My research focus is on the analysis of spacecraft tracking data of various types (radio, altimetry, imagery) in order to learn more about the geophysics of planetary bodies. During my Ph.D. thesis, I used radio tracking of Mars orbiters to measure the density of the upper layers of the Martian atmosphere. Since, I have used the altimetric data from several NASA/GSFC laser altimeters to model gravitational anomalies, construct high-resolution topographic models of the Moon and Mercury, and improve spacecraft trajectory reconstruction to enable the co-registration of the varied data acquired by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter instruments.
I have also studied the illumination conditions in the polar regions of the Moon and Mercury, and how they relate to the volatile distribution.
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Erwan Mazarico
(RESEARCH AST, PLANETARY STUDIES)
| Email: | erwan.m.mazarico@nasa.gov |
| Phone: | 301.614.6504 |
| Org Code: | 698 |
| Address: |
NASA/GSFC Mail Code 698 Greenbelt, MD 20771 |
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Missions & Projects
Brief Bio
Research Interests
Planetary Topography and Gravity: Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, icy moons, and asteroids
Precise Orbit Determination: Orbit Reconstruction, Measurement and Force Modeling
Involvement in Spacecraft Missions: Definition, Calibration, Value-added Processing, and Analysis
Modeling of illumination conditions
Solar System: Solar System- permanent shadow at the poles of the Moon, Mercury, and Ceres
- thermal modeling of airless bodies
Current Projects
Europa Clipper (2020-present)
Geophysics
Team Lead of the Gravity/Radio Science investigation.
VERITAS (2021-present)
Venus
(Venus Emissivity, Radio Science, InSAR, Topography, and Spectroscopy)
Co-Investigator and Co-Lead of the Gravity Science Investigation.
ShadowCam (2021-present)
Moons
Co-Investigator of the ShadowCam science team (onboard KPLO/Danuri).
Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (2008-present)
Geophysics
- Co-Investigator (2012-present) of LOLA (onboard the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, LRO)
- orbit reconstruction of the LRO spacecraft trajectory
- estimation of the lunar surface deformation due to tides
- illumination studies in the lunar polar regions
ISFM (2018-present)
"Planetary Geodesy" Lead.
OSIRIS-REx
Asteroids
- Support of Flight Dynamics IV&V team at GSFC
- Orbit Determination, with combination of radio tracking, optical data (center-finding OpNav, landmarks) and altimetric data, for geophysical parameter estimation (gravity field, orientation).
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (2008-present)
Geophysics
- trajectory reconstruction through Precise Orbit Determination
- product validation for archival to NASA PDS
Dawn (2015-2017)
Geophysics
Dawn at Ceres Guest Investigator
GRAIL (2011-2015)
Moons
- Member of the NASA GSFC Level-2 analysis team (POD, gravity field estimation)
- Data analysis, editing, spacecraft eclipse modeling
- Creation, validation and review of archival products for NASA PDS
Mercury Laser Altimeter (2009-2015)
Mercury
- instrument calibration and data analysis
- refinement of MLA topographic models through crossover adjustme
- illumination studies in the polar regions
MESSENGER (2009-2015)
Mercury
- Precise Orbit Determination
- Gravity field estimation
Positions/Employment
Research Scientist
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center - Greenbelt MD
July 2014 - Present
Research Scientist
Massachusetts Institute of Technology - at NASA GSFC
May 2010 - July 2014
Postdoctoral Fellow
Oak Ridge Associated Universities - at NASA GSFC
April 2008 - April 2010
Awarded a 2-year fellowship through the NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP), administered by ORAU
Postdoctoral Associate
Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Cambridge MA
January 2008 - April 2008
Research Assistant
Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Cambridge MA
August 2002 - January 2008
Education
- Ph.D., Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA, 2008.
- M.S., Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA, 2004.
- Diplôme d’Ingénieur, École Nationale Supérieure de l’Aéronautique et de l’Espace (SUPAERO), Toulouse, France, 2004.
- M.S., Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA, 2004.
- Diplôme d’Ingénieur, École Nationale Supérieure de l’Aéronautique et de l’Espace (SUPAERO), Toulouse, France, 2004.
Teaching Experience
- Teaching Assistant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Introduction to Planetary Sciences, Fall 2006.
- Teaching Assistant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Introduction to Geophysics, Fall 2005.
- Teaching Assistant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Introduction to Geophysics, Fall 2005.
Professional Societies
American Geophysical Union
2005 - Present
Professional Service
- Panelist for NASA R&A program reviews.
- External reviewer for NASA R&A panels, NASA PDS.
- Referee for peer-reviewed journals (Science, Nature, Nature Geoscience, Journal of Geophysical Research, Icarus, Geophysical Research Letters, Planetary and Space Research, Advances in Space Research).
- Convener for the AGU Fall Meeting 2011 (Planetary Geodesy, P44B/P41F).
- Co-convener for the AGU Fall Meeting 2010 (South Pole-Aitken Basin: New Insights, P43A/P53D)
Awards
- NASA Space Flight Awareness Honoree, 2022.
- NASA Robert H. Goddard Award for Exceptional Achievement for Engineering (OSIRIS-REx IV&V Navigation Team), 2021.
- NASA Group Achievement Award for the ISFM Team (Team Award), 2021.
- NASA Silver Achievement Award, OSIRIS-REx Navigation Team (Team Award), 2019.
- NASA Group Achievement Award, OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Approach & Preliminary Survey (Team Award), 2019.
- NASA Group Achievement Award for the Dawn Science Team (Team Award), 2019.
- NASA Group Achievement Award for the MESSENGER Project Team (Team Award), 2017.
- NASA Agency Early Career Achievement Medal, 2016.
- NASA Group Achievement Award for the LRO Extended Science Mission Team (Team Award), 2015.
- NASA Robert H. Goddard Award for Exceptional Achievement for Science (GRAIL Team ), 2015.
- Asteroid 2006 UB62 officially named 311785 ErwanMazarico by the IAU.
- NASA Robert H. Goddard Award for Outreach (Astrobiology Walk Exhibit Team), 2013.
- NASA Group Achievement Award for the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Team (Team Award), 2012.
- NASA Postdoctoral Program two-year fellowship, 2008-2010
- Outstanding Student Paper award, Planetary Science section, AGU Fall Meeting 2007
- Outstanding Student Paper award, Geodesy section, AGU Fall Meeting 2005
Selected Public Outreach
Astrobiology Walk at NASA GSFC Visitor Center
2014 - 2014
Scientific support for GSFC Visitor Center exhibit of physical models of planetary topographic surfaces (with J.Hicks, C.Cheung), 2013.
Visualizations for scientific publications
2010 - Present
- Scientific support for NASA GSFC SVS stills and animations featuring GRAIL results (with E. Wright, SVS), 2012.
- Cover design for Nature and Science, featuring LOLA and GRAIL data (with E. Wright, SVS), 2011-2012.
- Cover design for Geophysical Research Letters featuring a LOLA slope map, September 2010.
- Cover design for Nature and Science, featuring LOLA and GRAIL data (with E. Wright, SVS), 2011-2012.
- Cover design for Geophysical Research Letters featuring a LOLA slope map, September 2010.
Presentation to high school educators
2011 - 2011
- NASA Museum Alliance, “Illumination Conditions of the Lunar Poles from LOLA Data”, August 2011.
Publications
Refereed
2024. "Variable altitude cognizant Slepian functions." GEM - International Journal on Geomathematics 15 16 [Full Text] [10.1007/s13137-024-00257-w] [Journal Article/Letter]
2024. "The Faustini Permanently Shadowed Region on the Moon." The Planetary Science Journal 5 209 [Full Text] [10.3847/PSJ/ad6f0d] [Journal Article/Letter]
2024. "A Low‐Viscosity Lower Lunar Mantle Implied by Measured Monthly and Yearly Tides." AGU Advances 5 (5): [10.1029/2024av001285] [Journal Article/Letter]
2024. "Where Is That Crater? Best Practices for Obtaining Accurate Coordinates from LROC NAC Data." The Planetary Science Journal 5 (7): [Full Text] [10.3847/PSJ/ad54c6] [Journal Article/Letter]
2024. "Near-infrared Photometry of the Moon’s Surface with Passive Radiometry from the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA)." The Planetary Science Journal 5 (5): 122 [10.3847/psj/ad4467] [Journal Article/Letter]
2024. "Science Overview of the Europa Clipper Mission." Space Science Reviews 220 40 [Full Text] [10.1007/s11214-024-01070-5] [Journal Article/Letter]
2024. "Lunar north polar cold traps based on diurnally- and seasonally-varying temperatures." The Planetary Science Journal 5 (126): [Full Text] [10.3847/PSJ/ad49a8] [Journal Article/Letter]
2024. "A low-density ocean inside Titan inferred from Cassini data." Nature Astronomy [10.1038/s41550-024-02253-4] [Journal Article/Letter]
2024. "History of Ceres's Cold Traps Based on Refined Shape Models." The Planetary Science Journal 5 (99): [Full Text] [10.3847/PSJ/ad3639] [Journal Article/Letter]
2024. "Leveraging the Gravity Field Spectrum for Icy Satellite Interior Structure Determination: the case of Europa with the Europa Clipper mission." The Planetary Science Journal 5 (45): [Full Text] [10.3847/PSJ/ad1933] [Journal Article/Letter]
2024. "Joint Analysis of JUICE and Europa Clipper Tracking Data to Study the Jovian System Ephemerides and Dissipative Parameters." Astronomy & Astrophysics [Full Text] [10.1051/0004-6361/202347616] [Journal Article/Letter]
2023. "Fast hierarchical low-rank view factor matrices for thermal irradiance on planetary surfaces." Journal Of Computational Physics X 17 [Full Text] [10.1016/j.jcpx.2023.100130] [Journal Article/Letter]
2023. "A New View of the Lunar South Pole from the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA)." The Planetary Science Journal 4 (9): 183 [10.3847/psj/acf3e1] [Journal Article/Letter]
2023. "Exploring the Interior of Europa with the Europa Clipper." Space Science Reviews 219 (6): 46 [10.1007/s11214-023-00990-y] [Journal Article/Letter]
2023. "Investigating the Stability and Distribution of Surface Ice in Mercury's Northernmost Craters." The Planetary Science Journal 4 107 [Full Text] [10.3847/PSJ/acd68d] [Journal Article/Letter]
2023. "Precision of Spacecraft Doppler Tracking at Low Signal-to-Noise Ratios." Radio Science [Full Text] [10.1029/2023RS007703] [Journal Article/Letter]
2023. "Constraining the Venus interior structure with future VERITAS measurements of the gravitational atmospheric loading." The Planetary Science Journal 4 (65): [Full Text] [10.3847/PSJ/acc73c] [Journal Article/Letter]
2023. "Testing the gravitational redshift with an inner Solar System probe: The VERITAS case." Physical Review D 107 064032 [Full Text] [10.1103/PhysRevD.107.064032] [Journal Article/Letter]
2023. "Highly resolved topography and illumination at Mercury’s South Pole from MESSENGER MDIS-NAC." The Planetary Science Journal 4 (21): [Full Text] [10.3847/PSJ/acaddb] [Journal Article/Letter]
2023. "Regional variations of Mercury's crustal density and porosity from MESSENGER gravity data." Icarus 391 115332 [10.1016/j.icarus.2022.115332] [Journal Article/Letter]
2023. "Thrust Faults Bound an Elevated Mantle Plug Beneath Several Lunar Basins." Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 128 (1): e2022JE007682 [Full Text] [10.1029/2022JE007682] [Journal Article/Letter]
2023. "The Europa Clipper Gravity and Radio Science Investigation." Space Science Reviews [10.1007/s11214-023-00972-0] [Journal Article/Letter]
2022. "Sunlit Pathways between South Pole Sites of Interest for Lunar Exploration." Acta Astronautica [Full Text] [10.1016/j.actaastro.2022.12.023] [Journal Article/Letter]
2022. "Improving the VERITAS orbit reconstruction using radar tie points." Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets [Full Text] [10.2514/1.A35499] [Journal Article/Letter]
2022. "The Contribution of Small Impact Craters to Lunar Polar Wander." The Planetary Science Journal 3 217 [10.3847/PSJ/ac8c39] [Journal Article/Letter]
2022. "Assessing the detectability of Europa’s seafloor topography from Europa Clipper’s gravity data." Planetary Science Journal 8 197 [Full Text] [10.3847/PSJ/ac82aa] [Journal Article/Letter]
2022. "New Constraints on the Volatile Deposit in Mercury’s North Polar Crater, Prokofiev." The Planetary Science Journal 3 (8): 188 [10.3847/psj/ac7d5a] [Journal Article/Letter]
2022. "Estimation of Crust and Lithospheric Properties for Mercury from High-resolution Gravity and Topography." The Planetary Science Journal 3 (6): 145 [10.3847/psj/ac703f] [Journal Article/Letter]
2022. "Geodetic investigations of the mission concept MAGIC to reveal Callisto’s internal structure." Acta Astronautica 195 68-76 [Full Text] [10.1016/j.actaastro.2022.02.013] [Journal Article/Letter]
2022. "Arecibo S-band Radar Characterization of Local-scale Heterogeneities within Mercury’s North Polar Deposits." The Planetary Science Journal 3 (3): 62 [10.3847/psj/ac54a0] [Journal Article/Letter]
2022. "Evaluation of Recent Measurements of Mercury’s Moments of Inertia and Tides Using a Comprehensive Markov Chain Monte Carlo Method." The Planetary Science Journal 3 (2): 37 [10.3847/psj/ac4bb8] [Journal Article/Letter]
2021. "Internal rubble properties of asteroid (101955) Bennu." Icarus 370 114665 [10.1016/j.icarus.2021.114665] [Journal Article/Letter]
2021. "Volatile interactions with the lunar surface." Geochemistry 125858 [10.1016/j.chemer.2021.125858] [Journal Article/Letter]
2021. "The Determination of the Rotational State and Interior Structure of Venus with VERITAS." The Planetary Science Journal (2): 220 [Full Text] [10.3847/PSJ/ac26c0] [Journal Article/Letter]
2021. "Mass and shape determination of (101955) Bennu using differenced data from multiple OSIRIS-REx mission phases." The Planetary Science Journal 2 (6): [10.3847/PSJ/ac26c4] [Journal Article/Letter]
2021. "Optical Gravimetry Mass Measurement Performance for Small Body Flyby Missions." Planetary and Space Science 205 105289 [Full Text] [10.1016/j.pss.2021.105289] [Journal Article/Letter]
2021. "Improved LOLA Elevation Maps for South Pole Landing Sites: Error Estimates and Their Impact on Illumination Conditions." Planetary and Space Science 203 105119 [Full Text] [10.1016/j.pss.2020.105119] [Journal Article/Letter]
2021. "Small PN-Code Lidar for Asteroid and Comet Missions – Receiver Processing and Performance Simulations." Remote Sensing 13 (12): 2282 [Full Text] [10.3390/rs13122282] [Journal Article/Letter]
2021. "Improved determination of Europa's long-wavelength topography using stellar occultations." Earth and Space Science e2020EA001586 [Full Text] [10.1029/2020EA001586] [Journal Article/Letter]
2021. "Framework for Coordinated Efforts in the Exploration of Volatiles in the South Polar Region of the Moon." Planetary Science Journal 2 103 [Full Text] [10.3847/PSJ/abf3c5] [Journal Article/Letter]
2021. "Erosion of volatiles by micro-meteoroid bombardment on Ceres, and comparison to the Moon and Mercury." Planetary Science Journal 2 85 [Full Text] [10.3847/PSJ/abef04] [Journal Article/Letter]
2021. "Small All-range Lidar for Asteroid and Comet Core Missions ." Sensors 21 (9): 3081 [Full Text] [10.3390/s21093081] [Journal Article/Letter]
2021. "Deriving Mercury geodetic parameters with altimetric crossovers from the Mercury Laser Altimeter (MLA)." Journal of Geophysical Research - Planets 126 (4): e2020JE006683 [Full Text] [10.1029/2020JE006683] [Journal Article/Letter]
2021. "The spectral radiance of indirectly illuminated surfaces in regions of permanent shadow on the Moon." Acta Astronautica 180 25-34 [10.1016/j.actaastro.2020.11.032] [Journal Article/Letter]
2021. "Internal rubble composition of asteroid (101955) Bennu." Icarus [Full Text] [Journal Article/Letter]
2021. "A theoretical assessment of the feasibility of potential Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter radio occultation observations of the lunar ionosphere." Advances in Space Research [Full Text] [10.1016/j.asr.2021.02.029] [Journal Article/Letter]
2020. "New Illumination and Temperature Constraints of Mercury’s Volatile Polar Deposits." The Planetary Science Journal 1 (3): 57 [10.3847/psj/abb1c2] [Journal Article/Letter]
2020. "Hemispherical differences in the shape and topography of asteroid (101955) Bennu." Science Advances 6 (41): eabd3649 [Full Text] [10.1126/sciadv.abd3649] [Journal Article/Letter]
2020. "Heterogenous mass distribution of the rubble-pile asteroid (101955) Bennu." Science Advances 6 (41): eabc3350 [Full Text] [10.1126/sciadv.abc3350] [Journal Article/Letter]
2020. "First Two-way Laser Ranging to a Lunar Orbiter: infrared observations from the Grasse station to LRO’s retro-reflector array ." Earth, Planets and Space [Full Text] [10.1186/s40623-020-01243-w] [Journal Article/Letter]
2020. "Dynamical Evolution of Simulated Particles Ejected From Asteroid Bennu." Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 125 (8): [10.1029/2019je006229] [Journal Article/Letter]
2020. "Optical Characterization of Laser Retroreflector Arrays for Lunar Landers." Applied Optics 59 (16): 5020-5031 [https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.388371] [Journal Article/Letter]
2020. "Meteoroid Bombardment of Lunar Poles." Astrophysical Journal 894 (2): [https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ab83ee] [Journal Article/Letter]
2020. "High-resolution gravity field models from GRAIL data and implications for models of the density structure of the Moon’s crust." Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 125 (2): [10.1029/2019JE006086] [Journal Article/Letter]
2020. "Ground and In‐Flight Calibration of the OSIRIS‐REx Camera Suite." Space Science Reviews 216 (12): [Full Text] [10.1007/s11214-019-0626-6] [Journal Article/Letter]
2020. "Improving the geometry of Kaguya extended mission data through refined orbit determination using laser altimetry." Icarus 336 [10.1016/j.icarus.2019.113454] [Journal Article/Letter]
2020. "Digital terrain mapping by the OSIRIS-REx mission." Planetary and Space Science 180 104764 [Full Text] [10.1016/j.pss.2019.104764] [Journal Article/Letter]
2019. "Small and Lightweight Laser Retro-Reflector Arrays for Lunar Landers." Applied Optics 58 (33): 9259-9266 [10.1364/AO.58.009259] [Journal Article/Letter]
2019. "Searching for lunar horizon glow with the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter." Journal of Geophysical Research - Planets [10.1029/2019JE006020] [Journal Article/Letter]
2019. "The thickness of radar-bright deposits in Mercury's northern hemisphere from individual Mercury Laser Altimeter tracks." Icarus 323 40-45 [Full Text] [10.1016/j.icarus.2019.01.016] [Journal Article/Letter]
2019. "The dynamic geophysical environment of (101955) Bennu based on OSIRIS-REx measurements." Nature Astronomy 3 (4): 352-361 [Full Text] [10.1038/s41550-019-0721-3] [Journal Article/Letter]
2019. "Shape of (101955) Bennu indicative of a rubble pile with internal stiffness." Nature Geoscience 12 (4): 247-252 [Full Text] [10.1038/s41561-019-0330-x] [Journal Article/Letter]
2019. "Geodetic evidence that Mercury has a solid inner core." Geophysical Research Letters 46 (7): 3625-3633 [Full Text] [10.1029/2018gl081135] [Journal Article/Letter]
2019. "Effects of Space Weathering and Porosity on the Far‐UV Reflectance of Amundsen Crater." Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 124 (3): 823-836 [10.1029/2018je005908] [Journal Article/Letter]
2018. "Advanced Illumination Modeling for Data Analysis and Calibration. Application to the Moon." Advances in Space Research 62 (11): 3214-3228 [Full Text] [10.1016/j.asr.2018.08.022] [Journal Article/Letter]
2018. "Orbit determination of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter: Status after Seven Years." Planetary and Space Science 162 2-19 [Full Text] [10.1016/j.pss.2017.10.004] [Journal Article/Letter]
2018. "Illumination conditions at the lunar poles: Implications for future exploration." Planetary and Space Science 162 170-178 [10.1016/j.pss.2017.07.006] [Journal Article/Letter]
2018. "In-flight characterization of the lunar orbiter laser altimeter instrument pointing and far-field pattern." Applied Optics 57 (27): 7702 [10.1364/ao.57.007702] [Journal Article/Letter]
2018. "Ice In Micro Cold-Traps on Mercury: Implications for Age and Origin." Journal of Geophysical Research - Planets 123 2178-2191 [10.1029/2018JE005644] [Journal Article/Letter]
2018. "Trilogy, a planetary geodesy mission concept for measuring the expansion of the solar system." Planetary and Space Science 153 127-133 [Full Text] [10.1016/j.pss.2018.02.003] [Journal Article/Letter]
2018. "Solar System Expansion and Strong Equivalence Principle as seen by the NASA MESSENGER mission." Nature Communications 9 289 [Full Text] [10.1038/s41467-017-02558-1] [Journal Article/Letter]
2017. "The Putative Cerean Exosphere." The Astrophysical Journal 850 (1): 85 [10.3847/1538-4357/aa932f] [Journal Article/Letter]
2017. "Recovery of Bennu's Orientation for the OSIRIS-REx Mission: Implications for the Spin State Accuracy and Geolocation Errors." Journal of Geodesy 91 (10): 1141-1161 [Full Text] [10.1007/s00190-017-1058-2] [Journal Article/Letter]
2017. "Evidence for a Low Bulk Crustal Density for Mars from Gravity and Topography." Geophysical Research Letters 44 (15): 7686–7694 [Full Text] [10.1002/2017GL074172] [Journal Article/Letter]
2017. "Evidence for surface water ice in the lunar polar regions using reflectance measurements from the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter and temperature measurements from the Diviner Lunar Radiometer Experiment." Icarus 292 74-85 [10.1016/j.icarus.2017.03.023] [Journal Article/Letter]
2017. "Small-scale density variations in the lunar crust revealed by GRAIL." Icarus 291 107-123 [10.1016/j.icarus.2017.03.017] [Journal Article/Letter]
2017. "Ceres' obliquity history and its implications for the permanently shadowed regions." Geophysical Research Letters [10.1002/2016GL072250] [Journal Article/Letter]
2017. "Analysis of one-way laser ranging data to LRO, time transfer and clock characterization." Icarus 283 38-54 [10.1016/j.icarus.2016.09.026] [Journal Article/Letter]
2017. "The Laser Ranging Experiment of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter: Five Years of Operations and Data Analysis." Icarus 283 55-69 [10.1016/j.icarus.2016.07.003] [Journal Article/Letter]
2017. "Summary of the Results from the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter after Seven Years in Lunar Orbit." Icarus 283 70-91 [10.1016/j.icarus.2016.06.006] [Journal Article/Letter]
2017. "Coordinates of anthropogenic features on the Moon." Icarus 283 92-103 [10.1016/j.icarus.2016.05.011] [Journal Article/Letter]
2016. "Surface Water Ice Deposits in Ceres' Northern Shadowed Regions." Nature Astronomy [10.1038/s41550-016-0007] [Journal Article/Letter]
2016. "Comparison of areas in shadow from imaging and altimetry in the north polar region of Mercury and implications for polar ice deposits." Icarus 280 158-171 [Full Text] [10.1016/j.icarus.2016.06.015] [Journal Article/Letter]
2016. "Gravity field of the Orientale basin from the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory Mission." Science 354 (6311): 438-441 [10.1126/science.aag0519] [Journal Article/Letter]
2016. "Demonstration of orbit determination for the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter using one-way laser ranging data." Planetary and Space Science 129 32-46 [10.1016/j.pss.2016.06.005] [Journal Article/Letter]
2016. "Improved calibration of reflectance data from the LRO Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA) and implications for space weathering." Icarus 273 315-328 [10.1016/j.icarus.2016.02.006] [Journal Article/Letter]
2016. "Lunar phase function at 1064 nm from Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter passive and active radiometry." Icarus 273 96–113 [10.1016/j.icarus.2016.02.008] [Journal Article/Letter]
2016. "A New Lunar Digital Elevation Model From the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter and SELENE Terrain Camera." Icarus 273 346–355 [10.1016/j.icarus.2015.07.039] [Journal Article/Letter]
2016. "The permanently shadowed regions of dwarf planet Ceres." Geophysical Research Letters 43 6783-6789 [10.1002/2016GL069368] [Journal Article/Letter]
2016. "Seasonal and static gravity field of Mars from MGS, Mars Odyssey and MRO radio science." Icarus 272 228-245 [10.1016/j.icarus.2016.02.050] [Journal Article/Letter]
2015. "Lunar impact basins revealed by Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory measurements." Science Advances 1 (9): e1500852-e1500852 [Full Text] [10.1126/sciadv.1500852] [Journal Article/Letter]
2015. "Orbit Determination of the Dawn Spacecraft with Radiometric and Image Data." Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets 52 (5): 1331-1337 [10.2514/1.a33224] [Journal Article/Letter]
2015. "Evidence for the sequestration of hydrogen-bearing volatiles towards the Moon’s southern pole-facing slopes." Icarus 255 88-99 [10.1016/j.icarus.2014.10.001] [Journal Article/Letter]
2015. "The age of lunar south circum-polar craters Haworth, Shoemaker, Faustini and Shackleton: Implications for regional geology, surface processes and volatile sequestration." Icarus 255 70–77 [10.1016/j.icarus.2015.03.016] [Journal Article/Letter]
2015. "Evidence for the sequestration of hydrogen-bearing volatiles towards the Moon’s southern pole-facing slopes." Icarus 255 88-99 [10.1016/j.icarus.2014.10.001] [Journal Article/Letter]
2015. "Low-altitude magnetic field measurements by MESSENGER reveal Mercury's ancient crustal field." Science 348 (6237): 892-895 [Full Text] [10.1126/science.aaa8720] [Journal Article/Letter]
2015. "Simulated Recovery of Europa's Global Shape and Tidal Love Numbers from Altimetry and Radio Tracking During a Dedicated Flyby Tour." Geophysical Research Letters 42 (9): [10.1002/2015GL063224] [Journal Article/Letter]
2015. "Long-term variability of CO2 and O in the Mars upper atmosphere from MRO radio science data." J. Geophys. Res.-Planets 120 (5): 849-868 [10.1002/2014JE004770] [Journal Article/Letter]
2015. "Evidence for the sequestration of hydrogen-bearing volatiles towards the Moon’s southern pole-facing slopes." Icarus 255 88-99 [10.1016/j.icarus.2014.10.001] [Journal Article/Letter]
2015. "The low-degree shape of Mercury." Geophys. Res. Lett. 42 6951–6958 [10.1002/2015GL065101] [Journal Article/Letter]
2015. "Deep-seated thrust faults bound the Mare Crisium lunar mascon." Earth and Planetary Science Letters 427 (1): 183-190 [10.1016/j.epsl.2015.06.022] [Journal Article/Letter]
2014. "The Gravity Field, Orientation, and Ephemeris of Mercury from MESSENGER Observations after Three Years in Orbit." J. Geophysical Res.-Planets 119 2417–2436 [10.1002/2014JE004675] [Journal Article/Letter]
2014. "Geological context of potential landing site of the Luna-Glob mission." Solar System Research 48 (6): 391-402 [10.1134/S0038094614060021] [Journal Article/Letter]
2014. "Images of surface volatiles in Mercury's polar craters acquired by the MESSENGER spacecraft." Geology 42 (12): 1051-1054 [10.1130/G35916.1] [Journal Article/Letter]
2014. "Illumination conditions at the lunar south pole using high resolution Digital Terrain Models from LOLA." Icarus 243 78-90 [10.1016/j.icarus.2014.08.013] [Journal Article/Letter]
2014. "The global albedo of the Moon at 1064 nm from LOLA." Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 119 (7): 1665-1679 [10.1002/2013JE004592] [Journal Article/Letter]
2014. "Lunar interior properties from the GRAIL mission." J. Geophys. Res.-Planets [10.1002/2013JE004559] [Journal Article/Letter]
2014. "High-resolution local gravity model of the south pole of the Moon from GRAIL extended mission data." Geophys. Res. Lett. 41 (10): 3367-3374 [Full Text] [10.1002/2014GL060178] [Journal Article/Letter]
2014. "GRGM900C: A degree-900 lunar gravity model from GRAIL primary and extended mission data." Geophys. Res. Lett. 41 (10): 3382-3389 [Full Text] [10.1002/2014GL060027] [Journal Article/Letter]
2014. "Detection of the lunar body tide by the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter." Geophysical Research Letters 41 (7): 2282-2288 [Full Text] [10.1002/2013GL059085] [Journal Article/Letter]
2013. "High-degree gravity models from GRAIL primary mission data." J. Geophys. Res.-Planets 118 1676-1698 [10.1002/jgre.20118] [Journal Article/Letter]
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2013. "Bright and Dark Polar Deposits on Mercury: Evidence for Surface Volatiles." Science 339 (6117): 296-300 [Full Text] [10.1126/science.1229764] [Journal Article/Letter]
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2012. "Gravity field of the Moon from the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) Mission." Science 339 (6120): 668-671 [Full Text] [10.1126/science.1231507] [Journal Article/Letter]
2012. "Ancient Igneous Intrusions and Early Expansion of the Moon Revealed by GRAIL Gravity Gradiometry." Science 339 (6120): 675-678 [Full Text] [10.1126/science.1231753] [Journal Article/Letter]
2012. "Characterization of the Morphometry of Impact Craters Hosting Polar Deposits in Mercury's North Polar Region." JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH 117 (E00L13): 12 [https://doi.org/10.1029/2012JE004155] [Journal Article/Letter]
2012. "Topography of the Northern Hemisphere of Mercury from MESSENGER Laser Altimetry." Science 336 (6078): 217-220 [Full Text] [10.1126/science.1218805] [Journal Article/Letter]
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2012. "Orbit determination of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter." J. Geodesy 86 (3): 193-207 [10.1007/s00190-011-0509-4] [Journal Article/Letter]
2012. "Lunar impact basins: Stratigraphy, sequence and ages from superposed impact crater populations measured from Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA) data." Journal of Geophysical Research-Planets 117 (E00H06): [10.1029/2011JE003951] [Journal Article/Letter]
2012. "LU60645GT and MA132843GT catalogues of Lunar and Martian impact craters developed using a Crater Shape-based interpolation crater detection algorithm for topography data." Planetary and Space Science 60 (1): 236-247 [10.1016/j.pss.2011.09.003] [Journal Article/Letter]
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2012. "Global Maps of Lunar Neutron Flux from LEND Instrument." JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH JE003949 18 [10.1029/2011JE003949] [Journal Article/Letter]
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2012. "Far-Ultraviolet Reflectance Properties of the Moon’s 2 Permanently Shadowed Regions." Journal of Geophysical Research [Journal Article/Letter]
2011. "New analysis of Lunar Prospector radio tracking data brings the nearside gravity field of the Moon with an unprecedented resolution." Icarus 215 (2): 455-459 [10.1016/j.icarus.2011.07.020] [Journal Article/Letter]
2011. "Global surface slopes and roughness of the Moon from the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter." Journal of Geophysical Research 116 02001 [Full Text] [10.1029/2010JE003716] [Journal Article/Letter]
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2010. "Hydrogen Mapping of the Lunar South Pole Using the LRO Neutron Detector Experiment LEND." Science 330 (6003): 483-486 [Full Text] [10.1126/science.1185696] [Journal Article/Letter]
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2010. "Geodetic constraints from multi-beam laser altimeter crossovers." Journal of Geodesy 84 (6): 343-354 [10.1007/s00190-010-0379-1] [Journal Article/Letter]
2010. "GLGM-3, a Degree-150 Lunar Gravity Model from the Historical Tracking Data of NASA Moon Orbiters." J. Geophys. Res.-Planets 115 (E5): E05001 [Full Text] [10.1029/2009JE003472] [Journal Article/Letter]
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2009. "PLANETARY SCIENCE Seeing the Missing Half." Science 323 (5916): 885-887 [Journal Article/Letter]
2009. "Effects of Self-Shadowing on Nonconservative Force Modeling for Mars-Orbiting Spacecraft ." Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets 46 (3): 662-669 [Full Text] [10.2514/1.41679] [Journal Article/Letter]
2008. "Observation of atmospheric tides in the Martian exosphere using Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter radio tracking data." Geophys. Res. Lett. 35 (L09202): [10.1029/2008GL033388] [Journal Article/Letter]
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2007. "Measurement of the Martian upper atmospheric density using Mars Odyssey radio tracking data." Journal of Geophysical Research 112 (E5): E05014 [10.1029/2006JE002734] [Journal Article/Letter]
2006. "Global scale lunar sample return using projectiles launched from a low-flying spacecraft." Advances in Space Research 39 (4): 627-635 [10.1016/j.asr.2006.10.010] [Journal Article/Letter]
Non-Refereed
2024. "A small all-range LIDAR for topographic mapping from orbit and navigation guidance during descent and touchdown." SPIE Laser Radar Technology and Applications XXIX 13049 1304905 [10.1117/12.3012734] [Proceedings]
2021. "Extending Science from Lunar Laser Ranging." Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society 53 (4): [10.3847/25c2cfeb.3dc2e5e4] [Journal Article/Letter]
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