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University of Maryland: Astronomy Workshop [PDF]

, 2000
Professor Douglas P. Hamilton and his students at the University of Maryland created this website to provide individuals with astronomy tools and tutorials.

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The Temperature and First Ionization Potential Bias of Active Regions and Their Relations to In Situ Solar Wind

The Astrophysical Journal
Active regions (ARs) are important sources of the slow solar wind. Connecting the properties of ARs and their associated solar wind can improve our understanding of the origin and generation mechanisms of the slow solar wind.
Chi Ma, Hui Fu, Maria S. Madjarska, Zhenghua Huang, Haixia Xie, Lidong Xia   +5 more
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Linking the Solar System and Extrasolar Planetary Systems with Radar Astronomy: Infrastructure for "Ground Truth" Comparison

, 2019
Planetary radars have obtained unique science measurements about solar system bodies and they have provided orbit determinations allowing spacecraft to be navigated throughout the solar system. Notable results have been on Venus, Earth's "twin," and small bodies, which are the constituents of the Sun's debris disk.
Lazio, Joseph, Bonsall, Amber, Brozovic, Marina, Giorgini, Jon D., O'Neil, Karen, Rivera-Valentin, Edgard, Virkki, Anne K., Cordova, Francisco, Busch, Michael, Campbell, Bruce A., Edwards, P. G., Fernandez, Yanga R., Kruzins, Ed, Pinilla-Alonso, Noemi, Slade, Martin A., Venditti, F. C. F.   +15 more
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The role of composition in the spectral evolution of carbonaceous asteroids as informed by Bennu sample return

Meteoritics &Planetary Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Near‐Earth rubble‐pile asteroids Bennu and Ryugu are part of the carbonaceous taxonomic complex (C‐complex), and samples returned from both bodies resemble the most aqueously altered carbonaceous chondrites. However, telescopic and spacecraft visible–near infrared (VIS–NIR) reflectance spectra of Ryugu exhibit a red (positive) spectral slope ...
Ralph E. Milliken, Takahiro Hiroi, Victoria E. Hamilton, Cody D. Schultz, Ed A. Cloutis, Hannah H. Kaplan, Melissa K. Kontogiannis, Nathalia Vega‐Santiago, Dani N. DellaGiustina, Harold C. Connolly Jr., Dante S. Lauretta   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Feedback stabilization of displaced periodic orbits : Application to binary asteroid [PDF]

, 2012
This paper investigates displaced periodic orbits at linear order in the circular restricted Earth-Moon system (CRTBP), where the third massless body utilizes a hybrid of solar sail and a solar electric propulsion (SEP).
Simo, Jules, McInnes, Colin
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Mineralogy, mineral chemistry, and redox equilibria in ten aggregate particles from asteroid Bennu

Meteoritics &Planetary Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Examination of 10 Bennu aggregate particles has revealed the presence of many phases which taken together can provide constraints on the oxygen fugacity (fO2) of Bennu samples. Phyllosilicates (saponite and serpentine), carbonates, oxides (magnetite, chromite), sulfides (pyrrhotite, pentlandite), phosphate (hydroxyapatite, Na‐Mg‐phosphate ...
K. Righter, J. Gorce, L. Le, K. Thomas‐Keprta, Z.E. Wilbur, L.P. Keller, Z. Gainsforth, T.J. McCoy, T.J. Zega, S.S. Russell, H.C. Connolly Jr., D.S. Lauretta   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Survivability of Amino Acids in Lunar Soil

The Planetary Science Journal
We present a laboratory investigation on the survivability of amino acids in lunar simulant soil under conditions similar to the lunar surface. Survival rates of various amino acids are quantified using ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography in ...
Li Hsia Yeo, Hannah McLain, Sophia Westerkamp, Danielle Simkus, Jennifer Holt, Jason McLain   +5 more
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Evaluating maturity of organic matter in hydrated C1 and CM‐like clasts and a dehydrated clast within a polymict eucrite and a howardite

Meteoritics &Planetary Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Volatile‐rich xenolithic clasts in different types of brecciated meteorites represent unique pristine solar system material. This study investigates the maturity and thermal history of organic matter using Raman spectroscopy and aqueous alteration effects using infrared spectroscopy in the matrix of 15 volatile‐rich clasts (C1 and CM‐like ...
Swarna Prava Das, Alessandro Maturilli, Aurélie Van den Neucker, Markus Patzek, Dipak Kumar Panda, Gopal K. Pradhan, Guneshwar Thangjam, Surya Snata Rout   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The influence of Hall currents, plasma viscosity and electron inertia on magnetic reconnection solutions [PDF]

, 2007
This thesis examines magnetic reconnection in the solar corona. Magnetic reconnection is the only mechanism which allows the magnetic topology of magnetized plasmas to be changed. Many of the dynamic processes in the Sun's atmosphere are believed to be
Senanayake, Tissa
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Raman analysis of organic refractory materials after energetic processing: Evidence for amorphous carbon on TNOs and comets

Meteoritics &Planetary Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Amorphous carbon (αC) is found in various extraterrestrial particles, including those thought to originate from the outer Solar System. αC can form through two main processes involving C‐rich materials: exposure to energetic charged particles and thermal processing.
M. Germanà, A. Vyjidak, G. A. Baratta, B. M. Giuliano, R. G. Urso, C. Scirè, D. Fulvio, T. Grassi, P. Jusko, P. Caselli, M. E. Palumbo   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source