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A Comet Active Beyond the Crystallization Zone ⬇️

scholarly article

A Consensus Crater Catalog of Pluto, Charon, and Nix ⬇️

conference paper published in 2016

A Pluto-like radius and a high albedo for the dwarf planet Eris from an occultation

scientific article

A Pristine “Contact Binary” in the Kuiper Belt: Implications from the New Horizons Encounter with 2014 MU69 (“Ultima Thule”) ⬇️

conference paper published in 2019

A Search for Argon and O [CSC]vi[/CSC] in Three Comets Using the [ITAL]Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer[/ITAL] ⬇️

scientific article published in the Astrophysical Journal

A binary main-belt comet

scientific article

A giant impact origin for Pluto's small moons and satellite multiplicity in the Kuiper belt

scientific article

A high-resolution infrared spectral survey of 103P/Hartley 2 on the night of the EPOXI closest approach

article by Neil Dello Russo et al published February 2013 in Icarus

A recent disruption of the main-belt asteroid P/2010 A2

scientific article

APO Time-resolved Color Photometry of Highly Elongated Interstellar Object 1I/‘Oumuamua ⬇️

article by Bryce T. Bolin et al published 22 December 2017 in Letters of the Astrophysical Journal

Albedo and atmospheric constraints of dwarf planet Makemake from a stellar occultation

scientific article (publication date: 21 November 2012)

An upper bound on Pluto's heat flux from a lack of flexural response of its normal faults

scientific article

Anatomy of an Asteroid Breakup: The Case of P/2013 R3

scientific article published in Astronomical Journal

Are Maryland and Other Craters on CCKBO Arrokoth Compaction Craters, and Does it Matter? ⬇️

conference paper published in 2021

Basins, fractures and volcanoes: Global cartography and topography of Pluto from New Horizons

article

Bladed Terrain on Pluto: Possible origins and evolution

article by Jeffrey M. Moore et al published January 2018 in Icarus

Body building in the solar nebula

scientific article published in Nature

Breaking up is hard to do: Global cartography and topography of Pluto's mid-sized icy Moon Charon from New Horizons

article

Cartography at the Edge of the Solar System ⬇️

conference paper published in 2016

ChandraObservations of Comet 2P/Encke 2003: First Detection of a Collisionally Thin, Fast Solar Wind Charge Exchange System ⬇️

scientific article published in the Astrophysical Journal

Changing characteristics of jupiter's little red spot

scientific article published in Astronomical Journal

Chaos Terrains on Pluto, Europa, and Mars — Morphological Comparison of Blocks ⬇️

conference paper published in 2019

Chaos Terrains on Pluto, Europa, and Mars: Insights to Crustal Lithology and Structure ⬇️

conference paper published in 2021

Characterizing the dust Coma of comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) at 4.15 AU from the Sun ⬇️

scholarly article

Charon tectonics ⬇️

scientific article published on 16 December 2016

Charon's Smooth Plains ⬇️

conference paper published in 2018

Climate zones on Pluto and Charon

scholarly article

Clump detections and limits on moons in Jupiter's ring system

scientific article

Collisions with Small Classical Kuiper Belt Objects are Not Sufficient to Cause Substantial Spin Changes to Arrokoth ⬇️

conference paper published in 2021

Color, composition, and thermal environment of Kuiper Belt object (486958) Arrokoth ⬇️

scientific article published on 13 February 2020

Comparing (486958) 2014 MU69 to Cometary Nuclei: Shapes and Surfaces ⬇️

conference paper published in 2019

Compositional homogeneity in the fragmented comet 73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann 3

scientific article published in Nature

Constraining the IMF at Pluto Using New Horizons SWAP Data and Hybrid Simulations

scientific article

Constraints on the microphysics of Pluto's photochemical haze from New Horizons observations

article

Convection in Sputnik Planitia, Pluto: Depth of the N2 Ice Layer and Possible Presence of Basal N2 Melt ⬇️

conference paper published in 2017

Convection in a volatile nitrogen-ice-rich layer drives Pluto's geological vigour

scientific article

Corrigendum: Convection in a volatile nitrogen-ice-rich layer drives Pluto's geological vigour

scientific article published on 6 July 2016

Crater Morphology on 2014 MU69 — Predictions for New Horizons High Resolution Imaging ⬇️

conference paper published in 2019

Craters of the Pluto-Charon system

article

Craters on Pluto and Charon — Surface Ages and Impactor Populations ⬇️

conference paper published in 2016

Cryovolcanism on Pluto ⬇️

conference paper published in 2019

Cryovolcanism on Pluto from the New Horizons Flyby ⬇️

conference paper published in 2018

Deep Impact: observations from a worldwide Earth-based campaign.

scientific article published on 08 September 2005

Deriving an Ultima Thule Digital Shape Kernel ⬇️

conference paper published in 2019

Detection of CO and HCN in Pluto’s atmosphere with ALMA ⬇️

Detection of Radio Thermal Emission from the Kuiper Belt Object (486958) Arrokoth during the New Horizons Encounter

scientific article published in 2022

Detection of ammonia on Pluto's surface in a region of geologically recent tectonism

scientific article published on 29 May 2019

Determining the Alpha to Proton Density Ratio for the New Horizons Solar Wind Observations

scientific article published in the Astrophysical Journal

Development and testing of a pyro-driven launcher for harpoon-based comet sample acquisition

article

Dunes on Pluto

scientific article published in Science

EPOXI: comet 103P/Hartley 2 observations from a worldwide campaign ⬇️

Emerging trends and a comet taxonomy based on the volatile chemistry measured in thirty comets with high-resolution infrared spectroscopy between 1997 and 2013

scientific article

Evidence for Possible Clouds in Pluto’s Present-day Atmosphere

scientific article published in Astronomical Journal

Evidence of sub-surface energy storage in comet 67P from the outburst of 2016 July 03

scientific article

Evolution of H2O production in comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) as inferred from forbidden oxygen and OH emission

scholarly article

Examining Scenarios for Glacial Flow of Volatile Ices onto Pluto's Sputnik Planum ⬇️

conference paper published in 2016

Extremely organic-rich Coma of comet C/2010 G2 (Hill) during its outburst in 2012 ⬇️

scientific article published in the Astrophysical Journal

Far-ultraviolet Spectroscopy of Recent Comets with the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph on the Hubble Space Telescope

scientific article published in Astronomical Journal

Fragmentation kinematics in comet 332P/Ikeya-Murakami ⬇️

scientific article

Galaxy evolution explorer observations of CS and OH emission in comet 9P/Tempel 1 during deep impact ⬇️

scientific article published in the Astrophysical Journal

Generating a 3D Shape Model of 2014 MU69 for Scientific Visualization and Public Outreach ⬇️

conference paper published in 2019

Geologic Landforms and Chronostratigraphic History of Charon as Revealed by a Hemispheric Geologic Map ⬇️

scientific article published in January 2019

Geologic Map of New Horizons' Encounter Hemisphere of Charon ⬇️

conference paper published in 2016

Geologic Map of New Horizons' Encounter Hemisphere of Charon, III ⬇️

conference paper published in 2017

Geologic Map of New Horizons' Encounter Hemisphere of Charon, IV ⬇️

conference paper published in 2018

Geologic Map of New Horizons' Encounter Hemisphere of Charon, V ⬇️

conference paper published in 2018

Geological Mapping of Pluto and Charon Using New Horizons Data ⬇️

journal article from 'ISPRS - International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences' published in 2016

Geological mapping of Sputnik Planitia on Pluto

scientific article

Geology before Pluto: Pre-encounter considerations

article

Geology of Charon ⬇️

conference paper published in 2019

Geology of Vulcan Planum, Charon ⬇️

conference paper published in 2017

Global albedos of Pluto and Charon from LORRI New Horizons observations

Great Expectations: Plans and Predictions for New Horizons Encounter With Kuiper Belt Object 2014 MU69 (“Ultima Thule”) ⬇️

article

Hale–Bopp looks like a winner

scientific article published in Nature

Have Stellar Occultations Probed Charon's Chasmata? ⬇️

conference paper published in 2016

Haze in Pluto's atmosphere

article

High-Resolution Pixel-Scale Topography of Pluto and Charon ⬇️

conference paper published in 2019

High-Resolution Topography of Pluto and Charon: Getting Down to Details ⬇️

conference paper published in 2018

Highly Localized Seasonal Cold-Trapping in the Neck of 2014 MU69 'Ultima Thule' ⬇️

conference paper published in 2019

Hubble Space Telescope investigation of main-belt comet 133P/Elst-Pizarro ⬇️

scientific article published in Astronomical Journal

Hubble Space Telescope observations of Comet 9P/Tempel 1 during the Deep Impact encounter

scientific article

Hubble Space Telescope observations of Comet 9P/Tempel 1 during the Deep Impact encounter

article published in 2007

Hubble and Keck telescope observations of active asteroid 288P/300163 (2006 VW139) ⬇️

scientific article published in Astronomical Journal

Hypervolatiles in a Jupiter-family Comet: Observations of 45P/Honda–Mrkos–Pajdušáková Using iSHELL at the NASA-IRTF

scientific article published in Astronomical Journal

IUE observations of the UV spectrum of comet Bradfield

scientific article published in Nature

Impact Craters on 2014 MU69: Implications for the Geologic History of MU69 and Kuiper Belt Population Size-Frequency Distributions ⬇️

conference paper published in 2019

Impact Craters on Pluto: Size-Frequency Distributions, Morphologies, Terrain Ages ⬇️

conference paper published in 2019

Impact Origin of Sputnik Planitia Basin, Pluto ⬇️

conference paper published in 2017

Impact craters on Pluto and Charon indicate a deficit of small Kuiper belt objects ⬇️

scientific article published on 01 March 2019

Inflight radiometric calibration of New Horizons’ Multispectral Visible Imaging Camera (MVIC)

scientific article

Infrared measurements of the chemical composition of C/2006 P1 McNaught

article

Initial results from the New Horizons exploration of 2014 MU69, a small Kuiper Belt object ⬇️

article

Interplanetary magnetic field sector from solar wind around Pluto (SWAP) measurements of heavy ion pickup near Pluto ⬇️

scholarly article

Interstellar Pickup Ion Observations Halfway to the Termination Shock

scientific article published in May 2021

Interstellar pickup ion observations to 38 au

scientific article published in January 2017

Investigation of Charon's Craters With Abrupt Terminus Ejecta, Comparisons With Other Icy Bodies, and Formation Implications ⬇️

scholarly article

Io volcanism seen by new horizons: a major eruption of the Tvashtar volcano

scientific article

Io's atmospheric response to eclipse: UV aurorae observations

scientific article

Is CO2 responsible for the outbursts of comet Halley?

scientific article published in Nature

Jupiter's nightside airglow and aurora

scientific article published on October 2007

Kuiper Belt Object 2014 MU69: Correlation Between Albedo and Landforms ⬇️

conference paper published in 2019

Landslides in the Serenity Chasma Region, Charon ⬇️

conference paper published in 2018

Landslides on Charon

scholarly article

Limb Topography of 2014 MU69: First Results from the New Horizons Flyby ⬇️

conference paper published in 2019

Long-Range Reconnaissance Imager on New Horizons

scientific article (publication date: 9 November 2007)

Long-Range Reconnaissance Imager on New Horizons

scholarly article

Mean radius and shape of Pluto and Charon from New Horizons images

scholarly article

Measurements of the near-nucleus coma of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko with the Alice far-ultraviolet spectrograph on Rosetta ⬇️

scientific article published in Astronomy and Astrophysics

Merger and Spindown of (486958) Arrokoth by Collisions ⬇️

conference paper published in 2020

Morphological comparison of blocks in chaos terrains on Pluto, Europa, and Mars

scientific article published in March 2021

New Constraints on Additional Satellites of the Pluto System

scientific article (publication date: 20 June 2006)

New Horizons Cruise and Approach Phase 1 Photometry for Pluto and a Solar Phase Curve ⬇️

conference paper published in 2015

New Horizons Upper Limits on O2 in Pluto’s Present Day Atmosphere

scientific article published in Astronomical Journal

New Horizons constraints on Charon's present day atmosphere

article

New Horizons: Anticipated Scientific Investigations at the Pluto System

article

New horizons mapping of Europa and Ganymede

scientific article

Non-gravitational acceleration in the trajectory of 1I/2017 U1 (‘Oumuamua)

scientific article published in Nature

Not a rubble pile?

scientific article published on 01 June 2004

Nucleus and mass loss from active asteroid 313P/Gibbs ⬇️

scientific article published in Astronomical Journal

On the possible noble gas deficiency of Pluto’s atmosphere

On-Orbit Performance of the [ITAL]Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer[/ITAL] Satellite ⬇️

scientific article published in the Astrophysical Journal

Origins of pits and troughs and degradation on a small primitive planetesimal in the Kuiper Belt: high-resolution topography of (486958) Arrokoth (aka 2014 MU69) from New Horizons

scientific article published in March 2021

Overview of the [ITAL]Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer[/ITAL] Mission ⬇️

scientific article published in the Astrophysical Journal

Parent volatiles in Comet 103P/Hartley 2 observed by Keck II with NIRSPEC during the 2010 apparition

scholarly article

Phase Curves of Nix and Hydra from the New Horizons Imaging Cameras ⬇️

Photometric Properties of Pluto ⬇️

conference paper published in 2016

Physical properties of the ESA Rosetta target asteroid (21) Lutetia

scientific article published in Astronomy and Astrophysics

Physical properties of the ESA Rosetta target asteroid (21) Lutetia

scientific article (publication date: November 2010)

Pluto's Far Side

scientific article published in March 2021

Pluto's Putative Cryovolcanic Constructs ⬇️

conference paper published in 2016

Pluto's haze as a surface material

scientific article published in November 2018

Pluto's interaction with its space environment: Solar wind, energetic particles, and dust

scientific article

Pluto's interaction with the solar wind

scientific article

Pluto: Pits and mantles on uplands north and east of Sputnik Planitia

scholarly article

Pluto’s Heat Flow: A Mystery Wrapped in an Ocean Inside an Ice Shell ⬇️

conference paper published in 2018

Polar lightning and decadal-scale cloud variability on Jupiter

scientific article

Post-Perihelion HST Observations of Comet Hale–Bopp (C/1995 O1)

Post-perihelion observations of water in comet Halley

scientific article published in Nature

Potential Mapping Schemes and Reference Systems for MU69 ⬇️

conference paper published in 2019

Prebiotic Chemistry of Pluto

scientific article published on 23 March 2019

Present and past glaciation on Pluto

journal article

Recent cryovolcanism in Virgil Fossae on Pluto

article

Reorientation of Sputnik Planitia implies a subsurface ocean on Pluto

scientific article

Rosetta Alice/VIRTIS observations of the water vapour UV electroglow emissions around comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko

scientific article

Scarp Retreat on (486958) Arrokoth: Evidence and Implications for Composition and Structure ⬇️

conference paper published in 2020

Spitzer Observations of Interstellar Object 1I/‘Oumuamua

scientific article published in Astronomical Journal

Spitzer observations of the asteroid-comet transition object and potential spacecraft target 107P (4015) Wilson-Harrington

scientific article published in Astronomy and Astrophysics

Stellar Occultation by Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko Observed with Rosetta's Alice Far-ultraviolet Spectrograph

Sublimation as a Landform-Shaping Process on Pluto ⬇️

conference paper published in 2016

Sublimation as a landform-shaping process on Pluto

article

Suprathermal Ions in the Outer Heliosphere

article

Surface compositions across Pluto and Charon

scientific article

Tectonics of Charon ⬇️

conference paper published in 2016

The 2016 Feb 19 outburst of comet 67P/CG: an ESA Rosetta multi-instrument study

scientific article

The CH4 cycles on Pluto over seasonal and astronomical timescales

The Deep Impact Earth-Based Campaign

The Deep Impact Earth-Based Campaign

The Excited Spin State of 1I/2017 U1 ‘Oumuamua ⬇️

The Far Side of Charon ⬇️

conference paper published in 2020

The Geology of 2014 MU69 (“Ultima Thule”): Initial Results from The New Horizons Encounter ⬇️

conference paper published in 2019

The Geology of Pluto ⬇️

conference paper published in 2019

The Geophysical Environment of (486958) Arrokoth ⬇️

conference paper published in 2020

The Global Color of Pluto from New Horizons ⬇️

scientific article published in Astronomical Journal

The Lyman-α Sky Background as Observed by New Horizons

article

The New Horizons Kuiper Belt Extended Mission

The Nucleus of Active Asteroid 311P/(2013 P5) PANSTARRS

scientific article published in Astronomical Journal

The Pluto System After New Horizons

article

The Pluto system: Initial results from its exploration by New Horizons

scientific article (publication date: 15 October 2015)

The Pluto-Charon System Revealed: Geophysics, Activity, and Origins ⬇️

conference paper published in 2016

The Sizes, Shapes, Albedos, and Colors of Cometary Nuclei

book chapter

The Volatile Composition of Comet 17P/Holmes after Its Extraordinary Outburst ⬇️

scientific article published in the Astrophysical Journal

The Volatile Composition of the Inner Coma of Comet 46P/Wirtanen: Coordinated Observations Using iSHELL at the NASA-IRTF and Keck/NIRSPEC-2

scholarly article

The atmosphere of Pluto as observed by New Horizons

scientific article

The compositional evolution of C/2012 S1 (ISON) from ground-based high-resolution infrared spectroscopy as part of a worldwide observing campaign

article

The extraordinary multi-tailed main-belt comet P/2013 P5 ⬇️

scientific article

The first high-phase observations of a KBO: New Horizons imaging of (15810) 1994 JR_1_ from the Kuiper Belt ⬇️

scientific article (publication date: September 2016)

The formation of Charon's red poles from seasonally cold-trapped volatiles

scientific article

The geology and geophysics of Kuiper Belt object (486958) Arrokoth ⬇️

journal article

The geology of Pluto and Charon through the eyes of New Horizons

scientific article

The nature and frequency of the gas outbursts in comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko observed by the Alice far-ultraviolet spectrograph on Rosetta ⬇️

scientific article

The nature and origin of Charon's smooth plains ⬇️

journal article

The nitrogen cycles on Pluto over seasonal and astronomical timescales

journal article

The organic composition of Comet C/2000 WM1 (LINEAR) revealed through infrared spectroscopy

article

The persistent activity of Jupiter-family comets at 3–7AU

article

The photochemistry of Pluto's atmosphere as illuminated by New Horizons

article

The progressive fragmentation of 332P/Ikeya-Murakami ⬇️

scientific article

The puzzling detection of x-rays from Pluto by Chandra

The small satellites of Pluto as observed by New Horizons

scientific article

The surface compositions of Pluto and Charon

article

The volatile composition and activity of comet 103P/Hartley 2 during the EPOXI closest approach ⬇️

article

Thermal Convection in Solid Nitrogen, and the Depth and Surface Age of Cellular Terrain Within Sputnik Planum, Pluto ⬇️

conference paper published in 2016

Thermal properties, sizes, and size distribution of Jupiter-family cometary nuclei

Topographic Mapping of Pluto and Charon Using New Horizons Data ⬇️

journal article from 'ISPRS - International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences' published in 2016

Topography of Pluto and Charon: Impact Cratering ⬇️

conference paper published in 2016

Topography of Ultima Thule (2014 MU69) at Local Scales: Surface Evolution of a Small Primitive Body ⬇️

conference paper published in 2019

Ultraviolet spectra of comets observed with the International Ultraviolet Explorer satellite observatory

PhD thesis of astronomer Hal Weaver

Using Computer-Generated Imagery (CGI) for Science and Outreach on Missions: New Horizons' Encounter with the Pluto-Charon System and (486958) 2014 MU69 ⬇️

conference paper published in 2019

Vulcan Planitia, Type Example of Outer Solar System Ammonia-Water Cryovolcanism ⬇️

conference paper published in 2018

Washboard and Fluted Terrain on Pluto: Evidence for Past Expanded Glaciation ⬇️

conference paper published in 2018

Washboard and Fluted Terrains on Pluto as Evidence for Ancient Glaciation ⬇️

conference paper published in 2019

Washboard and fluted terrains on Pluto as evidence for ancient glaciation

journal article

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