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Carolyn C. Porco
Researcher at Space Science Institute
Publications - 147
Citations - 9275
Carolyn C. Porco is an academic researcher from Space Science Institute. The author has contributed to research in topics: Saturn & Rings of Saturn. The author has an hindex of 51, co-authored 146 publications receiving 8617 citations. Previous affiliations of Carolyn C. Porco include University of Arizona & University College London.
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Cassini Observes the Active South Pole of Enceladus
Carolyn C. Porco,Paul Helfenstein,Peter C. Thomas,Andrew P. Ingersoll,Jack Wisdom,Robert West,Gerhard Neukum,Tilmann Denk,Roland Wagner,Thomas Roatsch,Susan W. Kieffer,Elizabeth P. Turtle,Alfred S. McEwen,Torrence V. Johnson,Julie A. Rathbun,J. Veverka,Daren Wilson,Jason Perry,Joseph N. Spitale,André Brahic,Joseph A. Burns,Anthony D. DelGenio,Luke Dones,Carl D. Murray,Steven W. Squyres +24 more
TL;DR: Cassini has identified a geologically active province at the south pole of Saturn's moon Enceladus in images acquired by the Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS), this region is circumscribed by a chain of folded ridges and troughs at ∼55°S latitude as mentioned in this paper.
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Voyager 2 at neptune: imaging science results.
Bradford A. Smith,L. A. Soderblom,Don Banfield,C. D. Barnet,Alexander T. Basilevsky,Reta Beebe,K. Bollinger,Joseph M. Boyce,André Brahic,G. A. Briggs,Robert H. Brown,Christopher F. Chyba,Stewart A. Collins,Tim R. Colvin,A. F. Cook,David Crisp,Steven K. Croft,Dale P. Cruikshank,Jeffrey N. Cuzzi,G. E. Danielson,Merton E. Davies,E. De Jong,Luke Dones,D. Godfrey,Jay D. Goguen,I. Grenier,V. R. Haemmerle,Heidi B. Hammel,Candice Hansen,c. P. Helfenstein,Chris Howell,G. E. Hunt,Andrew P. Ingersoll,Torrence V. Johnson,Jeffrey S. Kargel,R. L. Kirk,D. I. Kuehn,Sanjay S. Limaye,Harold Masursky,Alfred S. McEwen,David Morrison,Tobias Owen,William M. Owen,James B. Pollack,Carolyn C. Porco,K. Rages,P. Rogers,D. Rudy,C. Sagan,Joel M. Schwartz,Eugene M. Shoemaker,Mark R. Showalter,Bruno Sicardy,Damon P. Simonelli,John R. Spencer,Lawrence A. Sromovsky,Carol R. Stoker,Robert G. Strom,Verner E. Suomi,S. P. Synott,Richard J. Terrile,Peter C. Thomas,W. R. Thompson,A. Verbiscer,J. Veverka +64 more
TL;DR: New Voyager 2 images of Neptune reveal a windy planet characterized by bright clouds of methane ice suspended in an exceptionally clear atmosphere above a lower deck of hydrogen sulfide or ammonia ices, dominated by a large anticyclonic storm system that has been named the Great Dark Spot.
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Voyager 2 in the Uranian System: Imaging Science Results
Bradford A. Smith,L. A. Soderblom,Reta Beebe,D. Bliss,Joseph M. Boyce,André Brahic,G. A. Briggs,Robert H. Brown,S. A. Collins,A. F. Cook,Steven K. Croft,Jeffrey N. Cuzzi,G. E. Danielson,Merton E. Davies,Timothy E. Dowling,D. Godfrey,Candice Hansen,M. Camille Harris,Garry E. Hunt,Andrew P. Ingersoll,Torrence V. Johnson,R. J. Krauss,Harold Masursky,David Morrison,Timothy W. Owen,Jeffrey B. Plescia,James B. Pollack,Carolyn C. Porco,K. Rages,C. Sagan,Eugene M. Shoemaker,Lawrence A. Sromovsky,Carol R. Stoker,Robert G. Strom,Verner E. Suomi,S. P. Synnott,Richard J. Terrile,Peter C. Thomas,W. R. Thompson,J. Veverka +39 more
TL;DR: Voyager 2 images of the southern hemisphere of Uranus indicate that submicrometersize haze particles and particles of a methane condensation cloud produce faint patterns in the atmosphere, and Voyager images confirm the extremely low albedo of the ring particles.
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Imaging of Titan from the Cassini spacecraft
Carolyn C. Porco,E. Baker,J. Barbara,K. Beurle,André Brahic,Joseph A. Burns,Sébastien Charnoz,Nicholas J. Cooper,D. D. Dawson,Anthony D. Del Genio,Tilmann Denk,Luke Dones,Ulyana A. Dyudina,Michael W. Evans,S. Fussner,Bernd Giese,Kevin R. Grazier,Paul Helfenstein,Andrew P. Ingersoll,Robert A. Jacobson,Torrence V. Johnson,Alfred S. McEwen,Carl D. Murray,Gerhard Neukum,William M. Owen,Jason Perry,Thomas Roatsch,Joseph N. Spitale,Steven W. Squyres,Peter C. Thomas,Matthew S. Tiscareno,Elizabeth P. Turtle,Ashwin R. Vasavada,Joseph Veverka,Roland Wagner,Robert West +35 more
TL;DR: Observations of Titan from the imaging science experiment onboard the Cassini spacecraft reveal intricate surface albedo features that suggest aeolian, tectonic and fluvial processes, and imply that substantial surface modification has occurred over Titan's history.
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Cassini Imaging Science: Instrument Characteristics And Anticipated Scientific Investigations At Saturn
Carolyn C. Porco,Robert West,Steven Squyres,Alfred S. McEwen,Peter C. Thomas,Carl D. Murray,Anthony D. DelGenio,Andrew P. Ingersoll,Torrence V. Johnson,Gerhard Neukum,J. Veverka,Luke Dones,André Brahic,Joseph A. Burns,Vance Haemmerle,Benjamin Knowles,Douglas Dawson,Thomas Roatsch,K. Beurle,William M. Owen +19 more
TL;DR: The Cassini Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS) is the highest-resolution two-dimensional imaging device on the Cassini Orbiter and has been designed for investigations of the bodies and phenomena found within the Saturnian planetary system.