)
Singer, K. N.
(Southwest Research Inst. Boulder, CO, United States)
Verbiscer, A. J.
(Virginia Univ. Charlottesville, VA, United States)
Beyer, R. E.
(Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Inst. Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Buie, M. W.
(Southwest Research Inst. Boulder, CO, United States)
Cheng, A. F.
(Johns Hopkins Univ. Laurel, MD, United States)
Jennings, D. E.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Linscott, I. R.
(Stanford Univ. Stanford, CA, United States)
Parker, J. Wm.
(Southwest Research Inst. Boulder, CO, United States)
Date Acquired
April 7, 2017
Publication Date
March 18, 2016
Publication Information
Publication: Science
Publisher: AAAS
Volume: 351
Issue: 6279
ISSN: 0036-8075
e-ISSN: 1095-9203
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Science And Exploration
Report/Patent Number
GSFC-E-DAA-TN40514
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNX12AG31G
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNX13AJ87A
Distribution Limits
Public
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