Portrait of Benjamin Sharkey

Benjamin Sharkey

Senior Faculty Specialist

701 818 2052
sharkey@umd.edu 1101 Physical Sciences Complex
Dr. Sharkey works as part of the archival group within the Small Bodies Node at the University of Maryland. Their research specializes in tracing the compositions of asteroids and other small bodies throughout the solar system to understand how planets formed and evolved. Dr. Sharkey combines telescopic observations with laboratory meteorite studies, largely in the infrared.
Research Areas:
Solar System
Research Centers & Collaborations:
Small Bodies Node

Latest Papers

The Jovian Irregular Satellites with MIRI LRS


Author(s): Benjamin Sharkey, Andrew Rivkin, Richard Cartwright, et. al
UMD Author(s): Benjamin Sharkey


Long-term Spectral Monitoring of Active Asteroid (6478) Gault: Implications for the H Chondrite Parent Body

| The Planetary Science Journal
Author(s): Adam Battle, Vishnu Reddy, Juan A. Sanchez, et. al
UMD Author(s): Benjamin Sharkey


On the Lunar Origin of Near-Earth Asteroid 2024 PT5

| The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Author(s): Theodore Kareta, Oscar Fuentes-Muñoz, Nicholas Moskovitz, et. al
UMD Author(s): Benjamin Sharkey


The Population of Small Near-Earth Objects: Composition, Source Regions, and Rotational Properties

| The Planetary Science Journal
Author(s): Juan A. Sanchez, Vishnu Reddy, Audrey Thirouin, et. al
UMD Author(s): Benjamin Sharkey


Challenges in Identifying Artificial Objects in the Near-Earth Object Population: Spectral Characterization of 2020 SO

| The Planetary Science Journal
Author(s): Adam Battle, Vishnu Reddy, Juan A. Sanchez, et. al
UMD Author(s): Benjamin Sharkey


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