Search Results - "Pieters, C.M."

The geology of the Kerwan quadrangle of dwarf planet Ceres: Investigating Ceres’ oldest, largest impact basin by Williams, David A., Kneissl, T., Neesemann, A., Mest, S.C., Palomba, E., Platz, T., Nathues, A., Longobardo, A., Scully, J.E.C., Ermakov, A., Jaumann, R., Buczkowski, D.L., Schäfer, M., Thangjam, G., Pieters, C.M., Roatsch, T., Preusker, F., Marchi, S., Schmedemann, N., Hiesinger, H., Frigeri, A., Raymond, C.A., Russell, C.T.

“…•We produced a geologic map Ceres’ Kerwan quadrangle to determine regional geologic history.•Kerwan is the oldest, largest (∼284 km) undisputed impact crater…”
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Elemental composition and mineralogy of Vesta and Ceres: Distribution and origins of hydrogen-bearing species by Prettyman, T.H., Yamashita, N., Ammannito, E., Ehlmann, B.L., McSween, H.Y., Mittlefehldt, D.W., Marchi, S., Schörghofer, N., Toplis, M.J., Li, J.-Y., Pieters, C.M., Castillo-Rogez, J.C., Raymond, C.A., Russell, C.T.

“…•Surface elemental and mineral composition constrains origin of H-bearing species.•Physics-based smoothing enables direct comparison of elemental and mineral…”
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One Moon, Many Measurements 3: Spectral reflectance by Ohtake, M., Pieters, C.M., Isaacson, P., Besse, S., Yokota, Y., Matsunaga, T., Boardman, J., Yamomoto, S., Haruyama, J., Staid, M., Mall, U., Green, R.O.

“…•This is one of three companion papers entitled “One Moon, Many Measurements”.•Paper describes the features of the each instrument data aboard two lunar…”
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The unique geomorphology and physical properties of the Vestalia Terra plateau by Buczkowski, D.L., Wyrick, D.Y., Toplis, M., Yingst, R.A., Williams, D.A., Garry, W.B., Mest, S., Kneissl, T., Scully, J.E.C., Nathues, A., De Sanctis, M.C., LeCorre, L., Reddy, V., Hoffmann, M., Ammannito, E., Frigeri, A., Tosi, F., Preusker, F., Roatsch, T., Raymond, C.A., Jaumann, R., Pieters, C.M., Russell, C.T.

“…•We produced a geologic map of the Av-9 Numisia quadrangle of asteroid Vesta.•Stratigraphic relationships show Vestalia Terra is one of Vesta’s oldest…”
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Geomorphology and structural geology of Saturnalia Fossae and adjacent structures in the northern hemisphere of Vesta by Scully, Jennifer E.C., Yin, A., Russell, C.T., Buczkowski, D.L., Williams, D.A., Blewett, D.T., Ruesch, O., Hiesinger, H., Le Corre, L., Mercer, C., Yingst, R.A., Garry, W.B., Jaumann, R., Roatsch, T., Preusker, F., Gaskell, R.W., Schröder, S.E., Ammannito, E., Pieters, C.M., Raymond, C.A.

“…•A mapping study of a portion of the northern hemisphere of Vesta is presented.•Eight geomorphic units are classified, along with their relative age…”
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One Moon, many measurements 1: Radiance values by Pieters, C.M., Boardman, J.W., Ohtake, M., Matsunaga, T., Haruyama, J., Green, R.O., Mall, U., Staid, M.I., Isaacson, P.J., Yokota, Y., Yamamoto, S., Besse, S., Sunshine, J.M.

“…•Cross-calibration/validation succeeded for instruments on Kaguya and Chandrayaan-1.•Radiance values agree overall across spectral properties, but some…”
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Variations in surface adsorbed H2O on lunar soils and relevant minerals by Wilk, Kierra A., Mustard, J.F., Milliken, R.E., Pieters, C.M.

“…Spectral variations due to the removal of surface adsorbed H2O at 3 and 6 μm in reflectance spectra on lunar soils and relevant minerals (olivine, pyroxene,…”
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Bright carbonate deposits as evidence of aqueous alteration on (1) Ceres by De Sanctis, M. C., Raponi, A., Ammannito, E., Ciarniello, M., Toplis, M. J., McSween, H. Y., Castillo-Rogez, J. C., Ehlmann, B. L., Carrozzo, F. G., Marchi, S., Tosi, F., Zambon, F., Capaccioni, F., Capria, M. T., Fonte, S., Formisano, M., Frigeri, A., Giardino, M., Longobardo, A., Magni, G., Palomba, E., McFadden, L. A., Pieters, C. M., Jaumann, R., Schenk, P., Mugnuolo, R., Raymond, C. A., Russell, C. T.

“…High-resolution near-infrared observations of the Occator bright areas on the dwarf planet Ceres suggest that the bright material is mostly made up of…”
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Effects of varying environmental conditions on emissivity spectra of bulk lunar soils: Application to Diviner thermal infrared observations of the Moon by Donaldson Hanna, K.L., Greenhagen, B.T., Patterson, W.R., Pieters, C.M., Mustard, J.F., Bowles, N.E., Paige, D.A., Glotch, T.D., Thompson, C.

“…•Thermal infrared spectra of lunar soil samples are measured under varying conditions.•Emissivity spectra are most sensitive to atmospheric pressure and solar…”
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Pink Moon: The petrogenesis of pink spinel anorthosites and implications concerning Mg-suite magmatism by Prissel, T.C., Parman, S.W., Jackson, C.R.M., Rutherford, M.J., Hess, P.C., Head, J.W., Cheek, L., Dhingra, D., Pieters, C.M.

“…NASA's Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) has identified and characterized a new lunar rock type termed pink spinel anorthosite (PSA) (Pieters et al., 2011)…”
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Distinctive space weathering on Vesta from regolith mixing processes by Pieters, C. M., Ammannito, E., Blewett, D. T., Denevi, B. W., De Sanctis, M. C., Gaffey, M. J., Le Corre, L., Li, J.-Y., Marchi, S., McCord, T. B., McFadden, L. A., Mittlefehldt, D. W., Nathues, A., Palmer, E., Reddy, V., Raymond, C. A., Russell, C. T.

“…Whereas space weathering of some airless bodies, such as the Moon, occurs through the accumulation on regolith of nanophase metallic particles, spectroscopic…”
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Mineralogical mapping of Coniraya quadrangle of the dwarf planet Ceres by Raponi, A., Carrozzo, F.G., Zambon, F., De Sanctis, M.C., Ciarniello, M., Frigeri, A., Ammannito, E., Tosi, F., Combe, J.-Ph, Longobardo, A., Palomba, E., Pieters, C.M., Raymond, C.A., Russell, C.T.

“…•We present a method for thermal removal from Ceres spectra.•Most of the crater floors are devoid of volatiles due to the impact events.•Na-carbonates on…”
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Olivine in an unexpected location on Vesta’s surface by Ammannito, E., De Sanctis, M. C., Palomba, E., Longobardo, A., Mittlefehldt, D. W., McSween, H. Y., Marchi, S., Capria, M. T., Capaccioni, F., Frigeri, A., Pieters, C. M., Ruesch, O., Tosi, F., Zambon, F., Carraro, F., Fonte, S., Hiesinger, H., Magni, G., McFadden, L. A., Raymond, C. A., Russell, C. T., Sunshine, J. M.

“…Although olivine was expected to occur within the deep, south-pole basins of asteroid Vesta, which are thought to be excavated mantle rocks, spectral data from…”
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Geologic characteristics of the Luna 17/Lunokhod 1 and Chang'E-3/Yutu landing sites, Northwest Mare Imbrium of the Moon by Basilevsky, A.T., Abdrakhimov, A.M., Head, J.W., Pieters, C.M., Wu, Yunzhao, Xiao, Long

“…We compared and assessed the results of measurements and observations by the Lunokhod 1 and Yutu rovers, both of which explored the northwestern part of Mare…”
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The unique geomorphology and structural geology of the Haulani crater of dwarf planet Ceres as revealed by geological mapping of equatorial quadrangle Ac-6 Haulani by Krohn, K., Jaumann, R., Otto, K.A., Schulzeck, F., Neesemann, A., Nass, A., Stephan, K., Tosi, F., Wagner, R.J., Zambon, F., von der Gathen, I., Williams, D.A., Buczkowski, D.L., De Sanctis, M.C., Kersten, E., Matz, K.-D., Mest, S.C., Pieters, C.M., Preusker, F., Roatsch, T., Scully, J.E.C., Russell, C.T., Raymond, C.A.

“…The dwarf planet Ceres has been explored by NASA's Dawn spacecraft with the goal of characterizing its geology, mineralogy, topography, shape, and internal…”
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Geologic mapping of Vesta by Yingst, R.A., Mest, S.C., Berman, D.C., Garry, W.B., Williams, D.A., Buczkowski, D., Jaumann, R., Pieters, C.M., De Sanctis, M.C., Frigeri, A., Le Corre, L., Preusker, F., Raymond, C.A., Reddy, V., Russell, C.T., Roatsch, T., Schenk, P.M.

“…We report on a preliminary global geologic map of Vesta, based on data from the Dawn spacecraft’s High-Altitude Mapping Orbit (HAMO) and informed by…”
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Mineralogical analysis of the Ac-H-6 Haulani quadrangle of the dwarf planet Ceres by Tosi, F., Carrozzo, F.G., Zambon, F., Ciarniello, M., Frigeri, A., Combe, J.-Ph, De Sanctis, M.C., Hoffmann, M., Longobardo, A., Nathues, A., Raponi, A., Thangjam, G., Ammannito, E., Krohn, K., McFadden, L.A., Palomba, E., Pieters, C.M., Stephan, K., Raymond, C.A., Russell, C.T.

“…•The most prominent surface feature in quadrangle Ac-H-6 is crater Haulani.•Negative visual to near-infrared spectral slopes are observed in crater…”
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Ammoniated phyllosilicates with a likely outer Solar System origin on Ceres by De Sanctis, M.C, Ammannito, E, Raponi, A, Marchi, S, Mccord, T.B, McSween, H.Y, Capaccioni, F, Capria, M.T, Carrozzo, F.G, Ciarniello, M, Longobardo, A, Tosi, F, Fonte, S, Formisano, M, Frigeri, A, Giardino, M, Magni, G, Palomba, E, Turrini, D, Zambon, F, Combe, J.-P, Feldman, W, Jaumann, R, McFadden, L.A, Pieters, C.M, Prettyman, T, Toplis, M, Raymond, C.A, Russell, C.T

“…Studies of the dwarf planet (1) Ceres using ground-based and orbiting telescopes have concluded that its closest meteoritic analogues are the volatile-rich CI…”
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Sublimation in bright spots on Ceres by Nathues, A, Hoffmann, M, Schaefer, M, Le Corre, L, Reddy, V, Platz, T, Cloutis, E.A, Christensen, U, Kneissl, T, Li, J.-Y, Mengel, K, Schmedemann, N, Schaefer, T, Russell, C.T, Applin, D.M, Buczkowski, D.L, Izawa, M.R.M, Keller, H.U, O'Brien, D.P, Pieters, C.M, Raymond, C.A, Ripken, J, Schenk, P.M, Schmidt, B.E, Sierks, H, Sykes, M.V, Thangjam, G.S, Vincent, J.-B

“…The dwarf planet (1) Ceres, the largest object in the main asteroid belt (1) with a mean diameter of about 950 kilometres, is located at a mean distance from…”
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Mineralogical analysis of the Oppia quadrangle of asteroid (4) Vesta: Evidence for occurrence of moderate-reflectance hydrated minerals by Tosi, F., Frigeri, A., Combe, J.-Ph, Zambon, F., De Sanctis, M.C., Ammannito, E., Longobardo, A., Hoffmann, M., Nathues, A., Garry, W.B., Blewett, D.T., Pieters, C.M., Palomba, E., Stephan, K., McFadden, L.A., McSween, H.Y., Russell, C.T., Raymond, C.A.

“…•The older northeastern part of Av-10 is dominated by howardite-like material.•The younger southwestern part (including Oppia) has a markedly eucritic…”
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