
Michael S. Kelley
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Research Scientist
I am a planetary scientist specializing in comets, software, and data archiving. My cometary interests have spanned from the thermal emission from dust, to the behavior of comets as they orbit the Sun, to the distribution of their dust and gas as seen in telescopic and spacecraft data. I have also developed open source software for comets specifically and planetary astronomy more generally. I have interests in increasing the accessibility of planetary data through data sharing, metadata standardization, and long-term data archiving.
Research Areas:
Solar System
Time Domain Astronomy
Research Centers & Collaborations:
Small Bodies Node
Space Missions
Facilities:
Lowell Discovery Telescope
Latest Papers
JWST Detection of a Carbon-dioxide-dominated Gas Coma Surrounding Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS
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The Astrophysical Journal Letters
UMD Author(s): Michael S. Kelley
Optical and Near-infrared Spectroscopy of the Outbursting Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks
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The Astrophysical Journal
UMD Author(s): Michael S. Kelley
A Large Outburst, Coma Asymmetries, and the Color of Comet 243P/NEAT
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The Planetary Science Journal
UMD Author(s): Michael S. Kelley, Tony L. Farnham, Quanzhi Ye, Lori M. Feaga