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Impact craters on Pluto and Charon indicate a deficit of small Kuiper belt objects by Singer, K N, McKinnon, W B, Gladman, B, Greenstreet, S, Bierhaus, E B, Stern, S A, Parker, A H, Robbins, S J, Schenk, P M, Grundy, W M, Bray, V J, Beyer, R A, Binzel, R P, Weaver, H A, Young, L A, Spencer, J R, Kavelaars, J J, Moore, J M, Zangari, A M, Olkin, C B, Lauer, T R, Lisse, C M, Ennico, K

“…The flyby of Pluto and Charon by the New Horizons spacecraft provided high-resolution images of cratered surfaces embedded in the Kuiper belt, an extensive…”
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The geology and geophysics of Kuiper Belt object (486958) Arrokoth by Spencer, J R, Stern, S A, Moore, J M, Weaver, H A, Singer, K N, Olkin, C B, Verbiscer, A J, McKinnon, W B, Parker, J Wm, Beyer, R A, Keane, J T, Lauer, T R, Porter, S B, White, O L, Buratti, B J, El-Maarry, M R, Lisse, C M, Parker, A H, Throop, H B, Robbins, S J, Umurhan, O M, Binzel, R P, Britt, D T, Buie, M W, Cheng, A F, Cruikshank, D P, Elliott, H A, Gladstone, G R, Grundy, W M, Hill, M E, Horanyi, M, Jennings, D E, Kavelaars, J J, Linscott, I R, McComas, D J, McNutt, Jr, R L, Protopapa, S, Reuter, D C, Schenk, P M, Showalter, M R, Young, L A, Zangari, A M, Abedin, A Y, Beddingfield, C B, Benecchi, S D, Bernardoni, E, Bierson, C J, Borncamp, D, Bray, V J, Chaikin, A L, Dhingra, R D, Fuentes, C, Fuse, T, Gay, P L, Gwyn, S D J, Hamilton, D P, Hofgartner, J D, Holman, M J, Howard, A D, Howett, C J A, Karoji, H, Kaufmann, D E, Kinczyk, M, May, B H, Mountain, M, Pätzold, M, Petit, J M, Piquette, M R, Reid, I N, Reitsema, H J, Runyon, K D, Sheppard, S S, Stansberry, J A, Stryk, T, Tanga, P, Tholen, D J, Trilling, D E, Wasserman, L H

“…The Cold Classical Kuiper Belt, a class of small bodies in undisturbed orbits beyond Neptune, is composed of primitive objects preserving information about…”
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Solar wind as the origin of rapid reddening of asteroid surfaces by Vernazza, P., Binzel, R. P., Rossi, A., Fulchignoni, M., Birlan, M.

“…How asteroids go into the red Asteroids appear much 'redder' than the meteorites derived from them. The accepted explanation for this is 'space weathering' of…”
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INTERPLANETARY DUST PARTICLES AS SAMPLES OF ICY ASTEROIDS by Vernazza, P., Marsset, M., Beck, P., Binzel, R. P., Birlan, M., Brunetto, R., Demeo, F. E., Djouadi, Z., Dumas, C., Merouane, S., Mousis, O., Zanda, B.

“…ABSTRACT Meteorites have long been considered as reflections of the compositional diversity of main belt asteroids and consequently they have been used to…”
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Reorientation of Sputnik Planitia implies a subsurface ocean on Pluto by Nimmo, F., Hamilton, D. P., McKinnon, W. B., Schenk, P. M., Binzel, R. P., Bierson, C. J., Beyer, R. A., Moore, J. M., Stern, S. A., Weaver, H. A., Olkin, C. B., Young, L. A., Smith, K. E.

“…To explain the position of the Sputnik Planitia basin on Pluto, the feature would need to have formed via impact and Pluto would need to have a subsurface…”
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MULTIPLE AND FAST: THE ACCRETION OF ORDINARY CHONDRITE PARENT BODIES by Vernazza, P, Zanda, B, Binzel, R P, Hiroi, T, DeMeo, F E, BIRLAN, M, Hewins, R, Ricci, L, Barge, P, Lockhart, M

“…Although petrologic, chemical, and isotopic studies of ordinary chondrites and meteorites in general have largely helped establish a chronology of the earliest…”
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The OSIRIS-REx target asteroid (101955) Bennu: Constraints on its physical, geological, and dynamical nature from astronomical observations by Lauretta, D. S., Bartels, A. E., Barucci, M. A., Bierhaus, E. B., Binzel, R. P., Bottke, W. F., Campins, H., Chesley, S. R., Clark, B. C., Clark, B. E., Cloutis, E. A., Connolly, H. C., Crombie, M. K., Delbó, M., Dworkin, J. P., Emery, J. P., Glavin, D. P., Hamilton, V. E., Hergenrother, C. W., Johnson, C. L., Keller, L. P., Michel, P., Nolan, M. C., Sandford, S. A., Scheeres, D. J., Simon, A. A., Sutter, B. M., Vokrouhlický, D., Walsh, K. J.

“…We review the results of an extensive campaign to determine the physical, geological, and dynamical properties of asteroid (101955) Bennu. This investigation…”
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Compositional differences between meteorites and near-Earth asteroids by Vernazza, P, Binzel, R. P, Thomas, C. A, DeMeo, F. E, Bus, S. J, Rivkin, A. S, Tokunaga, A. T

“…Understanding the nature and origin of the asteroid population in Earth's vicinity (near-Earth asteroids, and its subset of potentially hazardous asteroids) is…”
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The Formation of Charon's Red Poles from Seasonally Cold-Trapped Volatiles by Grundy, W. M., Cruikshank, D. P., Gladstone, D. R., Howett, C. J. A., Lauer, T. R., Spencer, J. R., Summers, M. E., Buie, M. W., Earle, A. M., Ennico, K., Parker, J. Wm, Porter, S. B., Singer, K. N., Stern, S. A., Verbiscer, A. J., Beyer, R. A., Binzel, R. P., Buratti, B. J., Cook, J. C., Ore, C. M. Dalle, Olkin, C. B., Parker, A. H., Protopapa, S., Quirico, E., Moore, J. M., Reuter, D. C.

“…A unique feature of Plutos large satellite Charon is its dark red northern polar cap. Similar colours on Plutos surface have been attributed to tholin-like…”
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Regolith X-Ray Imaging Spectrometer (REXIS) Aboard the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission by Masterson, R. A., Chodas, M., Bayley, L., Allen, B., Hong, J., Biswas, P., McMenamin, C., Stout, K., Bokhour, E., Bralower, H., Carte, D., Chen, S., Jones, M., Kissel, S., Schmidt, F., Smith, M., Sondecker, G., Lim, L. F., Lauretta, D. S., Grindlay, J. E., Binzel, R. P.

“…The Regolith X-ray Imaging Spectrometer (REXIS) is the student collaboration experiment proposed and built by an MIT-Harvard team, launched aboard NASA’s…”
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High surface porosity as the origin of emissivity features in asteroid spectra by Vernazza, P., Delbo, M., King, P.L., Izawa, M.R.M., Olofsson, J., Lamy, P., Cipriani, F., Binzel, R.P., Marchis, F., Merín, B., Tamanai, A.

“…► We show how mid-IR emission spectra of asteroids can constrain their surface composition and structure. ► We demonstrate that a large fraction of the large…”
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Plausible parent bodies for enstatite chondrites and mesosiderites: Implications for Lutetia's fly-by by Vernazza, P., Brunetto, R., Binzel, R.P., Perron, C., Fulvio, D., Strazzulla, G., Fulchignoni, M.

“…We present new irradiation experiments performed on the enstatite chondrite Eagle (EL6) and the mesosiderite Vaca Muerta. These experiments were performed with…”
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Mid-infrared spectral variability for compositionally similar asteroids: Implications for asteroid particle size distributions by Vernazza, P., Carry, B., Emery, J., Hora, J.L., Cruikshank, D., Binzel, R.P., Jackson, J., Helbert, J., Maturilli, A.

“…We report an unexpected variability among mid-infrared spectra (IRTF and Spitzer data) of eight S-type asteroids for which all other remote sensing…”
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Spectral and spin measurement of two small and fast-rotating near-Earth asteroids by Polishook, D., Binzel, R.P., Lockhart, M., DeMeo, F.E., Golisch, W., Bus, S.J., Gulbis, A.A.S.

“…In May 2012 two asteroids made near-miss “grazing” passes at distances of a few Earth-radii: 2012 KP24 passed at 9 Earth-radii and 2012 KT42 at only 3…”
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OSIRIS-REx: Sample Return from Asteroid (101955) Bennu by Lauretta, D. S., Balram-Knutson, S. S., Beshore, E., Boynton, W. V., Drouet d’Aubigny, C., DellaGiustina, D. N., Enos, H. L., Golish, D. R., Hergenrother, C. W., Howell, E. S., Bennett, C. A., Morton, E. T., Nolan, M. C., Rizk, B., Roper, H. L., Bartels, A. E., Bos, B. J., Dworkin, J. P., Highsmith, D. E., Lorenz, D. A., Lim, L. F., Mink, R., Moreau, M. C., Nuth, J. A., Reuter, D. C., Simon, A. A., Bierhaus, E. B., Bryan, B. H., Ballouz, R., Barnouin, O. S., Binzel, R. P., Bottke, W. F., Hamilton, V. E., Walsh, K. J., Chesley, S. R., Christensen, P. R., Clark, B. E., Connolly, H. C., Crombie, M. K., Daly, M. G., Emery, J. P., McCoy, T. J., McMahon, J. W., Scheeres, D. J., Messenger, S., Nakamura-Messenger, K., Righter, K., Sandford, S. A.

“…In May of 2011, NASA selected the O rigins, S pectral I nterpretation, R esource I dentification, and S ecurity– R egolith Ex plorer (OSIRIS-REx) asteroid…”
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The Pluto system: Initial results from its exploration by New Horizons by Gladstone, G. R., Grundy, W. M., Olkin, C. B., Weaver, H. A., Andert, T., Banks, M., Bauer, B., Bauman, J., Barnouin, O. S., Bedini, P., Beisser, K., Beyer, R. A., Binzel, R. P., Bogan, D. J., Bowman, A., Bray, V. J., Brozovic, M., Buie, M. W., Buratti, B. J., Bushman, S. S., Calloway, A., Cheng, A. F., Cook, J. C., Cruikshank, D. P., Custodio, O. S., Ore, C. M. Dalle, Deboy, C., Dumont, P., Elliott, H. A., Ercol, J., Ernst, C. M., Finley, T., Flanigan, S. H., Fountain, G., Greathouse, T., Green, J. L., Hamilton, D. P., Hamilton, S. A., Harch, A., Hersman, C. B., Holdridge, M. E., Howard, A. D., Howett, C. J. A., Jackman, C., Jacobson, R. A., Jennings, D. E., Kang, H. K., Krimigis, S. M., Kusnierkiewicz, D., Lauer, T. R., Linscott, I. R., Lisse, C. M., Lunsford, A. W., Mallder, V. A., Martin, N., McComas, D. J., McNutt, R. L., Mehoke, T., Melin, E. D., Mutchler, M., Nelson, D., Nunez, J. I., Ocampo, A., Parker, A. H., Parker, J. W., Pelletier, F., Peterson, J., Pinkine, N., Redfern, J., Reitsema, H. J., Reuter, D. C., Rogers, G., Rose, D., Runyon, K., Retherford, K. D., Ryschkewitsch, M. G., Schenk, P., Sepan, B., Showalter, M. R., Soluri, M., Stanbridge, D., Steffl, A. J., Strobel, D. F., Stryk, T., Tapley, M., Taylor, H., Throop, H. B., Tsang, C. C. C., Tyler, G. L., Umurhan, O. M., Verbiscer, A. J., Versteeg, M. H., Webbert, R., Weidner, S., White, O. L., Williams, B. G., Williams, K., Williams, S., Woods, W. W., Zirnstein, E.

“…The Pluto system was recently explored by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft, making closest approach on 14 July 2015. Pluto's surface displays diverse landforms,…”
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Craters, Boulders and Regolith of (101955) Bennu Indicative of an Old and Dynamic Surface by Walsh, K. J., Jawin, E. R., Ballouz, R.-L., Barnouin, O. S., Bierhaus, E. B., Jr, H. C. Connolly, Molaro, J. L., McCoy, T. J., Delbo, M., Hartzell, C. M., Pajola, M., Schwartz, S. R., Trang, D., Asphaug, E., Becker, K. J., Beddingfield, C. B., Bennett, C. A., Bottke, W. F., Burke, K. N., Clark, B. C., Daly, M. G., DellaGiustina, D. N., Dworkin, J. P., Elder, C. M., Golish, D. R., Hildebrand, A. R., Malhotra, R., Marshall, J., Michel, P., Nolan, M. C., Perry, M. E., Rizk, B., Ryan, A., Sandford, S. A., Scheeres, D. J., Susorney, H. C. M., Thuillet, F., Lauretta, D. S.

“…Small, kilometre-sized near-Earth asteroids are expected to have young and frequently refreshed surfaces for two reasons: collisional disruptions are frequent…”
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Discovery of a Basaltic Asteroid in the Outer Main Belt by Lazzaro, D., Michtchenko, T., Carvano, J. M., Binzel, R. P., Bus, S. J., Burbine, T. H., Mothé-Diniz, T., Florczak, M., Angeli, C. A., Harris, Alan W.

“…Visible and near-infrared spectroscopic observations of the asteroid 1459 Magnya indicate that it has a basaltic surface. Magnya is at 3.15 astronomical units…”
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Constraining near-Earth object albedos using near-infrared spectroscopy by Rivkin, A.S., Binzel, R.P., Bus, S.J.

“…Low-albedo near-Earth objects (NEOs) are warm enough to emit detectable thermal flux at 2.5 μm when near perihelion. Thermal radiation can account for 33% or…”
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The atmosphere of Pluto as observed by New Horizons by Gladstone, G. Randall, Stern, S. Alan, Ennico, Kimberly, Olkin, Catherine B., Weaver, Harold A., Young, Leslie A., Summers, Michael E., Strobel, Darrell F., Hinson, David P., Kammer, Joshua A., Parker, Alex H., Steffl, Andrew J., Linscott, Ivan R., Parker, Joel Wm, Cheng, Andrew F., Slater, David C., Versteeg, Maarten H., Greathouse, Thomas K., Retherford, Kurt D., Throop, Henry, Cunningham, Nathaniel J., Woods, William W., Singer, Kelsi N., Tsang, Constantine C. C., Schindhelm, Eric, Lisse, Carey M., Wong, Michael L., Yung, Yuk L., Zhu, Xun, Curdt, Werner, Lavvas, Panayotis, Young, Eliot F., Tyler, G. Leonard

“…Observations made during the New Horizons flyby provide a detailed snapshot of the current state of Pluto's atmosphere. Whereas the lower atmosphere (at…”
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