Fraser P. Fanale

TL;DR: McCord et al. as discussed by the authors reported evidence of heavily hydrated salt minerals present over large areas of Europa's surface from analysis of reflectance spectra returned by the Galileo mission near infrared mapping spectrometer (NIMS).

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a cometary activity model that integrates feedback processes that involve the transport of heat, gas, and dust, as well as dust mantle development, and includes the effects of latitude, rotation, and spin axis orientation.

TL;DR: In this article, diffuse reflectance measurements of nine samples of carbonaceous chondrites (one C1, three C2, four C3, and one C4) and one iron meteorite, Odessa, were made to understand the cause of some features of the meteorite reflectances.

TL;DR: In this paper, an analytical model was developed for the factors which changed the initial distribution and state of H2O, mainly trapped as subsurface ice, on Mars, and changes in ice layer thickness were calculated at discrete latitudes of Mars.

TL;DR: Galileo images of Gaspra reveal it to be an irregularly shaped object that appears to have been created by a catastrophic collisional disruption of a precursor parent body.