M. J. S. Belton

Publication List Details

Period

1964 - 2007

Number

36

Co-Authors

Deep impact: observations from a worldwide Earth-based campaign (2005)

Meech, K.J., Ageorges, N., A'Hearn, M.F., Arpigny, C., Ates, A., Aycock, J., ...

On 4 July 2005, many observatories around the world and in space observed the collision of Deep Impact with comet 9P/Tempel 1 or its aftermath. This was an unprecedented coordinated observational...

Deep Impact: Observations from a Worldwide Earth-Based Campaign (2005)

Meech, K.J., Ageorges, N., Arpigny, C., Ates, A., Aycock, J., ...

On 4 July 2005, many observatories around the world and in space observed the collision of Deep Impact with comet 9P/Tempel 1 or its aftermath. This was an unprecedented coordinated observational...

Galileo at Io: Results from High-Resolution Imaging (2000)

McEwen, A.S., Belton, M.J.S., Breneman, H.H., Fagents, S.A., Geissler, P., Greeley, R., ...

During late 1999/early 2000, the solid state imaging experiment on the Galileo spacecraft returned more than 100 high-resolution (5 to 500 meters per pixel) images of volcanically active Io. We...

Does Europa have a subsurface ocean? Evaluation of the geological evidence (1999)

Pappalardo, R. T., Belton, M. J. S., Breneman, H. H., Carr, M. H., Chapman, C. R., Collins, G. C., ...

It has been proposed that Jupiter's satellite Europa currently posesses a global subsurface ocean of liquid water. Galileo gravity data verify that the satellite is differentiated into an outer H2O...

The shape of Io from Galileo limb measurements (1998)

Thomas, P.C., Davies, M.R., Colvin, T.R., Oberst, J., Schuster, P., Neukum, G., ...

Galileo CCD images of the limb of Io provide improved data for determining the shape of this synchronously rotating satellite. The best ellipsoidal fit is within 0.3 km of the best equilibrium fit of...

The Control Networks of the Galilean Satellites and Implications for Global Shape (1998)

Davies, M.E., Colvin, T.R., Oberst, J., Zeitler, W., Schuster, P., Neukum, G., ...

Images from the Galileo mission to Jupiter have been combined with earlier Voyager images to produce improved geodetic control networks for the Galilean satellites. The improved geometric stability...

Control Networks on the Galilean Satellites: Solutions for Size and Shape (1997)

Davies, M.E.(1), Colvin, T.R.(1), Thomas, P.(2), Veverka, J.(2), Belton, M.J.S.(3), Oberst, J., ...

A control network is a series of identifiable points on a surface and a table of their coordniates (latitude, longitude, radius). To create a planetary control network, points (usually craters) are...

Galileo's first images of Jupiter and the Galilean satellites (1996)

Belton, M.J.S., Head, J.W., Ingersoll, A.P., Greeley, R., McEwen, A.S., Klaasen, K.P., ...

The first images aof Jupiter,Io, Europa, and Ganymede from the Galileo spacecraft reveal new information about Jupiter's Great Red Spot (GRS) and the surfaces of the Galilean satellites. Features...

Cratering on Gaspra (1996)

Chapman, C.R.(1), Veverka, J.(2), Belton, M.J.S.(3), Neukum, G., Morrison, D.(4)

Galileo flyby images of 951 Gaspra show a crater population dominated by fresh craters several hundreds meters in diameter and smaller. They must represent production population because their spatial...

Discovery and physical properties of Dactyl, a satellite of asteroid 243 Ida (1995)

Chapman, C.R.(1), Veverka, J.(2), Thomas, P.C.(2), Klaasen, K.(3), Belton, M.J.S.(4), Harch, A.(2), ...

Observations of stellar occultions by asteroids have suggested that some may have satellites. But given the absence of any confirmatory evidence, the prevailing view has been that although such...

Discovery of Grooves on Gaspra (1994)

Veverka, J.(1), Thomas, P.(1), Simonelli, D.(1), Belton, M.J.S.(2), Carr, M.(3), Chapman, C.(4), ...

We report the discovery of grooves in Galileo high-resolution images of Gaspra. These features, previously seen only on Mars' satellite Phobos, are most likely related to severe impacts. Grooves on...

Color Variations on the Surface of Gaspra. (1992)

Head, J.W.(1), Murchie, S.L.(1), Belton, M.J.S.(2), Veverka, J.(3), McEwen, A.(4), Anger, C.D.(5), ...

3-filter color images of Gaspra (0.41, 0.56 and 0.99mm) reveal that the asteroid's surface is spectrally heterogeneous, with violet/ green and IR/green ratios varying by up to 10% and 20-30%...

The interaction of type II comet tails with the interplanetary medium. (1964)

Belton, M. J. S.

Thesis (Ph. D. in Astronomy)--Univ. of California, June 1964.