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John B. Biersteker

Researcher at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Publications -  16
Citations -  265

John B. Biersteker is an academic researcher from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Planet & Thermal energy. The author has an hindex of 8, co-authored 13 publications receiving 194 citations. Previous affiliations of John B. Biersteker include United States Naval Research Laboratory & Harvard University.

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The solar eclipse of 2006 and the origin of raylike features in the white-light corona

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compared photographs of the 2006 March 29 total eclipse with current-free extrapolations of photospheric field measurements and with images from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) to deduce that the bulk of these linear features fall into three categories: (1) polar and low-latitude plumes that overlie small magnetic bipoles inside coronal holes, (2) helmet streamer rays that overlies large loop arcades and separate coronal hole of opposite polarity, and (3) pseudostreamer
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Atmospheric mass loss due to giant impacts: the importance of the thermal component for hydrogen-helium envelopes.

TL;DR: It is shown that the atmospheric loss caused by these effects can significantly exceed that caused by mechanical shocks for hydrogen-helium (H/He) envelopes, and complete loss can occur when the impactor mass is comparable to the envelope mass.
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Constraints on the Distances and Timescales of Solid Migration in the Early Solar System from Meteorite Magnetism

TL;DR: In this paper, the WIS 91600 ungrouped C2 chondrite experienced an ancient field intensity of 4.4 ± 2.8 μT at ∼9.8 au, indicating that the parent body formed in the distal solar system, and the recovered formation distance argues that this body previously traveled from ∼10 au to 2-3 au, supporting the migration of asteroid-sized bodies throughout the solar system.
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Searching for Subsurface Oceans on the Moons of Uranus Using Magnetic Induction

TL;DR: Icy moons around the ice giant planets may contain subsurface oceans, and their oceans could be detected and characterized using measurements of magnetic fields induced by the host planet's time-varying magnetic field as mentioned in this paper.