Recent Publications

The Influence of Tidal Effects on the Shape and Structure of 99942 Apophis during its 2029 Flyby of Earth

| Apophis T-6 Years: Knowledge Opportunities for the Science of Planetary Defense
UMD Author(s): Derek Charles Richardson


Reconnaissance of Apophis (RA): A Rendezvous Mission to Study the Potentially Hazardous Asteroid Apophis During its 2029 Earth Encounter

| Apophis T-6 Years: Knowledge Opportunities for the Science of Planetary Defense
UMD Author(s): Derek Charles Richardson


Exoplanet Volatile Carbon Content as a Natural Pathway for Haze Formation

| The Astrophysical Journal Letters
UMD Author(s): Eliza Kempton


Orbital Characterization of the Composition and Distribution of Spinels Across the Crisium Region: Insight From Luna 20 Samples

| Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets
Author(s): D. P. Moriarty, III, S. B. Simon, C. K. Shearer, et. al
UMD Author(s): Daniel Patrick Moriarty III


Where Is the Lunar Mantle and Deep Crust at Crisium? A Perspective From the Luna 20 Samples

| Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets
Author(s): C. K. Shearer, D. P. Moriarty, S. B. Simon, et. al
UMD Author(s): Daniel Patrick Moriarty III


Mineralogical Characterization and Phase Angle Study of Two Binary Near-Earth Asteroids, Potential Targets for NASA’s Janus Mission

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


Confirmation of Color-dependent Centroid Shift Measured After 1.8 Years with HST

| The Astronomical Journal
Author(s): Aparna Bhattacharya, David P. Bennett, Jean Philippe Beaulieu, et. al
UMD Author(s): Sean Kyle Terry


Unveiling Properties of the Nonthermal X-Ray Production in the Gamma-Ray Binary LS 5039 Using the Long-term Pattern of Its Fast X-Ray Variability

| The Astrophysical Journal
Author(s): Yoneda, Hiroki, Bosch-Ramon, Valenti, Enoto, Teruaki, et. al
UMD Author(s): Zorawar Wadiasingh


Planet Eclipse Mapping with Long-term Baseline Drifts

| The Astronomical Journal
Author(s): Everett Schlawin, Ryan Challener, Megan Mansfield, et. al
UMD Author(s): Megan Weiner Mansfield


Ejecta from the DART-produced active asteroid Dimorphos

| Nature
Author(s): Li, Jian-Yang, Hirabayashi, Masatoshi, Farnham, Tony L., et. al
UMD Author(s): Jessica M Sunshine, Matthew M Knight, Tony L. Farnham


A hard look at the X-ray spectral variability of NGC 7582

| Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Author(s): Mehdy Lefkir, Elias Kammoun, Didier Barret, et. al
UMD Author(s): Abderahmen Zoghbi


Sodium Brightening of (3200) Phaethon near Perihelion

| The Planetary Science Journal
UMD Author(s): Quanzhi Ye, Matthew M Knight


AGN STORM 2. III. A NICER View of the Variable X-Ray Obscurer in Mrk 817

| The Astrophysical Journal
Author(s): Ethan R. Partington, Edward M. Cackett, Erin Kara, et. al
UMD Author(s): Abderahmen Zoghbi