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1. Initial Results from the New Horizons Exploration of 2014 MU69, a Small Kuiper Belt Object

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S. A. Stern, H. A. Weaver, J. R. Spencer, C. B. Olkin, G. R. Gladstone, W. M. Grundy, J. M. Moore, D. P. Cruikshank, H. A. Elliott, W. B. McKinnon, J. Wm. Parker, A. J. Verbiscer, L. A. Young, D. A. Aguilar, J. M. Albers, T. Andert, J. P. Andrews, F. Bagenal, M. E. Banks, B. A. Bauer, J. A. Bauman, K. E. Bechtold, C. B. Beddingfield, N. Behrooz, K. B. Beisser, S. D. Benecchi, E. Bernardoni, R. A. Beyer, S. Bhaskaran, C. J. Bierson, R. P. Binzel, E. M. Birath, M. K. Bird, D. R. Boone, A. F. Bowman, V. J. Bray, D. T. Britt, L. E. Brown, M. R. Buckley, M. W. Buie, B. J. Buratti, L. M. Burke, S. S. Bushman, B. Carcich, A. L. Chaikin, C. L. Chavez, A. F. Cheng, E. J. Colwell, S. J. Conard, M. P. Conner, C. A. Conrad, J. C. Cook, S. B. Cooper, O. S. Custodio, C. M. Dalle Ore, C. C. DeBoy, P. Dharmavaram, R. D. Dhingra, G. F. Dunn, A. M. Earle, A. F. Egan, J. Eisig, M. R. El-Maarry, C. Engelbrecht, B. L. Enke, C. J. Ercol, E. D. Fattig, C. L. Ferrell, T. J. Finley, J. Firer, J. Fischetti, W. M. Folkner, M. N. Fosbury, G. H. Fountain, J. M. Freeze, L. Gabasova, L. S. Glaze, J. L. Green, G. A. Griffith, Y. Guo, M. Hahn, D. W. Hals, D. P. Hamilton, S. A. Hamilton, J. J. Hanley, A. Harch, K. A. Harmon, H. M. Hart, J. Hayes, C. B. Hersman, M. E. Hill, T. A. Hill, J. D. Hofgartner, M. E. Holdridge, M. Horanyi, A. Hosadurga, A. D. Howard, C. J. A. Howett, S. E. Jaskulek, D. E. Jennings, J. R. Jensen, M. R. Jones, H. K. Kang, D. J. Katz, D. E. Kaufmann, J. J. Kavelaars, J. T. Keane, G. P. Keleher, M. Kinczyk, M. C. Kochte, P. Kollmann, S. M. Krimigis, G. L. Kruizinga, D. Y. Kusnierkiewicz, M. S. Lahr, T. R. Lauer, G. B. Lawrence, J. E Lee, E. J. Lessac-Chenen, I. R. Linscott, C. M. Lisse, A. W. Lunsford, D. M. Mages, V. A. Mallder, N. P. Martin, B. H. May, D. J. McComas, R. L. McNutt, Jr, D. S. Mehoke, T. S. Mehoke, D. S. Nelson, H. D. Nguyen, J. I. Nunez, A. C. Ocampo, W. M. Owen, G. K. Oxton, A. H. Parker, M. Paetzold, J. Y. Pelgrift, F. J. Pelletier, J. P. Pineau, M. R. Piquette, S. B. Porter, S. Protopapa, E. Quirico, J. A. Redfern, A. L. Regiec, H. J. Reitsema, D. C. Reuter, D. C. Richardson, J. E. Riedel, M. A. Ritterbush, S. J. Robbins, D. J. Rodgers, G. D. Rogers, D. M. Rose, P. E. Rosendall, K. D. Runyon, M. G. Ryschkewitsch, M. M. Saina, M. J. Salinas, P. M. Schenk, J. R. Scherrer, W. R. Schlei, B. Schmitt, D. J. Schultz, D. C. Schurr, F. Scipioni, R. L. Sepan, R. G. Shelton, M. R. Showalter, M. Simon, K. N. Singer, E. W. Stahlheber, D. R. Stanbridge, J. A. Stansberry, A. J. Steffl, D. F. Strobel, M. M. Stothoff, T. Stryk, J. R. Stuart, M. E. Summers, M. B. Tapley, A. Taylor, H. W. Taylor, R. M. Tedford, H. B. Throop, L. S. Turner, O. M. Umurhan, J. Van Eck, D. Velez, M. H. Versteeg, M. A. Vincent, R. W. Webbert, S. E. Weidner, G. E. Weigle, II, J. R. Wendel, O. L. White, K. E. Whittenburg, B. G. Williams, K. E. Williams, S. P. Williams, H. L. Winters, A. M. Zangari, and T. H. Zurbuchen

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Astrophysics
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The Kuiper Belt is a broad, torus-shaped region in the outer Solar System beyond Neptune’s orbit. It contains primordial planetary building blocks and dwarf planets. NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft conducted a flyby of Pluto and its system of moons on 14 July 2015. New Horizons then continued farther into the Kuiper Belt, adjusting its trajectory to fly close to the small Kuiper Belt object (486958) 2014 MU69 (henceforth MU69; also informally known as Ultima Thule). Stellar occultation observations in 2017 showed that MU69 was ~25 to 35 km in diameter, and therefore smaller than the diameter of Pluto (2375 km) by a factor of ~100 and less massive than Pluto by a factor of ~106. MU69 is located about 1.6 billion kilometers farther from the Sun than Pluto was at the time of the New Horizons flyby. MU69’s orbit indicates that it is a “cold classical” Kuiper Belt object, thought to be the least dynamically evolved population in the Solar System. A major goal of flying past this target is to investigate accretion processes in the outer Solar System and how those processes led to the formation of the planets. Because no small Kuiper Belt object had previously been explored by spacecraft, we also sought to provide a close-up look at such a body’s geology and composition, and to search for satellites, rings, and evidence of present or past atmosphere. We report initial scientific results and interpretations from that flyby.

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2019
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2. In-Flight Performance and Calibration of the LOng Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) for the New Horizons Mission

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D. J. Rodgers, Harold A. Weaver, Olivier S. Barnouin, Michael Vincent, Jorge I. Nunez, Andrew S. Rivkin, A. F. Cheng, S. A. Stern, John R. Spencer, Leslie A. Young, Tod R. Lauer, M. B. Tapley, H. W. Taylor, Catherine B. Olkin, William M. Owen, Frank Morgan, and Steven J. Conard

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Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP), 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Spacecraft, Pixel, business.industry, Dynamic range, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Ranging, Field of view, 01 natural sciences, Panchromatic film, Jupiter, Space and Planetary Science, 0103 physical sciences, Calibration, business, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), Geology, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Remote sensing, Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract

The LOng Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) is a panchromatic (360--910 nm), narrow-angle (field of view = 0.29 deg), high spatial resolution (pixel scale = 1.02 arcsec) visible light imager used on NASA's New Horizons (NH) mission for both science observations and optical navigation. Calibration observations began several months after the NH launch on 2006 January 19 and have been repeated annually throughout the course of the mission, which is ongoing. This paper describes the in-flight LORRI calibration measurements, and the results derived from our analysis of the calibration data. LORRI has been remarkably stable over time with no detectable changes (at the 1% level) in sensitivity or optical performance since launch. By employing 4 by 4 re-binning of the CCD pixels during read out, a special spacecraft tracking mode, exposure times of 30 sec, and co-addition of approximately 100 images, LORRI can detect unresolved targets down to V = 22 (SNR=5). LORRI images have an instantaneous dynamic range of 3500, which combined with exposure time control ranging from 0ms to 64,967 ms in 1ms steps supports high resolution, high sensitivity imaging of planetary targets spanning heliocentric distances from Jupiter to deep in the Kuiper belt, enabling a wide variety of scientific investigations. We describe here how to transform LORRI images from raw (engineering) units into scientific (calibrated) units for both resolved and unresolved targets. We also describe various instrumental artifacts that could affect the interpretation of LORRI images under some observing circumstances., Comment: Accepted by PASP, January 2020

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2020
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3. Initial results from the New Horizons exploration of 2014 MU 69 , a small Kuiper Belt object

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J. Fischetti, S. Bhaskaran, Matthias Hahn, Karl Whittenburg, Derek S. Nelson, G. A. Griffith, Amanda M. Zangari, B. J. Buratti, James T. Keane, E. J. Lessac-Chenen, Ralph L. McNutt, Tiffany J. Finley, J. Scherrer, M. A. Ritterbush, M. M. Saina, G. Dunn, T. A. Hill, J. Van Eck, T. Stryk, J. M. Albers, D. C. Reuter, C. M. Dalle Ore, H. A. Elliott, D. J. Schultz, J. Andrews, Douglas P. Hamilton, M. H. Versteeg, Orkan M. Umurhan, Matthew E. Hill, Hai Nguyen, M. Simon, L. Gabasova, D. E. Jennings, D. J. Katz, J. E. Riedel, N. Behrooz, M. N. Fosbury, Henry B. Throop, A. J. Verbiscer, E. Bernardoni, Ross A. Beyer, C. Engelbrecht, Francesca Scipioni, H. L. Winters, Thomas H. Zurbuchen, Carey M. Lisse, Veronica J. Bray, M. G. Ryschkewitsch, Stuart J. Robbins, S. E. Jaskulek, M. C. Kochte, Thomas Mehoke, M. S. Lahr, M. J. Salinas, V. A. Mallder, S. P. Williams, B. H. May, D. M. Mages, C. C. Deboy, Simon B. Porter, Gerhard Kruizinga, Marc W. Buie, Jorge I. Nunez, John Hayes, Peter Kollmann, P. Dharmavaram, J. M. Moore, Darrell F. Strobel, John Stansberry, R. P. Binzel, H. M. Hart, Jillian Redfern, E. W. Stahlheber, H. K. Kang, James L. Green, Anthony F. Egan, Carly Howett, Fran Bagenal, Dale Stanbridge, Chris B. Hersman, C. L. Chavez, Debi Rose, J. Y. Pelgrift, Maria E. Banks, D. C. Schurr, Matthew R. Buckley, L. S. Turner, Ivan Linscott, Kaj E. Williams, J. Eisig, Mihaly Horanyi, Matthew Jones, Mark R. Showalter, William B. McKinnon, Leslie A. Young, E. J. Colwell, Daniel T. Britt, Kirby Runyon, David J. McComas, G. Weigle, Bernard Schmitt, Susan D. Benecchi, Alissa M. Earle, M. J. Kinczyk, Tod R. Lauer, M. R. Piquette, Lori S. Glaze, Carver J. Bierson, L. M. Burke, Brian Carcich, O. S. Custodio, A. Harch, Harold A. Weaver, Dale P. Cruikshank, Oliver L. White, L. E. Brown, William M. Grundy, G. K. Oxton, Chelsea L. Ferrell, David E. Kaufmann, Mohamed Ramy El-Maarry, K. A. Harmon, W. R. Schlei, Eric Quirico, Derek C. Richardson, J. M. Freeze, Jennifer Hanley, R. G. Shelton, Andrew J. Steffl, Mike Bird, H. W. Taylor, Harold J. Reitsema, Stamatios M. Krimigis, D. R. Boone, E. D. Fattig, A. L. Regiec, D. J. Rodgers, Jason D. Hofgartner, D. Velez, Catherine B. Olkin, Kelsi N. Singer, Brian Bauer, Carl J. Ercol, Martin Pätzold, Nicole Martin, Stewart Bushman, J. Firer, Allen W. Lunsford, R. W. Webbert, A. L. Chaikin, Alex Parker, C. A. Conrad, M. P. Conner, S. B. Cooper, Chloe B. Beddingfield, William M. Folkner, J. E. Lee, M. B. Tapley, G. R. Gladstone, D. A. Aguilar, Glen H. Fountain, Emma Birath, Rebecca Sepan, Jeremy Bauman, J. Wm. Parker, S. Weidner, J. R. Jensen, Jason C. Cook, Alan D. Howard, William M. Owen, Andrew F. Cheng, B. L. Enke, Sarah A. Hamilton, Tom Andert, K. B. Beisser, K. E. Bechtold, J. R. Wendel, Rajani D. Dhingra, Paul M. Schenk, Michael E. Summers, J. R. Spencer, D. W. Hals, Silvia Protopapa, A. C. Ocampo, Mark E. Holdridge, S. A. Stern, A. Taylor, R. M. Tedford, G. P. Keleher, Gabe Rogers, Frederic Pelletier, Jj Kavelaars, Yanping Guo, Jon Pineau, Steven J. Conard, Alice Bowman, A. Hosadurga, B. G. Williams, Michael Vincent, David Y. Kusnierkiewicz, Paul E. Rosendall, G. B. Lawrence, J. R. Stuart, M. M. Stothoff, Jr. D. S. Mehoke, Southwest Research Institute [Boulder] (SwRI), Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory [Laurel, MD] (APL), Lowell Observatory [Flagstaff], Space Physics Research Laboratory [Ann Arbor] (SPRL), University of Michigan [Ann Arbor], University of Michigan System-University of Michigan System, SwRI Planetary Science Directorate [Boulder], Universitat de Lleida, Institut für Raumfahrttechnik, Universität der Bundeswehr München [Neubiberg], Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics [Boulder] (LASP), University of Colorado [Boulder], Department of Space Studies [Boulder], Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), NASA-California Institute of Technology (CALTECH), Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble (IPAG), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Grenoble (OSUG ), Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019])-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019]), Institute of Hydrology, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology [Linköping] (IFM), Linköping University (LIU), Africa Rice Center [Bénin] (AfricaRice), Africa Rice Center [Côte d'Ivoire] (AfricaRice), Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research [CGIAR] (CGIAR)-Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research [CGIAR] (CGIAR), Yonsei University, Galaxies, Etoiles, Physique, Instrumentation (GEPI), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Institut Agronomique Méditerranéen de Montpellier (CIHEAM-IAMM), Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes (CIHEAM), Princeton University, Reed College, Hanoi National University of Education (HNUE), Rhenish Institute for Environmental Research (RIU), University of Cologne, School of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences [Manchester] (SEAES), University of Manchester [Manchester], ESA, Southwest Research Institute [San Antonio] (SwRI), NASA Ames Research Center (ARC), Laboratoire pour l'utilisation du rayonnement électromagnétique (LURE), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-MENRT-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Lunar and Planetary Laboratory [Tucson] (LPL), University of Arizona, Johns Hopkins University (JHU), Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences (FZU / CAS), Czech Academy of Sciences [Prague] (CAS), Laboratoire de Chimie Analytique Bio-Inorganique et Environnement (LCABIE), Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour (UPPA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology, University of Warmia and Mazury [Olsztyn], California Institute of Technology (CALTECH)-NASA, Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Grenoble (OSUG ), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), University of Warmia and Mazury, Institut de Mécanique Céleste et de Calcul des Ephémérides (IMCCE), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), inconnu temporaire UPEMLV, Inconnu, INGENIERIE (INGENIERIE), Institut de recherches sur la catalyse et l'environnement de Lyon (IRCELYON), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Génie des Procédés Plasmas et Traitement de Surface (ENSCP), PARIS, Africa Rice Center, Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice), Institut de pharmacologie moléculaire et cellulaire (IPMC), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015 - 2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015 - 2019) (COMUE UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Grenoble (OSUG), Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institute of Physics of Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic, and Czech Academy of Sciences [Prague] (ASCR)

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Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP), Solar System, Multidisciplinary, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Spacecraft, business.industry, [SDU.ASTR.EP]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Earth and Planetary Astrophysics [astro-ph.EP], FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy, Coma (optics), Contact binary, Albedo, 01 natural sciences, Object (philosophy), Solar wind, 13. Climate action, 0103 physical sciences, Pebble, business, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Geology, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Abstract

The Kuiper Belt is a distant region of the Solar System. On 1 January 2019, the New Horizons spacecraft flew close to (486958) 2014 MU69, a Cold Classical Kuiper Belt Object, a class of objects that have never been heated by the Sun and are therefore well preserved since their formation. Here we describe initial results from these encounter observations. MU69 is a bi-lobed contact binary with a flattened shape, discrete geological units, and noticeable albedo heterogeneity. However, there is little surface color and compositional heterogeneity. No evidence for satellites, ring or dust structures, gas coma, or solar wind interactions was detected. By origin MU69 appears consistent with pebble cloud collapse followed by a low velocity merger of its two lobes., 43 pages, 8 figure

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2019

4. Initial results from the New Horizons exploration of 2014 MU

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S A, Stern, H A, Weaver, J R, Spencer, C B, Olkin, G R, Gladstone, W M, Grundy, J M, Moore, D P, Cruikshank, H A, Elliott, W B, McKinnon, J Wm, Parker, A J, Verbiscer, L A, Young, D A, Aguilar, J M, Albers, T, Andert, J P, Andrews, F, Bagenal, M E, Banks, B A, Bauer, J A, Bauman, K E, Bechtold, C B, Beddingfield, N, Behrooz, K B, Beisser, S D, Benecchi, E, Bernardoni, R A, Beyer, S, Bhaskaran, C J, Bierson, R P, Binzel, E M, Birath, M K, Bird, D R, Boone, A F, Bowman, V J, Bray, D T, Britt, L E, Brown, M R, Buckley, M W, Buie, B J, Buratti, L M, Burke, S S, Bushman, B, Carcich, A L, Chaikin, C L, Chavez, A F, Cheng, E J, Colwell, S J, Conard, M P, Conner, C A, Conrad, J C, Cook, S B, Cooper, O S, Custodio, C M, Dalle Ore, C C, Deboy, P, Dharmavaram, R D, Dhingra, G F, Dunn, A M, Earle, A F, Egan, J, Eisig, M R, El-Maarry, C, Engelbrecht, B L, Enke, C J, Ercol, E D, Fattig, C L, Ferrell, T J, Finley, J, Firer, J, Fischetti, W M, Folkner, M N, Fosbury, G H, Fountain, J M, Freeze, L, Gabasova, L S, Glaze, J L, Green, G A, Griffith, Y, Guo, M, Hahn, D W, Hals, D P, Hamilton, S A, Hamilton, J J, Hanley, A, Harch, K A, Harmon, H M, Hart, J, Hayes, C B, Hersman, M E, Hill, T A, Hill, J D, Hofgartner, M E, Holdridge, M, Horányi, A, Hosadurga, A D, Howard, C J A, Howett, S E, Jaskulek, D E, Jennings, J R, Jensen, M R, Jones, H K, Kang, D J, Katz, D E, Kaufmann, J J, Kavelaars, J T, Keane, G P, Keleher, M, Kinczyk, M C, Kochte, P, Kollmann, S M, Krimigis, G L, Kruizinga, D Y, Kusnierkiewicz, M S, Lahr, T R, Lauer, G B, Lawrence, J E, Lee, E J, Lessac-Chenen, I R, Linscott, C M, Lisse, A W, Lunsford, D M, Mages, V A, Mallder, N P, Martin, B H, May, D J, McComas, R L, McNutt, D S, Mehoke, T S, Mehoke, D S, Nelson, H D, Nguyen, J I, Núñez, A C, Ocampo, W M, Owen, G K, Oxton, A H, Parker, M, Pätzold, J Y, Pelgrift, F J, Pelletier, J P, Pineau, M R, Piquette, S B, Porter, S, Protopapa, E, Quirico, J A, Redfern, A L, Regiec, H J, Reitsema, D C, Reuter, D C, Richardson, J E, Riedel, M A, Ritterbush, S J, Robbins, D J, Rodgers, G D, Rogers, D M, Rose, P E, Rosendall, K D, Runyon, M G, Ryschkewitsch, M M, Saina, M J, Salinas, P M, Schenk, J R, Scherrer, W R, Schlei, B, Schmitt, D J, Schultz, D C, Schurr, F, Scipioni, R L, Sepan, R G, Shelton, M R, Showalter, M, Simon, K N, Singer, E W, Stahlheber, D R, Stanbridge, J A, Stansberry, A J, Steffl, D F, Strobel, M M, Stothoff, T, Stryk, J R, Stuart, M E, Summers, M B, Tapley, A, Taylor, H W, Taylor, R M, Tedford, H B, Throop, L S, Turner, O M, Umurhan, J, Van Eck, D, Velez, M H, Versteeg, M A, Vincent, R W, Webbert, S E, Weidner, G E, Weigle, J R, Wendel, O L, White, K E, Whittenburg, B G, Williams, K E, Williams, S P, Williams, H L, Winters, A M, Zangari, and T H, Zurbuchen

Abstract

The Kuiper Belt is a distant region of the outer Solar System. On 1 January 2019, the New Horizons spacecraft flew close to (486958) 2014 MU

Published
2019

5. The Pluto system: Initial results from its exploration by New Horizons

Author

Darrell F. Strobel, James L. Green, Mark R. Showalter, Francis Nimmo, C. Bryan, Richard P. Binzel, M. J. Freeze, Matthew R. Buckley, Matthew E. Hill, Stewart Bushman, Chris B. Hersman, Brian Carcich, Kirby Runyon, Leslie A. Young, Douglas S. Mehoke, Jeremy Bauman, S. Weidner, Nickalaus Pinkine, William M. Grundy, Robert A. Jacobson, V. A. Mallder, Thomas K. Greathouse, H. K. Kang, Ralph L. McNutt, S. Bhaskaran, Dale P. Cruikshank, Marc W. Buie, D. C. Reuter, William M. Owen, Andrew F. Cheng, Peter D. Bedini, C. M. Dalle Ore, Mihaly Horanyi, Alice Bowman, Tiffany J. Finley, David P. Hinson, Harold A. Weaver, David J. McComas, Max Mutchler, Yanping Guo, Oliver L. White, R. W. Webbert, D. E. Jennings, Olivier S. Barnouin, Jennifer Hanley, Harold J. Reitsema, B. Page, K. L. Lindstrom, Catherine B. Olkin, Jorge I. Nunez, M. E. Banks, Carey M. Lisse, A. Hill, John R. Spencer, Coralie D. Jackman, G. R. Gladstone, E. D. Melin, Allen W. Lunsford, M. H. Versteeg, Eric J. Zirnstein, Emma Birath, Thomas Mehoke, Joel Wm. Parker, H. M. Hart, Jane M. Andrews, Zach Dischner, Derek S. Nelson, Amanda M. Zangari, Kurt D. Retherford, Veronica J. Bray, Andrew J. Steffl, M. Piquette, Douglas P. Hamilton, Mike Bird, Stamatios M. Krimigis, Kaj E. Williams, Matthias Hahn, Karl Whittenburg, C. A. Conrad, Kelsi N. Singer, Steven J. Conard, J. E. Lee, Silvia Protopapa, B. G. Williams, Constantine Tsang, Orkan M. Umurhan, Kimberly Ennico, Glen H. Fountain, J. M. Moore, Carolyn M. Ernst, J. Peterson, J. Ercol, Jason C. Cook, Alan D. Howard, H. A. Elliott, Michael Vincent, David Y. Kusnierkiewicz, O. S. Custodio, M. G. Ryschkewitsch, Sarah A. Hamilton, D. J. Bogan, Eric Schindhelm, M. Brozovic, K. B. Beisser, Mark E. Holdridge, James H. Roberts, S. A. Stern, M. B. Tapley, Simon B. Porter, A. Harch, W. W. Woods, B. Bauer, Debi Rose, S. P. Williams, Alex Parker, Philip J. Dumont, Sarah H. Flanigan, Gabe Rogers, Dale Stanbridge, Ivan Linscott, Frederic Pelletier, B. Sepan, Andrew B. Calloway, Jamey Szalay, Tod R. Lauer, Jillian Redfern, Martin Paetzold, Tom Andert, A. J. Verbiscer, Paul M. Schenk, Nicole Martin, Michael E. Summers, Stuart J. Robbins, H. W. Taylor, A. C. Ocampo, Bonnie J. Buratti, A. Taylor, William B. McKinnon, G. Weigle, Alissa M. Earle, David E. Kaufmann, M. Soluri, T. Stryk, Henry B. Throop, Fran Bagenal, G. L. Tyler, Ross A. Beyer, C. C. Deboy, Peter Kollmann, Carly Howett, and Joshua A. Kammer

Subjects
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP), geography, Multidisciplinary, geography.geographical_feature_category, Haze, Landform, FOS: Physical sciences, Terrain, Crust, Astrobiology, Atmosphere, Pluto, Tectonics, Planet, Geology, Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract

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, terrain ages, albedos, colors, and composition gradients. Evidence is found for a water-ice crust, geologically young surface units, surface ice convection, wind streaks, volatile transport, and glacial flow. Pluto's atmosphere is highly extended, with trace hydrocarbons, a global haze layer, and a surface pressure near 10 microbars. Pluto's diverse surface geology and long-term activity raise fundamental questions about how small planets remain active many billions of years after formation. Pluto's large moon Charon displays tectonics and evidence for a heterogeneous crustal composition, its north pole displays puzzling dark terrain. Small satellites Hydra and Nix have higher albedos than expected., 8 pages - Initial Science paper from NASA's New Horizons Pluto Encounter

Published
2015

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