Discovery of Jovian dust streams and interstellar grains by the Ulysses spacecraft
ON 8 February 1992, the Ulysses spacecraft flew by Jupiter at a distance of 5.4 AU from the Sun. During the encounter, the spacecraft was deflected into a new orbit, inclined at about 80° to the…
Ongoing hydrothermal activities within Enceladus
- H. Hsu, F. Postberg, R. Srama
- Geology, PhysicsNature
- 12 March 2015
Analysis of silicon-rich, nanometre-sized dust particles (so-called stream particles) that stand out from the water-ice-dominated objects characteristic of Saturn indicate ongoing high-temperature (>90 °C) hydrothermal reactions associated with global-scale geothermal activity that quickly transports hydroThermal products from the ocean floor at a depth of at least 40 kilometres up to the plume of Enceladus.
The Pluto system: Initial results from its exploration by New Horizons
- S. Stern, F. Bagenal, E. Zirnstein
- Geology, PhysicsScience
- 16 October 2015
The New Horizons encounter revealed that Pluto displays a surprisingly wide variety of geological landforms, including those resulting from glaciological and surface-atmosphere interactions as well as impact, tectonic, possible cryovolcanic, and mass-wasting processes.
CHARGED DUST DYNAMICS IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM
- M. Horányi
- Physics
- 1 September 1996
▪ Abstract In most space environments, dust particles are exposed to plasmas and UV radiation and, consequently, carry electrostatic charges. Their motion is influenced by electric and magnetic…
Lunar surface: Dust dynamics and regolith mechanics
- J. Colwell, S. Batiste, M. Horányi, S. Robertson, S. Sture
- Physics, Geology
- 1 June 2007
The lunar surface is characterized by a collisionally evolved regolith resulting from meteoroid bombardment. This lunar soil consists of highly angular particles in a broad, approximately power law…
The Cassini Cosmic Dust Analyzer
The Cassini-Huygens Cosmic Dust Analyzer (CDA) is intended to provide direct observations of dust grains with masses between 10−19 and 10−9 kg in interplanetary space and in the jovian and saturnian…
A permanent, asymmetric dust cloud around the Moon
- M. Horányi, J. Szalay, Z. Sternovsky
- Physics, GeologyNature
- 18 June 2015
Observations of a permanent, asymmetric dust cloud around the Moon, caused by impacts of high-speed cometary dust particles on eccentric orbits, as opposed to particles of asteroidal origin following near-circular paths striking the Moon at lower speeds are reported.
Dust transport in photoelectron layers and the formation of dust ponds on Eros
- J. Colwell, A. Gulbis, M. Horányi, S. Robertson
- Physics
- 1 May 2005
The Dynamics of Saturn's E Ring Particles
- M. Horányi, J. Burns, D. Hamilton
- Physics, Geology
- 1 June 1992
Initial results from the New Horizons exploration of 2014 MU69, a small Kuiper Belt object
- S. Stern, H. Weaver, T. Zurbuchen
- Physics, GeologyScience
- 17 May 2019
The New Horizons spacecraft completed its MU69 flyby on 1 January 2019, with a closest approach distance of 3538 km—less than one-third of its closest distance to Pluto.
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