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Hannah H Kaplan

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Hannah H Kaplan

  • RESEARCH SPACE SCIENTIST
  • 301.286.8439
  • NASA/GSFC
  • Mail Code: 693
  • Greenbelt , MD 20771
  • Employer: NASA

    • Brief Bio

    I am a Research Space Scientist in the Planetary Systems Lab at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. I received my PhD in Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences from Brown University in 2018. Prior to coming to NASA, I was a postdoc on the OSIRIS-REx mission.

    My scientific research involves remotely characterizing the chemistry and mineralogy of planetary surfaces. I have worked with visible – near-infrared spectral data from multiple spacecraft and am particularly interested in infrared spectroscopy of organics, connecting laboratory and spacecraft spectral data, and spectroscopy of carbonaceous asteroids and meteorites. 

    Positions/Employment

    4/2020 - Present

    Research Space Scientist

    NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD
    4/2018 - 4/2020

    Postdoctoral Researcher

    Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO
    8/2013 - 4/2018

    Research Assistant

    Brown University, Providence, RI

    Education

    Ph.D. Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, Brown University (2018) Dissertation: Reflectance Spectroscopy of Organic Bearing Rocks with Applications to Laboratory and Spacecraft Data

    M.Sc. Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, Brown University (2015)

    B.A. Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis (2013)

    Publications

    Refereed

    Breitenfeld, L. B., A. D. Rogers, T. D. Glotch, et al. H. H. Kaplan, V. E. Hamilton, and P. R. Christensen. 2022. "Mapping Phyllosilicates on the Asteroid Bennu Using Thermal Emission Spectra and Machine Learning Model Applications." Geophysical Research Letters, 49 (20): [10.1029/2022gl100815]

    Praet, A., G. Poggiali, M. A. Barucci, et al. B. E. Clark, X.-D. Zou, A. A. Simon, H. H. Kaplan, J.-Y. Li, and C. Alcaria. 2022. "Evaluating possible spectroscopic variation of Bennu’s sampling site." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 519: 1464–1475 [10.1093/mnras/stac2969]

    Hamilton, V. E., H. H. Kaplan, H. C. Connolly, et al. C. A. Goodrich, N. M. Abreu, and A. A. Simon. 2022. "GRO 95577 (CR1) as a mineralogical analogue for asteroid (101955) Bennu." Icarus, 383: 115054 [10.1016/j.icarus.2022.115054]

    Lauretta, D. S., C. D. Adam, A. J. Allen, et al. R.-L. Ballouz, O. S. Barnouin, K. J. Becker, T. Becker, C. A. Bennett, E. B. Bierhaus, B. J. Bos, R. D. Burns, H. Campins, Y. Cho, P. R. Christensen, E. C. Church, B. E. Clark, H. C. Connolly, M. G. Daly, D. N. DellaGiustina, C. Y. Drouet d’Aubigny, J. P. Emery, H. L. Enos, S. Freund Kasper, J. B. Garvin, K. Getzandanner, D. R. Golish, V. E. Hamilton, C. W. Hergenrother, H. H. Kaplan, L. P. Keller, E. J. Lessac-Chenen, A. J. Liounis, H. Ma, L. K. McCarthy, B. D. Miller, M. C. Moreau, T. Morota, D. S. Nelson, J. O. Nolau, R. Olds, M. Pajola, J. Y. Pelgrift, A. T. Polit, M. A. Ravine, D. C. Reuter, B. Rizk, B. Rozitis, A. J. Ryan, E. M. Sahr, N. Sakatani, J. A. Seabrook, S. H. Selznick, M. A. Skeen, A. A. Simon, S. Sugita, K. J. Walsh, M. M. Westermann, C. W. Wolner, and K. Yumoto. 2022. "Spacecraft sample collection and subsurface excavation of asteroid (101955) Bennu." Science, 377: 285-291 [10.1126/science.abm1018]

    Jawin, E., T. McCoy, K. Walsh, et al. H. Connolly, R.-L. Ballouz, A. Ryan, H. Kaplan, M. Pajola, V. Hamilton, O. Barnouin, J. Emery, B. Rozitis, D. DellaGiustina, M. Daly, C. Bennett, D. Golish, M. Perry, R. Daly, E. Bierhaus, M. Nolan, H. Enos, and D. Lauretta. 2022. "Global geologic map of asteroid (101955) Bennu indicates heterogeneous resurfacing in the past 500,000 years." Icarus, 381: 114992 [10.1016/j.icarus.2022.114992]

    Tatsumi, E., M. Popescu, H. Campins, et al. J. de León, J. L. García, J. Licandro, A. A. Simon, H. H. Kaplan, D. N. DellaGiustina, D. R. Golish, and D. S. Lauretta. 2021. "Widely distributed exogenic materials of varying compositions and morphologies on asteroid (101955) Bennu." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 508: 2053–2070 [10.1093/mnras/stab2548]

    Kaplan, H. H., A. A. Simon, V. E. Hamilton, et al. M. S. Thompson, S. A. Sandford, M. A. Barucci, E. A. Cloutis, J. Brucato, D. C. Reuter, D. P. Glavin, B. E. Clark, J. P. Dworkin, H. Campins, J. P. Emery, S. Fornasier, X.-D. Zou, and D. S. Lauretta. 2021. "Composition of organics on asteroid (101955) Bennu." Astronomy & Astrophysics, 653: L1 [Full Text (Link)] [10.1051/0004-6361/202141167]

    Ferrone, S., B. Clark, H. Kaplan, et al. J.-L. Rizos, X.-D. Zou, J.-Y. Li, M. Barucci, A. Simon, D. Reuter, P. Hasselmann, J. Deshapriya, G. Poggiali, J. Brucato, S. Cambioni, E. Cloutis, V. Hamilton, and D. Lauretta. 2021. "Visible–near-infrared observations of organics and carbonates on (101955) Bennu: Classification method and search for surface context." Icarus, 368: 114579 [10.1016/j.icarus.2021.114579]

    Hamilton, V., P. Christensen, H. Kaplan, et al. C. Haberle, A. Rogers, T. Glotch, L. Breitenfeld, C. Goodrich, D. Schrader, T. McCoy, C. Lantz, R. Hanna, A. Simon, J. Brucato, B. Clark, and D. Lauretta. 2021. "Evidence for limited compositional and particle size variation on asteroid (101955) Bennu from thermal infrared spectroscopy." Astronomy & Astrophysics, 650: [10.1051/0004-6361/202039728]

    Trang, D., M. S. Thompson, B. E. Clark, et al. H. H. Kaplan, X.-D. Zou, J.-Y. Li, S. M. Ferrone, V. E. Hamilton, A. A. Simon, D. C. Reuter, L. P. Keller, M. A. Barucci, H. Campins, C. Lantz, D. N. DellaGiustina, R.-L. Ballouz, E. R. Jawin, H. C. Connolly, K. J. Walsh, and D. S. Lauretta. 2021. "The Role of Hydrated Minerals and Space Weathering Products in the Bluing of Carbonaceous Asteroids." The Planetary Science Journal, 2 (2): 68 [10.3847/psj/abe76f]

    Praet, A., M. Barucci, B. Clark, et al. H. Kaplan, A. Simon, V. Hamilton, J. Emery, E. Howell, L. Lim, X.-D. Zou, J.-Y. Li, D. Reuter, F. Merlin, J. Deshapriya, S. Fornasier, P. Hasselmann, G. Poggiali, S. Ferrone, J. Brucato, D. Takir, E. Cloutis, H. Connolly, M. Fulchignoni, and D. Lauretta. 2021. "Hydrogen abundance estimation and distribution on (101955) Bennu." Icarus, 114427 (In Press) [10.1016/j.icarus.2021.114427]

    Simon, A. A., H. H. Kaplan, E. Cloutis, et al. V. E. Hamilton, C. Lantz, D. C. Reuter, D. Trang, S. Fornasier, B. E. Clark, and D. S. Lauretta. 2020. "Weak spectral features on (101995) Bennu from the OSIRIS-REx Visible and InfraRed Spectrometer." Astronomy & Astrophysics, 644: A148 [10.1051/0004-6361/202039688]

    Zou, X.-D., J.-Y. Li, B. E. Clark, et al. D. R. Golish, S. Ferrone, A. A. Simon, D. C. Reuter, D. L. Domingue, H. Kaplan, M. A. Barucci, S. Fornasier, A. Praet, P. H. Hasselmann, C. Bennett, E. A. Cloutis, E. Tatsumi, D. N. DellaGiustina, and D. S. Lauretta. 2020. "Photometry of asteroid (101955) Bennu with OVIRS on OSIRIS-REx." Icarus, 114183 (In Press) [10.1016/j.icarus.2020.114183]

    Simon, A. A., H. H. Kaplan, V. E. Hamilton, et al. D. S. Lauretta, H. Campins, J. P. Emery, M. A. Barucci, D. N. DellaGiustina, D. C. Reuter, S. A. Sandford, D. R. Golish, L. F. Lim, A. Ryan, B. Rozitis, and C. A. Bennett. 2020. "Widespread carbon-bearing materials on near-Earth asteroid (101955) Bennu." Science, 370: eabc3522 [10.1126/science.abc3522]

    DellaGiustina, D. N., K. N. Burke, K. J. Walsh, et al. P. H. Smith, D. R. Golish, E. B. Bierhaus, R.-L. Ballouz, T. L. Becker, H. Campins, E. Tatsumi, K. Yumoto, S. Sugita, J. D. Deshapriya, E. A. Cloutis, B. E. Clark, A. R. Hendrix, A. Sen, M. M. Al Asad, M. G. Daly, D. M. Applin, C. Avdellidou, M. A. Barucci, K. J. Becker, C. A. Bennett, W. F. Bottke, J. I. Brodbeck, H. C. Connolly, M. Delbo, J. de Leon, C. Y. Drouet d’Aubigny, K. L. Edmundson, S. Fornasier, V. E. Hamilton, P. H. Hasselmann, C. W. Hergenrother, E. S. Howell, E. R. Jawin, H. H. Kaplan, L. Le Corre, L. F. Lim, J. Y. Li, P. Michel, J. L. Molaro, M. C. Nolan, J. Nolau, M. Pajola, A. Parkinson, M. Popescu, N. A. Porter, B. Rizk, J. L. Rizos, A. J. Ryan, B. Rozitis, N. K. Shultz, A. A. Simon, D. Trang, R. B. Van Auken, C. W. Wolner, and D. S. Lauretta. 2020. "Variations in color and reflectance on the surface of asteroid (101955) Bennu." Science, 370: eabc3660 [10.1126/science.abc3660]

    Kaplan, H. H., D. S. Lauretta, A. A. Simon, et al. V. E. Hamilton, D. N. DellaGiustina, D. R. Golish, D. C. Reuter, C. A. Bennett, K. N. Burke, H. Campins, H. C. Connolly, J. P. Dworkin, J. P. Emery, D. P. Glavin, T. D. Glotch, R. Hanna, K. Ishimaru, E. R. Jawin, T. J. McCoy, N. Porter, S. A. Sandford, S. Ferrone, B. E. Clark, J.-Y. Li, X.-D. Zou, M. G. Daly, O. S. Barnouin, J. A. Seabrook, and H. L. Enos. 2020. "Bright carbonate veins on asteroid (101955) Bennu: Implications for aqueous alteration history." Science, 370: eabc3557 [Full Text (Link)] [10.1126/science.abc3557]

    Rozitis, B., A. J. Ryan, J. P. Emery, et al. P. R. Christensen, V. E. Hamilton, A. A. Simon, D. C. Reuter, M. Al Asad, R.-L. Ballouz, J. L. Bandfield, O. S. Barnouin, C. A. Bennett, M. Bernacki, K. N. Burke, S. Cambioni, B. E. Clark, M. G. Daly, M. Delbo, D. N. DellaGiustina, C. M. Elder, R. D. Hanna, C. W. Haberle, E. S. Howell, D. R. Golish, E. R. Jawin, H. H. Kaplan, L. F. Lim, J. L. Molaro, D. P. Munoz, M. C. Nolan, B. Rizk, M. A. Siegler, H. C. Susorney, K. J. Walsh, and D. S. Lauretta. 2020. "Asteroid (101955) Bennu’s weak boulders and thermally anomalous equator." Science Advances, 6 (41): eabc3699 [10.1126/sciadv.abc3699]

    DellaGiustina, D. N., H. H. Kaplan, A. A. Simon, et al. W. F. Bottke, C. Avdellidou, M. Delbo, R.-L. Ballouz, D. R. Golish, K. J. Walsh, M. Popescu, H. Campins, M. A. Barucci, G. Poggiali, R. T. Daly, L. Le Corre, V. E. Hamilton, N. Porter, E. R. Jawin, T. J. McCoy, H. C. Connolly, J. L. Garcia, E. Tatsumi, J. de Leon, J. Licandro, S. Fornasier, M. G. Daly, M. M. Al Asad, L. Philpott, J. Seabrook, O. S. Barnouin, B. E. Clark, M. C. Nolan, E. S. Howell, R. P. Binzel, B. Rizk, D. C. Reuter, and D. S. Lauretta. 2020. "Exogenic basalt on asteroid (101955) Bennu." Nature Astronomy, 5: 31 [10.1038/s41550-020-1195-z]

    Jawin, E. R., K. J. Walsh, O. S. Barnouin, et al. T. J. McCoy, R. Ballouz, D. N. DellaGiustina, H. C. Connolly, J. Marshall, C. Beddingfield, M. C. Nolan, J. L. Molaro, C. A. Bennett, D. J. Scheeres, M. G. Daly, M. Al Asad, R. T. Daly, E. B. Bierhaus, H. C. Susorney, H. H. Kaplan, H. L. Enos, and D. S. Lauretta. 2020. "Global Patterns of Recent Mass Movement on Asteroid (101955) Bennu." Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 125 (9): [10.1029/2020je006475]

    Kaplan, H. H., V. E. Hamilton, E. S. Howell, et al. S. F. Anderson, M. A. Barrucci, J. Brucato, T. H. Burbine, B. E. Clark, E. A. Cloutis, H. C. Connolly, E. Dotto, J. P. Emery, S. Fornasier, C. Lantz, L. F. Lim, F. Merlin, A. Praet, D. C. Reuter, S. A. Sandford, A. A. Simon, D. Takir, and D. S. Lauretta. 2020. "Visible–near infrared spectral indices for mapping mineralogy and chemistry with OSIRIS ‐ RE x." Meteoritics & Planetary Science, maps.13461 [10.1111/maps.13461]

    Hamilton, V. E., the OSIRIS-REx Team, A. A. Simon, et al. P. R. Christensen, D. C. Reuter, B. E. Clark, M. A. Barucci, N. E. Bowles, W. V. Boynton, J. R. Brucato, E. A. Cloutis, H. C. Connolly, K. L. Donaldson Hanna, J. P. Emery, H. L. Enos, S. Fornasier, C. W. Haberle, R. D. Hanna, E. S. Howell, H. H. Kaplan, L. P. Keller, C. Lantz, J.-Y. Li, L. F. Lim, T. J. McCoy, F. Merlin, M. C. Nolan, A. Praet, B. Rozitis, S. A. Sandford, D. L. Schrader, C. A. Thomas, X.-D. Zou, and D. S. Lauretta. 2019. "Evidence for widespread hydrated minerals on asteroid (101955) Bennu." Nature Astronomy, 3 (4): 332-340 [10.1038/s41550-019-0722-2]

    DellaGiustina, D. N., The OSIRIS-REx Team, J. P. Emery, et al. D. R. Golish, B. Rozitis, C. A. Bennett, K. N. Burke, R.-L. Ballouz, K. J. Becker, P. R. Christensen, C. Y. Drouet d’Aubigny, V. E. Hamilton, D. C. Reuter, B. Rizk, A. A. Simon, E. Asphaug, J. L. Bandfield, O. S. Barnouin, M. A. Barucci, E. B. Bierhaus, R. P. Binzel, W. F. Bottke, N. E. Bowles, H. Campins, B. C. Clark, B. E. Clark, H. C. Connolly, M. G. Daly, J. D. Leon, M. Delbo’, J. D. Deshapriya, C. M. Elder, S. Fornasier, C. W. Hergenrother, E. S. Howell, E. R. Jawin, H. H. Kaplan, T. R. Kareta, L. Le Corre, J.-Y. Li, J. Licandro, L. F. Lim, P. Michel, J. Molaro, M. C. Nolan, M. Pajola, M. Popescu, J. L. Garcia, A. Ryan, S. R. Schwartz, N. Shultz, M. A. Siegler, P. H. Smith, E. Tatsumi, C. A. Thomas, K. J. Walsh, C. W. Wolner, X.-D. Zou, and D. S. Lauretta. 2019. "Properties of rubble-pile asteroid (101955) Bennu from OSIRIS-REx imaging and thermal analysis." Nature Astronomy, 3 (4): 341-351 [10.1038/s41550-019-0731-1]

    Lauretta, D. S., D. N. DellaGiustina, C. A. Bennett, et al. D. R. Golish, K. J. Becker, S. S. Balram-Knutson, O. S. Barnouin, T. L. Becker, W. F. Bottke, W. V. Boynton, H. Campins, B. E. Clark, H. C. Connolly, C. Y. Drouet d’Aubigny, J. P. Dworkin, J. P. Emery, H. L. Enos, V. E. Hamilton, C. W. Hergenrother, E. S. Howell, M. R. Izawa, H. H. Kaplan, M. C. Nolan, B. Rizk, H. L. Roper, D. J. Scheeres, P. H. Smith, K. J. Walsh, C. W. Wolner, The OSIRIS-REx Team, and L. F. Lim. 2019. "The unexpected surface of asteroid (101955) Bennu." Nature, 568 (7750): 55-60 [Full Text (Link)] [10.1038/s41586-019-1033-6]

    Kaplan, H. H., R. E. Milliken, C. M. Alexander, and C. D. Herd. 2019. "Reflectance spectroscopy of insoluble organic matter (IOM) and carbonaceous meteorites." Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 54 (5): 1051-1068 [10.1111/maps.13264]

    Marchi, S., A. Raponi, T. H. Prettyman, et al. M. C. De Sanctis, J. Castillo-Rogez, C. A. Raymond, E. Ammannito, T. Bowling, M. Ciarniello, H. Kaplan, E. Palomba, C. T. Russell, V. Vinogradoff, and N. Yamashita. 2018. "An aqueously altered carbon-rich Ceres." Nature Astronomy, 3 (2): 140-145 [10.1038/s41550-018-0656-0]

    Deutsch, A. N., J. W. Head, K. R. Ramsley, et al. C. M. Pieters, R. W. Potter, A. M. Palumbo, M. S. Bramble, J. P. Cassanelli, E. R. Jawin, L. M. Jozwiak, H. H. Kaplan, C. F. Lynch, A. C. Pascuzzo, L. Qiao, and D. K. Weiss. 2018. "Science exploration architecture for Phobos and Deimos: The role of Phobos and Deimos in the future exploration of Mars." Advances in Space Research, 62 (8): 2174-2186 [10.1016/j.asr.2017.12.017]

    Kaplan, H. H., R. E. Milliken, and C. M. Alexander. 2018. "New Constraints on the Abundance and Composition of Organic Matter on Ceres." Geophysical Research Letters, 45 (11): 5274-5282 [10.1029/2018gl077913]

    Kaplan, H. H., and R. E. Milliken. 2018. "Reflectance spectroscopy of organic matter in sedimentary rocks at mid-infrared wavelengths." Clays and Clay Minerals, 66 (2): 173-189 [10.1346/ccmn.2018.064092]

    Kaplan, H. H., R. E. Milliken, D. Fernández-Remolar, et al. R. Amils, K. Robertson, and A. H. Knoll. 2016. "Orbital evidence for clay and acidic sulfate assemblages on Mars based on mineralogical analogs from Rio Tinto, Spain." Icarus, 275: 45-64 [10.1016/j.icarus.2016.03.019]

    Kaplan, H. H., and R. E. Milliken. 2016. "Reflectance Spectroscopy for Organic Detection And Quantification in Clay-bearing Samples: Effects of Albedo, Clay Type, and Water Content." Clays and Clay Minerals, 64 (2): 167-184 [10.1346/ccmn.2016.0640207]

    Brief Bio

    I am a Research Space Scientist in the Planetary Systems Lab at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. I received my PhD in Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences from Brown University in 2018. Prior to coming to NASA, I was a postdoc on the OSIRIS-REx mission.

    My scientific research involves remotely characterizing the chemistry and mineralogy of planetary surfaces. I have worked with visible – near-infrared spectral data from multiple spacecraft and am particularly interested in infrared spectroscopy of organics, connecting laboratory and spacecraft spectral data, and spectroscopy of carbonaceous asteroids and meteorites. 

    Publications

    Refereed

    Breitenfeld, L. B., A. D. Rogers, T. D. Glotch, et al. H. H. Kaplan, V. E. Hamilton, and P. R. Christensen. 2022. "Mapping Phyllosilicates on the Asteroid Bennu Using Thermal Emission Spectra and Machine Learning Model Applications." Geophysical Research Letters 49 (20): [10.1029/2022gl100815]

    Praet, A., G. Poggiali, M. A. Barucci, et al. B. E. Clark, X.-D. Zou, A. A. Simon, H. H. Kaplan, J.-Y. Li, and C. Alcaria. 2022. "Evaluating possible spectroscopic variation of Bennu’s sampling site." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 519 1464–1475 [10.1093/mnras/stac2969]

    Hamilton, V. E., H. H. Kaplan, H. C. Connolly, et al. C. A. Goodrich, N. M. Abreu, and A. A. Simon. 2022. "GRO 95577 (CR1) as a mineralogical analogue for asteroid (101955) Bennu." Icarus 383 115054 [10.1016/j.icarus.2022.115054]

    Lauretta, D. S., C. D. Adam, A. J. Allen, et al. R.-L. Ballouz, O. S. Barnouin, K. J. Becker, T. Becker, C. A. Bennett, E. B. Bierhaus, B. J. Bos, R. D. Burns, H. Campins, Y. Cho, P. R. Christensen, E. C. Church, B. E. Clark, H. C. Connolly, M. G. Daly, D. N. DellaGiustina, C. Y. Drouet d’Aubigny, J. P. Emery, H. L. Enos, S. Freund Kasper, J. B. Garvin, K. Getzandanner, D. R. Golish, V. E. Hamilton, C. W. Hergenrother, H. H. Kaplan, L. P. Keller, E. J. Lessac-Chenen, A. J. Liounis, H. Ma, L. K. McCarthy, B. D. Miller, M. C. Moreau, T. Morota, D. S. Nelson, J. O. Nolau, R. Olds, M. Pajola, J. Y. Pelgrift, A. T. Polit, M. A. Ravine, D. C. Reuter, B. Rizk, B. Rozitis, A. J. Ryan, E. M. Sahr, N. Sakatani, J. A. Seabrook, S. H. Selznick, M. A. Skeen, A. A. Simon, S. Sugita, K. J. Walsh, M. M. Westermann, C. W. Wolner, and K. Yumoto. 2022. "Spacecraft sample collection and subsurface excavation of asteroid (101955) Bennu." Science 377 285-291 [10.1126/science.abm1018]

    Jawin, E., T. McCoy, K. Walsh, et al. H. Connolly, R.-L. Ballouz, A. Ryan, H. Kaplan, M. Pajola, V. Hamilton, O. Barnouin, J. Emery, B. Rozitis, D. DellaGiustina, M. Daly, C. Bennett, D. Golish, M. Perry, R. Daly, E. Bierhaus, M. Nolan, H. Enos, and D. Lauretta. 2022. "Global geologic map of asteroid (101955) Bennu indicates heterogeneous resurfacing in the past 500,000 years." Icarus 381 114992 [10.1016/j.icarus.2022.114992]

    Tatsumi, E., M. Popescu, H. Campins, et al. J. de León, J. L. García, J. Licandro, A. A. Simon, H. H. Kaplan, D. N. DellaGiustina, D. R. Golish, and D. S. Lauretta. 2021. "Widely distributed exogenic materials of varying compositions and morphologies on asteroid (101955) Bennu." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 508 2053–2070 [10.1093/mnras/stab2548]

    Kaplan, H. H., A. A. Simon, V. E. Hamilton, et al. M. S. Thompson, S. A. Sandford, M. A. Barucci, E. A. Cloutis, J. Brucato, D. C. Reuter, D. P. Glavin, B. E. Clark, J. P. Dworkin, H. Campins, J. P. Emery, S. Fornasier, X.-D. Zou, and D. S. Lauretta. 2021. "Composition of organics on asteroid (101955) Bennu." Astronomy & Astrophysics 653 L1 [Full Text (Link)] [10.1051/0004-6361/202141167]

    Ferrone, S., B. Clark, H. Kaplan, et al. J.-L. Rizos, X.-D. Zou, J.-Y. Li, M. Barucci, A. Simon, D. Reuter, P. Hasselmann, J. Deshapriya, G. Poggiali, J. Brucato, S. Cambioni, E. Cloutis, V. Hamilton, and D. Lauretta. 2021. "Visible–near-infrared observations of organics and carbonates on (101955) Bennu: Classification method and search for surface context." Icarus 368 114579 [10.1016/j.icarus.2021.114579]

    Hamilton, V., P. Christensen, H. Kaplan, et al. C. Haberle, A. Rogers, T. Glotch, L. Breitenfeld, C. Goodrich, D. Schrader, T. McCoy, C. Lantz, R. Hanna, A. Simon, J. Brucato, B. Clark, and D. Lauretta. 2021. "Evidence for limited compositional and particle size variation on asteroid (101955) Bennu from thermal infrared spectroscopy." Astronomy & Astrophysics 650 [10.1051/0004-6361/202039728]

    Trang, D., M. S. Thompson, B. E. Clark, et al. H. H. Kaplan, X.-D. Zou, J.-Y. Li, S. M. Ferrone, V. E. Hamilton, A. A. Simon, D. C. Reuter, L. P. Keller, M. A. Barucci, H. Campins, C. Lantz, D. N. DellaGiustina, R.-L. Ballouz, E. R. Jawin, H. C. Connolly, K. J. Walsh, and D. S. Lauretta. 2021. "The Role of Hydrated Minerals and Space Weathering Products in the Bluing of Carbonaceous Asteroids." The Planetary Science Journal 2 (2): 68 [10.3847/psj/abe76f]

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