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Carolyn M. Ernst
Researcher at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Publications - 214
Citations - 6891
Carolyn M. Ernst is an academic researcher from Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. The author has contributed to research in topics: Mercury (element) & Impact crater. The author has an hindex of 36, co-authored 203 publications receiving 5360 citations. Previous affiliations of Carolyn M. Ernst include Brown University & Johns Hopkins University.
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Deep Impact: Excavating Comet Tempel 1
Michael F. A'Hearn,M. J. S. Belton,W. A. Delamere,Jochen Kissel,Kenneth P. Klaasen,Lucy A. McFadden,Karen J. Meech,H. J. Melosh,Peter H. Schultz,Jessica M. Sunshine,Peter C. Thomas,J. Veverka,Donald K. Yeomans,M. W. Baca,I. Busko,C. J. Crockett,Steven M. Collins,Mark Desnoyer,C. A. Eberhardy,Carolyn M. Ernst,Tony L. Farnham,Lori M. Feaga,Olivier Groussin,Donald Hampton,Sergei I. Ipatov,Jian-Yang Li,Don J. Lindler,Carey M. Lisse,Carey M. Lisse,N. Mastrodemos,William M. Owen,James E. Richardson,James E. Richardson,Dennis D. Wellnitz,R. L. White +34 more
TL;DR: A large increase in organic material occurred during and after the event, with smaller changes in carbon dioxide relative to water, and a thermal map indicates a surface in equilibrium with sunlight.
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The Pluto system: Initial results from its exploration by New Horizons.
S. A. Stern,Fran Bagenal,Kimberly Ennico,G. R. Gladstone,William M. Grundy,William B. McKinnon,J. M. Moore,Catherine B. Olkin,John R. Spencer,Harold A. Weaver,Leslie A. Young,Tom Andert,Jane M. Andrews,M. E. Banks,B. Bauer,Jeremy Bauman,Olivier S. Barnouin,Peter D. Bedini,K. B. Beisser,Ross A. Beyer,S. Bhaskaran,Richard P. Binzel,Emma Birath,Mike Bird,D. J. Bogan,Alice Bowman,Veronica J. Bray,M. Brozovic,C. Bryan,Matthew R. Buckley,Marc W. Buie,Bonnie J. Buratti,Stewart Bushman,Andrew B. Calloway,Brian Carcich,Andrew F. Cheng,Steven J. Conard,C. A. Conrad,Jason C. Cook,Dale P. Cruikshank,O. S. Custodio,C. M. Dalle Ore,C. C. Deboy,Zach Dischner,Philip J. Dumont,Alissa M. Earle,H. A. Elliott,J. Ercol,Carolyn M. Ernst,Tiffany J. Finley,Sarah H. Flanigan,Glen H. Fountain,M. J. Freeze,Thomas K. Greathouse,James L. Green,Yanping Guo,Matthias Hahn,Douglas P. Hamilton,Sarah A. Hamilton,Jennifer Hanley,A. Harch,H. M. Hart,Chris B. Hersman,A. Hill,Matthew E. Hill,David P. Hinson,Mark E. Holdridge,Mihaly Horanyi,Alan D. Howard,Carly Howett,Coralie D. Jackman,Robert A. Jacobson,D. E. Jennings,Joshua A. Kammer,H. K. Kang,David E. Kaufmann,Peter Kollmann,Stamatios M. Krimigis,David Y. Kusnierkiewicz,Tod R. Lauer,J. E. Lee,K. L. Lindstrom,Ivan Linscott,Carey M. Lisse,Allen W. Lunsford,V. A. Mallder,Nicole Martin,David J. McComas,Ralph L. McNutt,Douglas S. Mehoke,Thomas Mehoke,E. D. Melin,Max Mutchler,Derek S. Nelson,Francis Nimmo,Jorge I. Nunez,A. C. Ocampo,William M. Owen,Martin Paetzold,B. Page,Alex Parker,Joel Wm. Parker,Frederic Pelletier,J. Peterson,Nickalaus Pinkine,M. Piquette,Simon B. Porter,Silvia Protopapa,Jillian Redfern,Harold J. Reitsema,D. C. Reuter,James H. Roberts,Stuart J. Robbins,Gabe Rogers,Debi Rose,Kirby Runyon,Kurt D. Retherford,M. G. Ryschkewitsch,Paul M. Schenk,Eric Schindhelm,B. Sepan,Mark R. Showalter,Kelsi N. Singer,M. Soluri,Dale Stanbridge,Andrew J. Steffl,Darrell F. Strobel,T. Stryk,Michael E. Summers,Jamey Szalay,M. B. Tapley,A. Taylor,H. W. Taylor,Henry B. Throop,Constantine Tsang,G. L. Tyler,Orkan M. Umurhan,A. J. Verbiscer,M. H. Versteeg,Michael Vincent,R. W. Webbert,S. Weidner,G. Weigle,Oliver L. White,Karl Whittenburg,B. G. Williams,Kaj E. Williams,S. P. Williams,W. W. Woods,Amanda M. Zangari,Eric J. Zirnstein +150 more
TL;DR: The New Horizons encounter revealed that Pluto displays a surprisingly wide variety of geological landforms, including those resulting from glaciological and surface-atmosphere interactions as well as impact, tectonic, possible cryovolcanic, and mass-wasting processes.
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The Major-Element Composition of Mercury’s Surface from MESSENGER X-ray Spectrometry
Larry R. Nittler,R. D. Starr,Shoshana Z. Weider,Timothy J. McCoy,William V. Boynton,Denton S. Ebel,Carolyn M. Ernst,Larry G. Evans,John O. Goldsten,D. K. Hamara,David J. Lawrence,Ralph L. McNutt,C. E. Schlemm,Sean C. Solomon,Ann L. Sprague +14 more
TL;DR: X-ray fluorescence spectra obtained by the MESSENGENGER spacecraft orbiting Mercury indicate that the planet's surface differs in composition from those of other terrestrial planets as discussed by the authors, and this observation, together with a low surface Fe abundance, supports the view that Mercury formed from highly reduced precursor materials, perhaps akin to enstatite chondrite meteorites or anhydrous cometary dust particles.
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The geomorphology, color, and thermal properties of Ryugu: Implications for parent-body processes
Seiji Sugita,Seiji Sugita,Rie Honda,Tomokatsu Morota,Shingo Kameda,Hirotaka Sawada,Eri Tatsumi,Manabu Yamada,C. Honda,Yasuhiro Yokota,Yasuhiro Yokota,Toru Kouyama,Naoya Sakatani,K. Ogawa,H. Suzuki,Tatsuaki Okada,Tatsuaki Okada,Noriyuki Namiki,Satoshi Tanaka,Satoshi Tanaka,Yuichi Iijima,Kosuke Yoshioka,Masahiro Hayakawa,Yuichiro Cho,Moe Matsuoka,Naru Hirata,Hideaki Miyamoto,Deborah L. Domingue,Masatoshi Hirabayashi,Tomoki Nakamura,Takahiro Hiroi,Tatsuhiro Michikami,Patrick Michel,Ronald-Louis Ballouz,Ronald-Louis Ballouz,Olivier S. Barnouin,Carolyn M. Ernst,Stefan Schröder,Hideaki Kikuchi,Ryodo Hemmi,Goro Komatsu,Goro Komatsu,T. Fukuhara,Makoto Taguchi,Takehiko Arai,Hiroki Senshu,Hirohide Demura,Yoshiko Ogawa,Yuri Shimaki,Tomohiko Sekiguchi,T. G. Müller,Axel Hagermann,Takahide Mizuno,Hirotomo Noda,Koji Matsumoto,R. Yamada,Yoshiaki Ishihara,H. Ikeda,Hiroshi Araki,K. Yamamoto,Shinsuke Abe,Fumi Yoshida,A. Higuchi,Sho Sasaki,S. Oshigami,Seiitsu Tsuruta,Kazuyoshi Asari,Seiichi Tazawa,M. Shizugami,J. Kimura,Toshimichi Otsubo,Hikaru Yabuta,Sunao Hasegawa,Masateru Ishiguro,Shogo Tachibana,Eric Palmer,Robert Gaskell,L. Le Corre,Ralf Jaumann,Katharina A. Otto,Nicole Schmitz,Paul A. Abell,M. A. Barucci,Michael E. Zolensky,Faith Vilas,Florian Thuillet,C. Sugimoto,N. Takaki,Yutaka Suzuki,Hiroaki Kamiyoshihara,Masato Okada,Kenji Nagata,Masaki Fujimoto,Makoto Yoshikawa,Makoto Yoshikawa,Yukio Yamamoto,Yukio Yamamoto,Kei Shirai,Rina Noguchi,Naoko Ogawa,Fuyuto Terui,Shota Kikuchi,Tomohiro Yamaguchi,Yusuke Oki,Yuki Takao,Hiroshi Takeuchi,Go Ono,Yuya Mimasu,Kent Yoshikawa,T. Takahashi,Yuto Takei,Atsushi Fujii,Chikako Hirose,Satoru Nakazawa,Satoshi Hosoda,Osamu Mori,Takanobu Shimada,Stefania Soldini,Takahiro Iwata,Takahiro Iwata,Masanao Abe,Masanao Abe,Hajime Yano,Hajime Yano,Ryudo Tsukizaki,M. Ozaki,M. Ozaki,Kazutaka Nishiyama,Takanao Saiki,Sei-ichiro Watanabe,Sei-ichiro Watanabe,Yoshiyuki Tsuda,Yoshiyuki Tsuda +132 more
TL;DR: Spectral observations and a principal components analysis suggest that Ryugu originates from the Eulalia or Polana asteroid family in the inner main belt, possibly via more than one generation of parent bodies.
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Flood volcanism in the northern high latitudes of Mercury revealed by MESSENGER.
James W. Head,Clark R. Chapman,Robert G. Strom,Caleb I. Fassett,Brett W. Denevi,David T. Blewett,Carolyn M. Ernst,Thomas R. Watters,Sean C. Solomon,Scott L. Murchie,Louise M. Prockter,Nancy L. Chabot,Jeffrey J. Gillis-Davis,Jennifer L. Whitten,Timothy A. Goudge,David M.H. Baker,D. M. Hurwitz,Lillian R. Ostrach,Zhiyong Xiao,Zhiyong Xiao,William J. Merline,Laura Kerber,James L. Dickson,Jürgen Oberst,Paul K. Byrne,Christian Klimczak,Larry R. Nittler +26 more
TL;DR: Observations of Mercury’s high northern latitudes reveal a contiguous area of volcanic smooth plains covering more than 6% of the surface that were emplaced in a flood lava mode, consistent with average crustal compositions broadly similar to terrestrial komatiites.