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J. Hunter Waite
Researcher at Southwest Research Institute
Publications - 88
Citations - 3512
J. Hunter Waite is an academic researcher from Southwest Research Institute. The author has contributed to research in topics: Enceladus & Titan (rocket family). The author has an hindex of 29, co-authored 86 publications receiving 2884 citations. Previous affiliations of J. Hunter Waite include University of Nantes & University of Texas at San Antonio.
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Simulating the one-dimensional structure of Titan's upper atmosphere: 2. Alternative scenarios for methane escape
Jared Bell,Stephen W. Bougher,J. Hunter Waite,Aaron J. Ridley,Brian Magee,Kathleen Mandt,Joseph Westlake,A. D. DeJong,Virginie De La Haye,Akiva Bar-Nun,Ronen Jacovi,Gabor Toth,David A. Gell,Gregory Fletcher +13 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide a series of benchmark simulations that validate a newly developed Titan Global Ionosphere-Thermosphere Model (T-GITM) and calibrate its estimates of topside escape rates.
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Sensitivity and fragmentation calibration of the time-of-flight mass spectrometer RTOF on board ESA's Rosetta mission
Sébastien Gasc,Kathrin Altwegg,B. Fiethe,Annette Jäckel,A. Korth,Léna Le Roy,Urs Mall,Henri Rème,Martin Rubin,J. Hunter Waite,Peter Wurz +10 more
TL;DR: The European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft, with the Rosetta Orbiter Spectrometer for Ion and Neutral Analysis (ROSINA) onboard, has been following and observing comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko since summer 2014 as discussed by the authors.
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Chandra Observation of an X-ray Flare at Saturn: Evidence for Direct Solar Control on Saturn's Disk X-ray Emissions
Anil Bhardwaj,Ronald F. Elsner,J. Hunter Waite,G. Randall Gladstone,Thomas E. Cravens,Peter G. Ford +5 more
TL;DR: The first observation of an X-ray flare from Saturn's non-auroral (low-latitude) disk was seen in direct response to an M6-class flare emanating from a sunspot that was clearly visible from both Saturn and Earth.
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Simulating the one-dimensional structure of Titan's upper atmosphere: 3. Mechanisms determining methane escape
Jared Bell,Stephen W. Bougher,J. Hunter Waite,Aaron J. Ridley,Brian Magee,Kathleen Mandt,Kathleen Mandt,Joseph Westlake,A. D. DeJong,Akiva Bar-Nun,Ronen Jacovi,Gabor Toth,Virginie De La Haye,David A. Gell,Gregory Fletcher +14 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used the one-dimensional configuration of the Titan Global Ionosphere-Thermosphere Model (T-GITM) to quantify the relative importance of different dynamical and chemical mechanisms that determine the CH4 escape rates calculated by T-GitM and concluded that the optimal CH4 homopause altitude is located at 1000 km.
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Oxidation processes diversify the metabolic menu on Enceladus
Christine Ray,Christine Ray,Christopher R. Glein,J. Hunter Waite,J. Hunter Waite,Ben Teolis,Ben Teolis,Tori M. Hoehler,Julie A. Huber,Jonathan I. Lunine,Frank Postberg +10 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors perform chemical modeling to determine how the production of radiolytic O 2 and H 2 O 2, and abiotic redox chemistry in the ocean and rocky core, contribute to chemical disequilibria that could support metabolic processes in Enceladus seafloor.