List of works by Faith Vilas

A CCD search for geosynchronous debris

scientific article

A Cheaper, Faster, Better Way to Detect Water of Hydration on Solar System Bodies

scholarly article

A charge-coupled device observation of Charon

scientific article

A newly-identified spectral reflectance signature near the lunar South pole and the South Pole-Aitken Basin

article by Faith Vilas et al published January 2008 in Earth, Planets and Space

Aqueous alteration affecting the irregular outer planets satellites: Evidence from spectral reflectance

scholarly article

Are Low-Albedo Asteroids Thermally Metamorphosed?

CCD Reflectance Spectra of Selected Asteroids. II. Low-Albedo Asteroid Spectra and Data Extraction Techniques

scholarly article

CCD reflectance spectra of selected asteroids

Ceres: Sulfur deposits and graphitized carbon

scholarly article

Characterization of the morphometry of impact craters hosting polar deposits in Mercury's north polar region

scholarly article

Closing in on HED meteorite sources

Coronagraph for astronomical imaging and spectrophotometry

scientific article published on 01 February 1987

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

scientific article published on 08 September 2005

Digging into the surface of the icy dwarf planet Eris

scientific article

Discovery and Analysis of Minor Absorption Bands in S-Asteroid Visible Reflectance Spectra

Diurnally Migrating Lunar Water: Evidence From Ultraviolet Data

scholarly article

Editorial: Introducing the Planetary Science Journal

scholarly article

Evidence of N2-ice on the surface of the icy dwarf Planet 136472 (2005 FY9)

article

Exploring the asteroid belt with ion propulsion: Dawn mission history, status and plans

Extracting Spectral Information about 253 Mathilde Using the NEAR Photometry

Ferric Iron in Primitive Asteroids: A 0.43-μm Absorption Feature

article published in 1993

Global photometric properties of (162173) Ryugu

scientific article

How much material do the radar-bright craters at the Mercurian poles contain?

article published in 2005

Iapetus dark and bright material:

Investigating the Vesta–vestoid–HED connection

scholarly article

Iron Alteration Minerals in the Visible and Near-Infrared Spectra of Low-Albedo Asteroids

Is the U-B Color Sufficient for Identifying Water of Hydration on Solar System Bodies?

scholarly article

LCROSS (Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite) Observation Campaign: Strategies, Implementation, and Lessons Learned

article

Local topographic effects on photometry and reflectance spectra of planetary surfaces: An example based on lunar photometry

scholarly article

Low-cost airborne astronomy imager to begin research phase

scholarly article by Alan Stern et al published 7 March 2000 in Eos

MESSENGER Observations of Magnetohydrodynamic Waves in the Solar Corona from Faraday Rotation

Measurements of Faraday Rotation Through the Solar Corona During the 2009 Solar Minimum with the MESSENGER Spacecraft

Mercury's spectrophotometric properties: Update from the Mercury Dual Imaging System observations during the third MESSENGER flyby

Mercury: Absence of crystalline Fe2+ in the regolith

scientific article

Mercury: Spectral reflectance measurements (0.33–1.06 μm) 1974/1975

scholarly article

Mercury’s Weather-Beaten Surface: Understanding Mercury in the Context of Lunar and Asteroidal Space Weathering Studies

article

Methane and nitrogen abundances on Pluto and Eris

scientific article published in the Astrophysical Journal

Mineralogical composition of (25143) Itokawa 1998 SF36from visible and near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy: Evidence for partial melting

scholarly article

Mineralogical indicators of Mercury's hollows composition in MESSENGER color observations

article

Multi-wavelength observations of Asteroid 2100 Ra-Shalom

scientific article (publication date: 2008)

Near-Infrared Spectral Results of Asteroid Itokawa from the Hayabusa Spacecraft

scientific article published in Science

Near-infrared spectrophotometry of Asteroid 25143 Itokawa from NIRS on the Hayabusa spacecraft

Neptune's rings

scientific article published in Nature

New candidates for active asteroids: Main-belt (145) Adeona, (704) Interamnia, (779) Nina, (1474) Beira, and near-Earth (162,173) Ryugu

Oblateness, radius, and mean stratospheric temperature of Neptune from the 1985 August 20 occultation

Occultation detection of a neptunian ring-like arc

scientific article published in Nature

Occultation determination of Neptune's oblateness and stratospheric methane mixing ratio

scientific article published in Nature

Optical Spectroscopy of the Large Kuiper Belt Objects 136472 (2005 FY9) and 136108 (2003 EL61)

scientific article (publication date: 8 January 2007)

Orbital multispectral mapping of Mercury with the MESSENGER Mercury Dual Imaging System: Evidence for the origins of plains units and low-reflectance material

Phyllosilicate Absorption Features in Main-Belt and Outer-Belt Asteroid Reflectance Spectra

scientific article published in Science

Physical characteristics of Hayabusa target Asteroid 25143 Itokawa

article

Physical parameters of near-Earth asteroid 1982 DV

scientific article

Plasma Interactions with the Space Environment in the Acceleration Region: Indications of CME-trailing Reconnection Regions

scientific article published in the Astrophysical Journal

Quantified mineralogical evidence for a common origin of 1929 Kollaa with 4 Vesta and the HED meteorites

article

Reflectance spectrophotometry (∼0.5–1.0 μm) of outer-belt asteroids: Implications for primitive, organic solar system material

scholarly article

Regional spectrophotometric properties of 951 Gaspra

SWUIS-A: a versatile low-cost UV/VIS/IR imaging system for airborne astronomy and aeronomy research

scholarly article published 29 November 2000

Space Weathering of S-Complex Asteroids Manifested in the UV/Blue: Recent Insights and Future Directions

Space station freedom debris protection techniques

Spectral absorptions on Phobos and Deimos in the visible/near infrared wavelengths and their compositional constraints

article

Spectral characteristics of Hayabusa 2 near-earth asteroid targets 162173 1999 JU3 and 2001 QC34

scientific article published in Astronomical Journal

Spectrophotometry of Kuiper Belt Objects 20000 Varuna, 2000 Eb173and Centaur 10199 Chariklo

Spectroscopic Observations of Mercury's Surface Reflectance During MESSENGER's First Mercury Flyby

scientific article

The 2004 Las Campanas/Lowell Observatory Itokawa campaign: I. Simultaneous visible and near-infrared photometry of the Hayabusa mission target

scientific article

The 2004 Las Campanas/Lowell Observatory campaign II. Surface properties of Hayabusa target Asteroid 25143 Itokawa inferred from Hapke modeling

The 506nm absorption feature in pyroxene spectra: Nature and implications for spectroscopy-based studies of pyroxene-bearing targets

scientific article

The Changing Spectrum of Vesta: Rotationally Resolved Spectroscopy of Pyroxene on the Surface

The Effects of Space Weathering at UV Wavelengths: S-Class Asteroids

scientific article published in Astronomical Journal

The UV signature of carbon in the solar system

scholarly article

The UV/Blue effects of space weathering manifested in s-complex asteroids. I. Quantifying change with asteroid age

scientific article published in Astronomical Journal

The UV/blue effects of space weathering manifested in S-complex asteroids II: Probing for less-weathered objects in the Solar System

article by Faith Vilas et al published December 2015 in Planetary and Space Science

The dependence of reflectance spectra of Mercury on surface terrain

scholarly article

The detection of earth orbiting objects by IRAS

The fate of amino acids during simulated meteoritic impact

scientific article published in December 2009

The geomorphology, color, and thermal properties of Ryugu: Implications for parent-body processes

scientific article published on 19 March 2019

The low-iron, reduced surface of Mercury as seen in spectral reflectance by MESSENGER

article

The mystery of 506.5 nm feature of reflectance spectra of Vesta and Vestoids: Evidence for space weathering?

The surface composition of asteroid 162173 Ryugu from Hayabusa2 near-infrared spectroscopy

scientific article published on 19 March 2019

Thermal models applicable for visual and infrared studies of orbital debris

Unraveling the Zebra: Clues to the Iapetus Dark Material Composition

article

Vesta and the Vestoids: A New Rock Group?

Vis-NIR disk-integrated photometry of asteroid 25143 Itokawa around opposition by AMICA/Hayabusa

scientific article

Whole-disk spectrophotometric properties of Mercury: Synthesis of MESSENGER and ground-based observations