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Luke Dones
Researcher at Southwest Research Institute
Publications - 89
Citations - 8422
Luke Dones is an academic researcher from Southwest Research Institute. The author has contributed to research in topics: Saturn & Rings of Saturn. The author has an hindex of 45, co-authored 86 publications receiving 7809 citations. Previous affiliations of Luke Dones include Ames Research Center & San Jose State University.
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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.
Supporting Online Material for Cassini Observes the Active South Pole of Enceladus
C. C. Porco,P. Helfenstein,P. C. Thomas,Andrew P. Ingersoll,J. Wisdom,R. West,Gerhard Neukum,Tilmann Denk,R. Wagner,T. Roatsch,S. Kieffer,Elizabeth P. Turtle,A. McEwen,T. V. Johnson,Julie A. Rathbun,J. Veverka,Daren Wilson,Jason Perry,J. Spitale,André Brahic,J. Burns,A. D. DelGenio,Luke Dones,C. D. Murray,S. W. Squyres +24 more
TL;DR: The shape of Enceladus suggests a possible intense heating epoch in the past by capture into a 1:4 secondary spin/orbit resonance.
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Cassini imaging of Jupiter's atmosphere, satellites, and rings.
Carolyn Porco,Robert A. West,Alfred S. McEwen,Anthony D. Del Genio,Andrew P. Ingersoll,Peter C. Thomas,S. W. Squyres,Luke Dones,Carl D. Murray,Torrence V. Johnson,Joseph A. Burns,André Brahic,Gerhard Neukum,Joseph Veverka,J. Barbara,Tilmann Denk,Michael W. Evans,Joseph Ferrier,Paul Geissler,Paul Helfenstein,Thomas Roatsch,Henry B. Throop,Matthew S. Tiscareno,Ashwin R. Vasavada +23 more
TL;DR: Findings on Jupiter's zonal winds, convective storms, low-latitude upper troposphere, polar stratosphere, and northern aurora are reported, including previously unseen emissions arising from Io and Europa in eclipse, and a giant volcanic plume over Io's north pole are described.
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Cratering Rates in the Outer Solar System
TL;DR: In this article, the number of ecliptic comets is used to determine impact cratering rates from Jupiter to Pluto, where the size-number distribution of comets smaller than 20 km is inferred from impact craters on Europa, Ganymede, and Triton.
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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.