9/2016
-
Present
Research Scholar
The Catholic University of America,
Washington, DC, USA
10/2014
-
8/2016
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
University of Western Ontario,
London, ON, Canada
2010 – 2014 Charles University in Prague PhD in Theoretical physics and astronomy and astrophysics
Thesis title: Dynamics of small bodies in the Solar System: from dust particles to asteroids
Supervisor: David Vokrouhlický
2008 – 2010 Charles University in Prague MSc in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Thesis title: Recent asteroid breakups and accretion of interplanetary dust on the Earth
Supervisor: David Vokrouhlický
2005 – 2008 Charles University in Prague BSc in Physics
Thesis title: Irregular satellites of giant planets
Supervisor: David Vokrouhlický
Refereed
Carrillo Sanchez, J., D. Janches, J. M. Plane, et al. 2022. "A Modeling Study of the Seasonal, Latitudinal, and Temporal Distribution of the Meteoroid Mass Input at Mars: Constraining the Deposition of Meteoric Ablated Metals in the Upper Atmosphere."
The Planetary Science Journal,
3
(239):
29
[https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ac8540]
Boyd, P. T., E. L. Wilson, A. P. Smale, et al. 2022. "EarthShine: Observing our world as an exoplanet from the surface of the Moon."
Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems,
8
(01):
014003
[10.1117/1.jatis.8.1.014003]
Pokorny, P., E. Mazarico, and N. Schörghofer. 2021. "Erosion of volatiles by micro-meteoroid bombardment on Ceres, and comparison to the Moon and Mercury."
Planetary Science Journal,
2:
85
[Full Text (Link)]
[10.3847/PSJ/abef04]
Janches, D., J. S. Bruzzone, P. Pokorný, et al. 2020. "A Comparative Modeling Study of the Seasonal, Temporal, and Spatial Distribution of Meteoroids in the Upper Atmospheres of Venus, Earth, and Mars."
The Planetary Science Journal,
1
(3):
59
[10.3847/psj/abba35]
Pokorny, P., M. Sarantos, D. Janches, and E. Mazarico. 2020. "Meteoroid Bombardment of Lunar Poles."
Astrophysical Journal,
894
(2):
[https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ab83ee]
Carrillo Sanchez, J., J. C. Gómez-Martín, D. L. Bones, et al. 2019. "Cosmic dust fluxes in the atmospheres of Earth, Mars, and Venus."
Icarus,
335:
113395
[10.1016/j.icarus.2019.113395]
Swarnalingam, N., D. Janches, J. Carrillo Sanchez, et al. 2019. "Modeling the Altitude Distribution of Meteor Head Echoes Observed with HPLA Radars: Implications for the Radar Detectability of Meteoroid Populations."
The Astronomical Journal,
157
(5):
179
[10.3847/1538-3881/ab0ec6]
Pokorný, P., and M. Kuchner. 2019. "Co-orbital Asteroids as the Source of Venus's Zodiacal Dust Ring."
The Astrophysical Journal,
873
(2):
L16
[10.3847/2041-8213/ab0827]
Pokorný, P., D. Janches, M. Sarantos, et al. 2019. "Meteoroids at the Moon: Orbital Properties, Surface Vaporization, and Impact Ejecta Production."
Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets,
[10.1029/2018je005912]
Szalay, J. R., P. Pokorný, Z. Sternovsky, et al. 2019. "Impact Ejecta and Gardening in the Lunar Polar Regions."
Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets,
124
(1):
143-154
[10.1029/2018je005756]
Szalay, J. R., P. Pokorný, M. Horányi, et al. 2019. "Impact ejecta environment of an eccentric asteroid: 3200 Phaethon."
Planetary and Space Science,
165:
194-204
[10.1016/j.pss.2018.11.001]
Pokorný, P., M. Sarantos, and D. Janches. 2018. "A Comprehensive Model of the Meteoroid Environment around Mercury."
The Astrophysical Journal,
863
(1):
31
[10.3847/1538-4357/aad051]
Schult, C., P. Brown, P. Pokorný, G. Stober, and J. L. Chau. 2018. "A meteoroid stream survey using meteor head echo observations from the Middle Atmosphere ALOMAR Radar System (MAARSY)."
Icarus,
309:
177-186
[10.1016/j.icarus.2018.02.032]
Jenniskens, P., J. Baggaley, I. Crumpton, et al. 2018. "A survey of southern hemisphere meteor showers."
Planetary and Space Science,
[10.1016/j.pss.2018.02.013]
Janches, D., P. Pokorný, M. Sarantos, et al. 2018. "Constraining the ratio of micrometeoroids from Short and Long Period Comets at 1 AU from LADEE observations of the Lunar Dust Cloud."
Geophysical Research Letters,
[10.1002/2017gl076065]
Szalay, J. R., P. Pokorný, P. Jenniskens, and M. Horányi. 2017. "Activity of the 2013 Geminid meteoroid stream at the Moon."
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society,
474
(3):
4225-4231
[10.1093/mnras/stx3007]
Frankland, V. L., A. D. James, J. Carrillo Sanchez, et al. 2017. "CO oxidation and O 2 removal on meteoric material in Venus’ atmosphere."
Icarus,
296:
150-162
[10.1016/j.icarus.2017.06.005]
Abedin, A., P. Wiegert, D. Janches, et al. 2017. "Formation and past evolution of the showers of 96P/Machholz complex."
Icarus,
[10.1016/j.icarus.2017.07.015]
Wiegert, P., P. Brown, P. Pokorny, K. Lenartowicz, and Z. Krzeminski. 2017. "Measuring the Meteoroid Environments of the Planets with Meteor Detectors on Earth."
The Astronomical Journal,
154
(1):
36
[10.3847/1538-3881/aa77fe]
Janches, D., N. Swarnalingam, J. Carrillo Sanchez, et al. 2017. "Radar Detectability Studies of Slow and Small Zodiacal Dust Cloud Particles. III. The Role of Sodium and the Head Echo Size on the Probability of Detection."
The Astrophysical Journal,
843
(1):
1
[10.3847/1538-4357/aa775c]
Pokorný, P., M. Sarantos, and D. Janches. 2017. "Reconciling the Dawn–Dusk Asymmetry in Mercury’s Exosphere with the Micrometeoroid Impact Directionality."
The Astrophysical Journal Letters,
842
(2):
L17
[10.3847/2041-8213/aa775d]
Pokorny, P., D. Janches, P. Brown, and J. Hormaechea. 2017. "An Orbital Meteoroid Stream Survey using the Southern Argentina Agile MEteor Radar (SAAMER) based on a Wavelet approach."
Icarus,
(290):
162-182
[10.1016/j.icarus.2017.02.025]
Abedin, A., P. Wiegert, P. Pokorný, and P. Brown. 2017. "The age and the probable parent body of the daytime arietid meteor shower."
Icarus,
281:
417-443
[10.1016/j.icarus.2016.08.017]
Carrillo Sanchez, J., D. Nesvorný, P. Pokorný, D. Janches, and J. M. Plane. 2016. "Sources of Cosmic Dust in the Earth's Atmosphere."
Geophysical Research Letters,
[10.1002/2016gl071697]
Pokorný, P., and P. G. Brown. 2016. "A reproducible method to determine the meteoroid mass index."
Astronomy & Astrophysics,
592:
A150
[10.1051/0004-6361/201628134]
Ye, Q.-Z., P. G. Brown, and P. Pokorný. 2016. "Dormant comets among the near-Earth object population: a meteor-based survey."
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society,
462
(4):
3511-3527
[10.1093/mnras/stw1846]
Ye (叶泉志), Q.-Z., M.-T. Hui (许文韬), P. G. Brown, et al. 2016. "When comets get old: A synthesis of comet and meteor observations of the low activity comet 209P/LINEAR."
Icarus,
264:
48-61
[10.1016/j.icarus.2015.09.003]
Abedin, A., P. Spurný, P. Wiegert, et al. 2015. "On the age and formation mechanism of the core of the Quadrantid meteoroid stream."
Icarus,
261:
100-117
[10.1016/j.icarus.2015.08.016]
Pokorný, P., D. Vokrouhlický, D. Nesvorný, M. Campbell-Brown, and P. Brown. 2014. "DYNAMICAL MODEL FOR THE TOROIDAL SPORADIC METEORS."
The Astrophysical Journal,
789
(1):
25
[10.1088/0004-637x/789/1/25]
Pokorný, P., and D. Vokrouhlický. 2013. "Öpik-type collision probability for high-inclination orbits: Targets on eccentric orbits."
Icarus,
226
(1):
682-693
[10.1016/j.icarus.2013.06.015]
Vokrouhlický, D., P. Pokorný, and D. Nesvorný. 2012. "Öpik-type collision probability for high-inclination orbits."
Icarus,
219
(1):
150-160
[10.1016/j.icarus.2012.02.021]
Nesvorny, D., D. Janches, D. Vokrouhlicky, et al. 2011. "Dynamical Model for the Zodiacal Cloud and Sporadic Meteors."
The Astrophysical Journal,
743
(2):
129
[10.1088/0004-637X/743/2/129]
Nesvorny, D., D. Vokrouhlicky, P. Pokorny, and D. Janches. 2011. "Dynamics of Dust Particles Released from Oort Cloud Comets and Their Contribution to Radar Meteors."
The Astrophysical Journal,
743
(1):
37
[10.1088/0004-637X/743/1/37]
Refereed
Carrillo Sanchez, J., D. Janches, J. M. Plane, et al. 2022. "A Modeling Study of the Seasonal, Latitudinal, and Temporal Distribution of the Meteoroid Mass Input at Mars: Constraining the Deposition of Meteoric Ablated Metals in the Upper Atmosphere."
The Planetary Science Journal
3
(239):
29
[https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ac8540]
Boyd, P. T., E. L. Wilson, A. P. Smale, et al. 2022. "EarthShine: Observing our world as an exoplanet from the surface of the Moon."
Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems
8
(01):
014003
[10.1117/1.jatis.8.1.014003]
Pokorny, P., E. Mazarico, and N. Schörghofer. 2021. "Erosion of volatiles by micro-meteoroid bombardment on Ceres, and comparison to the Moon and Mercury."
Planetary Science Journal
2
85
[Full Text (Link)]
[10.3847/PSJ/abef04]
Janches, D., J. S. Bruzzone, P. Pokorný, et al. 2020. "A Comparative Modeling Study of the Seasonal, Temporal, and Spatial Distribution of Meteoroids in the Upper Atmospheres of Venus, Earth, and Mars."
The Planetary Science Journal
1
(3):
59
[10.3847/psj/abba35]
Pokorny, P., M. Sarantos, D. Janches, and E. Mazarico. 2020. "Meteoroid Bombardment of Lunar Poles."
Astrophysical Journal
894
(2):
[https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ab83ee]
Carrillo Sanchez, J., J. C. Gómez-Martín, D. L. Bones, et al. 2019. "Cosmic dust fluxes in the atmospheres of Earth, Mars, and Venus."
Icarus
335
113395
[10.1016/j.icarus.2019.113395]
Swarnalingam, N., D. Janches, J. Carrillo Sanchez, et al. 2019. "Modeling the Altitude Distribution of Meteor Head Echoes Observed with HPLA Radars: Implications for the Radar Detectability of Meteoroid Populations."
The Astronomical Journal
157
(5):
179
[10.3847/1538-3881/ab0ec6]
Pokorný, P., and M. Kuchner. 2019. "Co-orbital Asteroids as the Source of Venus's Zodiacal Dust Ring."
The Astrophysical Journal
873
(2):
L16
[10.3847/2041-8213/ab0827]
Pokorný, P., D. Janches, M. Sarantos, et al. 2019. "Meteoroids at the Moon: Orbital Properties, Surface Vaporization, and Impact Ejecta Production."
Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets
[10.1029/2018je005912]
Szalay, J. R., P. Pokorný, Z. Sternovsky, et al. 2019. "Impact Ejecta and Gardening in the Lunar Polar Regions."
Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets
124
(1):
143-154
[10.1029/2018je005756]
Szalay, J. R., P. Pokorný, M. Horányi, et al. 2019. "Impact ejecta environment of an eccentric asteroid: 3200 Phaethon."
Planetary and Space Science
165
194-204
[10.1016/j.pss.2018.11.001]
Pokorný, P., M. Sarantos, and D. Janches. 2018. "A Comprehensive Model of the Meteoroid Environment around Mercury."
The Astrophysical Journal
863
(1):
31
[10.3847/1538-4357/aad051]
Schult, C., P. Brown, P. Pokorný, G. Stober, and J. L. Chau. 2018. "A meteoroid stream survey using meteor head echo observations from the Middle Atmosphere ALOMAR Radar System (MAARSY)."
Icarus
309
177-186
[10.1016/j.icarus.2018.02.032]
Jenniskens, P., J. Baggaley, I. Crumpton, et al. 2018. "A survey of southern hemisphere meteor showers."
Planetary and Space Science
[10.1016/j.pss.2018.02.013]
Janches, D., P. Pokorný, M. Sarantos, et al. 2018. "Constraining the ratio of micrometeoroids from Short and Long Period Comets at 1 AU from LADEE observations of the Lunar Dust Cloud."
Geophysical Research Letters
[10.1002/2017gl076065]
Szalay, J. R., P. Pokorný, P. Jenniskens, and M. Horányi. 2017. "Activity of the 2013 Geminid meteoroid stream at the Moon."
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
474
(3):
4225-4231
[10.1093/mnras/stx3007]
Frankland, V. L., A. D. James, J. Carrillo Sanchez, et al. 2017. "CO oxidation and O 2 removal on meteoric material in Venus’ atmosphere."
Icarus
296
150-162
[10.1016/j.icarus.2017.06.005]
Abedin, A., P. Wiegert, D. Janches, et al. 2017. "Formation and past evolution of the showers of 96P/Machholz complex."
Icarus
[10.1016/j.icarus.2017.07.015]
Wiegert, P., P. Brown, P. Pokorny, K. Lenartowicz, and Z. Krzeminski. 2017. "Measuring the Meteoroid Environments of the Planets with Meteor Detectors on Earth."
The Astronomical Journal
154
(1):
36
[10.3847/1538-3881/aa77fe]
Janches, D., N. Swarnalingam, J. Carrillo Sanchez, et al. 2017. "Radar Detectability Studies of Slow and Small Zodiacal Dust Cloud Particles. III. The Role of Sodium and the Head Echo Size on the Probability of Detection."
The Astrophysical Journal
843
(1):
1
[10.3847/1538-4357/aa775c]
Pokorný, P., M. Sarantos, and D. Janches. 2017. "Reconciling the Dawn–Dusk Asymmetry in Mercury’s Exosphere with the Micrometeoroid Impact Directionality."
The Astrophysical Journal Letters
842
(2):
L17
[10.3847/2041-8213/aa775d]
Pokorny, P., D. Janches, P. Brown, and J. Hormaechea. 2017. "An Orbital Meteoroid Stream Survey using the Southern Argentina Agile MEteor Radar (SAAMER) based on a Wavelet approach."
Icarus
162-182
[10.1016/j.icarus.2017.02.025]
Abedin, A., P. Wiegert, P. Pokorný, and P. Brown. 2017. "The age and the probable parent body of the daytime arietid meteor shower."
Icarus
281
417-443
[10.1016/j.icarus.2016.08.017]
Carrillo Sanchez, J., D. Nesvorný, P. Pokorný, D. Janches, and J. M. Plane. 2016. "Sources of Cosmic Dust in the Earth's Atmosphere."
Geophysical Research Letters
[10.1002/2016gl071697]
Pokorný, P., and P. G. Brown. 2016. "A reproducible method to determine the meteoroid mass index."
Astronomy & Astrophysics
592
A150
[10.1051/0004-6361/201628134]
Ye, Q.-Z., P. G. Brown, and P. Pokorný. 2016. "Dormant comets among the near-Earth object population: a meteor-based survey."
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
462
(4):
3511-3527
[10.1093/mnras/stw1846]
Ye (叶泉志), Q.-Z., M.-T. Hui (许文韬), P. G. Brown, et al. 2016. "When comets get old: A synthesis of comet and meteor observations of the low activity comet 209P/LINEAR."
Icarus
264
48-61
[10.1016/j.icarus.2015.09.003]
Abedin, A., P. Spurný, P. Wiegert, et al. 2015. "On the age and formation mechanism of the core of the Quadrantid meteoroid stream."
Icarus
261
100-117
[10.1016/j.icarus.2015.08.016]
Pokorný, P., D. Vokrouhlický, D. Nesvorný, M. Campbell-Brown, and P. Brown. 2014. "DYNAMICAL MODEL FOR THE TOROIDAL SPORADIC METEORS."
The Astrophysical Journal
789
(1):
25
[10.1088/0004-637x/789/1/25]
Pokorný, P., and D. Vokrouhlický. 2013. "Öpik-type collision probability for high-inclination orbits: Targets on eccentric orbits."
Icarus
226
(1):
682-693
[10.1016/j.icarus.2013.06.015]
Vokrouhlický, D., P. Pokorný, and D. Nesvorný. 2012. "Öpik-type collision probability for high-inclination orbits."
Icarus
219
(1):
150-160
[10.1016/j.icarus.2012.02.021]
Nesvorny, D., D. Janches, D. Vokrouhlicky, et al. 2011. "Dynamical Model for the Zodiacal Cloud and Sporadic Meteors."
The Astrophysical Journal
743
(2):
129
[10.1088/0004-637X/743/2/129]
Nesvorny, D., D. Vokrouhlicky, P. Pokorny, and D. Janches. 2011. "Dynamics of Dust Particles Released from Oort Cloud Comets and Their Contribution to Radar Meteors."
The Astrophysical Journal
743
(1):
37
[10.1088/0004-637X/743/1/37]
