We examine the ability of impacts by Kuiper Belt debris to cause regolith exchange between objects in the Pluto system. We find that ejecta velocities from KB impacts are too low to escape from Pluto...
Overview of the New Horizons Science Payload (2007)
Weaver, H. A., Gibson, W. C., Tapley, M. B., Young, L. A., Stern, S. A.
The New Horizons mission was launched on 2006 January 19, and the spacecraft is heading for a flyby encounter with the Pluto system in the summer of 2015. The challenges associated with sending a...
First Constraints on Rings in the Pluto System (2006)
Simple theoretical calculations have suggested that small body impacts onto Pluto's newly discovered small satellites, Nix and Hydra, are capable of generating time-variable rings or dust sheets in...
Stern, S. A., Mutchler, M. J., Weaver, H. A., Steffl, A. J.
Pluto's two small satellites, temporarily designated S/2005 P 1 and S/2005 P 2, were observed on four dates (15.1 and 18.1 May 2005, 15.7 February 2006, and 2.8 March 2006) using the Hubble Space...
Alice: The Rosetta Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph (2006)
Stern, S. A., Slater, D. C., Scherrer, J., Stone, J., Versteeg, M., A'Hearn, M. F., ...
We describe the design, performance and scientific objectives of the NASA-funded ALICE instrument aboard the ESA Rosetta asteroid flyby/comet rendezvous mission. ALICE is a lightweight, low-power,...
The Discovery of Two New Satellites of Pluto (2006)
Weaver, H. A., Stern, S. A., Mutchler, M. J., Steffl, A. J., Buie, M. W., Merline, W. J., ...
Pluto's first known moon, Charon, was discovered in 1978 (Christy 1978) and has a diameter about half that of Pluto (Buie 1992,Young 1994, Sicardy 2005), which makes it larger relative to its primary...
Characteristics and Origin of the Quadruple System at Pluto (2005)
Stern, S. A., Weaver, H. A., Steffl, A. J., Mutchler, M. J., Merline, W. J., Buie, M. W., ...
Our discovery of two new satellites of Pluto, designated S/2005 P 1 and S/2005 P 2 (henceforth, P1 and P2), combined with the constraints on the absence of more distant satellites of Pluto, reveal...
Orbits and photometry of Pluto's satellites: Charon, S/2005 P1 and S/2005 P2 (2005)
Buie, M. W., Grundy, W. M., Young, E. F., Young, L. A., Stern, S. A.
We present new astrometry of Pluto's three satellites from images taken of the Pluto system during 2002-3 with the High Resolution Camera (HRC) mode of the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS)...
New Constraints on Additional Satellites of the Pluto System (2005)
Steffl, A. J., Mutchler, M. J., Weaver, H. A., Stern, S. A., Durda, D. D., Terrell, D., ...
Observations of Pluto and its solar-tidal stability zone were made using the Advanced Camera for Surveys' (ACS) Wide Field Channel (WFC) on the Hubble Space Telescope on UT 2005 May 15 and UT 2005...
The Edison Infrared Space Observatory and the Study of Extra-Solar Planetary Meterial (2004)
Thronson, H. A., Hawarden, T.G., Rapp, D., Stern, S.A.
Edison is a proposed large-aperture, radiatively-cooled space observatory planned to operate at wavelengths between 2 and 130mue or longer. Current estimates for the telescope allow an aperture of...
(abstract) MEASURE-Jupiter: Low Cost Missions to Explore Jupiter in the Post-Galileo Era (2004)
Wallace, R.A., Stern, S.A., Ayon, J.A., Lane, A.L., Nunez, C.L., Sauer, C.G., ...
MEASURE-Jupiter is a new mission concept for the exploration of giant planets, with initial application to Jupiter. By flying sets of lightweight spacecraft with highly focused measurement...
(abstract) A Low-Cost Mission to 2060 Chiron Based on the Pluto Fast Flyby (2004)
Stern, S.A., Salvo, C.G., Wallace, R.A., Weinstein, S.S., Weissman, P.R.
The Pluto Fast Flyby-based mission to Chiron described in this paper is a low cost, scientifically rewarding, focused mission in the outer solar system. The proposed mission will make a flyby of 2060...
The Deep Space One Comet Borrelly flyby (2004)
Nelson, R. M., Baganal, F., Boice, D. C., Britt, D. T., Brown, R. H., Buratti, B. J., ...
Regarding the Accretion of 2003 VB12 (Sedna) and Like Bodies in Distant Heliocentric Orbits (2004)
Recently, Brown et al. (2004) reported the exciting discovery of an ~800 km radius object, (90377) Sedna, on a distant, eccentric orbit centered at ~490 AU from the Sun. Here we undertake a first...
The morphology and surface processes of Comet 19/P Borrelly (2004)
Britt, D.T., Boice, D.C., Buratti, B.J., Campins, H., Nelson, R.M., Oberst, J., ...
The flyby of the nucleus of the Comet 19P/Borrelly by the Deep Space 1 spacecraft produced the best views to date of the surface of these interesting objects. It transformed Borrelly from an...
Soderblom, L.A., Boice, D.C., Britt, D.T., Brown, R.H., Buratti, B.J., Kirk, R.L., ...
The nucleus, coma, and dust jets of short-period Comet 19P/Borrelly were imaged from the Deep Space 1 spacecraft during its close flyby in September 2001. A prominent jet dominated the near-nucleus...
9969 Braille: Deep Space 1 infrared spectroscopy, geometric albedo, and classification (2004)
Buratti, B.J., Britt, D.T., Soderblom, L.A., Hicks, M.D., Boice, D.C., Brown, R.H., ...
Spectra of Asteroid 9969 Braille in the 1.25–2.6 µm region returned by the Deep Space 1 (DS1) Mission show a ~10% absorption band centered at 2 µm, and a reflectance peak at 1.6 µm. Analysis of...
9969 Braille: Deep Space 1 infrared spectroscopy, geometric albedo, and classification (2004)
Buratti, B. J., Britt, D. T., Soderblom, L. A., Hicks, M. D., Boice, D. C., Brown, R. H., ...
Evidence for a Collisional Mechanism Affecting Kuiper Belt Object Colors (2002)
The Kuiper Belt (KB) region of the solar system, stretching from 30 to at least 50 AU, contains Pluto-Charon, some ~105 Kuiper Belt Objects (KBOs) larger than 100 km in diameter, and myriad smaller...
Implications Regarding the Energetics Of the Collisional Formation of Kuiper Belt Satellites (2002)
Recently, it has been discovered that at least 1% of Kuiper Belt Objects (KBOs) are accompanied by large satellites. Here we examine the energetics of KBO satellite formation via collisions, finding...
Soderblom, L.A., Becker, T.L., Bennett, G., Boice, D.C., Britt, D.T., Brown, R.H., ...
Deep Space 1 images and spectra of Comet 19P/Borrelly reveal two distinct classes of dust jets; a hot, dry, red-sloped IR spectrum; and a geologically complex nucleus.
Soderblom, L.A., Becker, T.L., Bennett, G., Boice, D.C., Britt, D.T., Brown, R.H., ...
The nucleus of the Jupiter-family comet 19P/Borrelly was closely observed by the Miniature Integrated Camera and Spectrometer aboard the Deep Space 1 spacecraft on 22 September 2001. The...
Soderblom, L.A., Becker, T.L., Bennett, G., Boice, D.C., Britt, D.T., Brown, R.H., ...
The nucleus of the Jupiter-family comet 19P/Borrelly was closely observed by the Miniature Integrated Camera and Spectrometer aboard the Deep Space 1 spacecraft on 22 September 2001. The...
The geology of comet 19/P Borrelly (2002)
Britt, D.T., Boice, D.C., Buratti, B.J., Hicks, M.D., Nelson, R.M., Oberst, J., ...
Soderblom, L.A., Boice, D.C., Britt, D.T., Brown, R.H., Buratti, B.J., Hicks, M.D., ...
Images from the DS1 MICAS CCD camera reveal in three dimensions, the complex characteristics of Borrelly's nucleus, coma, and jets. The images acquired during the last 2 hours of the approach, as the...
On the Size-Dependence of the Inclination Distribution of the Main Kuiper Belt (2000)
We present a new analysis of the currently available orbital elements for the known Kuiper belt objects. In the non-resonant, main Kuiper belt we find a statistically significant relationship between...
The Discovery of Argon in Comet C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) (2000)
Stern, S. A., Slater, D. C., Festou, M. C., Parker, J. Wm., Wilkinson, E.
On 30.14 March 1997 we observed the EUV spectrum of the bright comet C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) at the time of its perihelion, using our EUVS sounding rocket telescope/spectrometer. The spectra reveal the...
The Discovery of Argon in Comet C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) (2000)
S. A. Stern, D. C. Slater, M. C. Festou, E. Wilkinson
On 30.14 March 1997 we observed the EUV spectrum of the bright comet C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) at the time of its perihelion, using our EUVS sounding rocket telescope /spectrometer. The spectra reveal...
Neptune's largest satellite, Triton, is one of the most fascinating and enigmatic bodies in the solar system. Among its numerous interesting traits, Triton appears to have far fewer craters than...
Evolutionary Processes Affecting Comets in the Oort Cloud and the Kuiper Belt (1999)
A variety of subtle but nonetheless important evolutionary phenomena affect the pristinity of comets during their long (10 17 sec) residence in their dynamical storage reservoirs, the Oort Cloud and...
THE CRYOSORPTION PUMPING OF HYDROGEN AND HELIUM AT 20 K (1998)
I ENTIFIERS: M OLECULAR SIEVES. The feasibility of pumping hydrogen a d helium gas by adsorption at temperatures near 20 K was i ve ig ed. HE OBJECTIVE WA O ETERMINE THE POTE IAL APPLICATION OF THIS...
Structure/Permeability Relationships of Silicon-Containing Polyimides. (1998)
Stern, S. A., Vaidyanathan, R., Pratt, J. R.
A study has been in progress for several years at Syracuse University on the relationships between the chemical structure of polymers and their permeability and selectivity to different gases. A...
Alice - An Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrometer For The ROSETTA Orbiter (1998)
S. A. Stern, D. C. Slater, W. Gibson, J. Scherrer, J. L. Bertaux, P. D. Feldman
We describe the design concept and scientific objectives of ALICE: a lightweight (2.2 kg), low-power (2.9 W), and low-cost UV imaging spectrometer for the ESA Rosetta Orbiter. Ultraviolet...
Pluto And The Kuiper Disk (1997)
Only a few years ago, the outer Solar System appeared to be largely empty, inhabited only by the four giant planets, Pluto, and a smallish population of transient comets orbiting among the giant...
The Potential for Planetary Science from the Pole (1997)
The South Pole represents a unique venue for accomplishing certain types of planetary astronomy. Included in the areas that would benefit from the polar geometry, low-foreground sky, and dry...
Millimeter-Wavelength Spectroscopy Of Co, Hcn, H (1997)
M. Womack, S. A. Stern, M. C. Festou, Maria Womack
Millimeter-wavelength spectra were obtained of CO, HCN, H 2 CO, and CH 3 OH in Comet C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake) with the NRAO 12-m telescope on 21 Mar 1996 UT. The emission of CO, H 2 CO and HCN was...
Hst High-Resolution Images And Maps Of Pluto (1996)
S. A. Stern, M. W. Buie, L. M. Trafton
We have obtained Hubble Space Telescope (HST) images of Pluto at 410 nm and 278 nm which resolve numerous distinct albedo provinces on this planet. Our images were obtained using the Faint Object...
A Spectroscopic Survey of Metallic Species Abundances in the Lunar Atmosphere (1996)
B. C. Flynn, S. A. Stern, Short Lunar, Atmosphere Abundances
We present the first results of an ongoing effort to search for new species in the lunar atmosphere. We discuss our observations in terms of the degree to which atomic metal abundances in the lunar...
Induction of in vitro autoimmune responses by mononuclear blood cells in Hashimoto's thyroiditis.
T cell proliferative responses were generated in vitro in lymphocytes from Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) patients using antigen presenting cells (APC) separated by fibronectin adherence and culture in...