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Mark Leese
Researcher at Open University
Publications - 90
Citations - 2804
Mark Leese is an academic researcher from Open University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Titan (rocket family) & Comet. The author has an hindex of 22, co-authored 85 publications receiving 2481 citations. Previous affiliations of Mark Leese include University of Kent.
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In situ measurements of the physical characteristics of Titan's environment
Marcello Fulchignoni,Francesca Ferri,Francesco Angrilli,Andrew J. Ball,Akiva Bar-Nun,M. A. Barucci,C. Bettanini,G. Bianchini,William J. Borucki,Giacomo Colombatti,M. Coradini,Athena Coustenis,Stefano Debei,Peter Falkner,Giulio Fanti,Enrico Flamini,V. Gaborit,R. Grard,Michel Hamelin,Ari-Matti Harri,B. Hathi,Irmgard Jernej,Mark Leese,A. Lehto,P. F. Lion Stoppato,J. J. López-Moreno,T. Mäkinen,J. A. M. McDonnell,Christopher P. McKay,Gregorio J. Molina-Cuberos,Fritz M. Neubauer,Valerio Pirronello,Rafael Rodrigo,Bortolino Saggin,Konrad Schwingenschuh,Alvin Seiff,Fernando Simões,Håkan Svedhem,Tetsuya Tokano,Martin C. Towner,R. Trautner,Paul Withers,Paul Withers,John C. Zarnecki +43 more
TL;DR: The temperature and density profiles, as determined by the Huygens Atmospheric Structure Instrument (HASI), from an altitude of 1,400 km down to the surface were higher than expected and the extent of atmospheric electricity was also hitherto unknown.
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Dust measurements in the coma of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko inbound to the Sun
Alessandra Rotundi,Alessandra Rotundi,Holger Sierks,Vincenzo Della Corte,Marco Fulle,Pedro J. Gutiérrez,Luisa Lara,Cesare Barbieri,Philippe Lamy,Rafael Rodrigo,Rafael Rodrigo,Detlef Koschny,Hans Rickman,Hans Rickman,H. U. Keller,José Juan López-Moreno,Mario Accolla,Mario Accolla,Jessica Agarwal,Michael F. A'Hearn,Nicolas Altobelli,Francesco Angrilli,M. Antonietta Barucci,Jean-Loup Bertaux,Ivano Bertini,Dennis Bodewits,E. Bussoletti,Luigi Colangeli,M. Cosi,Gabriele Cremonese,Jean-François Crifo,Vania Da Deppo,Björn Davidsson,Stefano Debei,Mariolino De Cecco,Francesca Esposito,M. Ferrari,M. Ferrari,Sonia Fornasier,F. Giovane,Bo Å. S. Gustafson,Simon F. Green,Olivier Groussin,Eberhard Grün,Carsten Güttler,M. Herranz,Stubbe F. Hviid,Wing Ip,Stavro Ivanovski,José M. Jerónimo,Laurent Jorda,J. Knollenberg,R. Kramm,Ekkehard Kührt,Michael Küppers,Monica Lazzarin,Mark Leese,Antonio C. López-Jiménez,F. Lucarelli,Stephen C. Lowry,Francesco Marzari,Elena Mazzotta Epifani,J. Anthony M. McDonnell,J. Anthony M. McDonnell,Vito Mennella,Harald Michalik,A. Molina,R. Morales,Fernando Moreno,Stefano Mottola,Giampiero Naletto,Nilda Oklay,Jose Luis Ortiz,Ernesto Palomba,Pasquale Palumbo,Pasquale Palumbo,Jean-Marie Perrin,Jean-Marie Perrin,J. E. Rodriguez,L. Sabau,Colin Snodgrass,Colin Snodgrass,Roberto Sordini,Nicolas Thomas,Cecilia Tubiana,Jean-Baptiste Vincent,Paul R. Weissman,K. P. Wenzel,Vladimir Zakharov,John C. Zarnecki,John C. Zarnecki +90 more
TL;DR: In this article, the GIADA (Grain Impact Analyser and Dust Accumulator) experiment on the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft orbiting comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko was used to detect 35 outflowing grains of mass 10−10 to 10−7 kilograms.
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Evolution of the Dust Size Distribution of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko from 2.2. AU to Perihelion
Marco Fulle,Francesco Marzari,V. Della Corte,Sonia Fornasier,Holger Sierks,Alessandra Rotundi,Alessandra Rotundi,Cesare Barbieri,Philippe Lamy,Rafael Rodrigo,Rafael Rodrigo,Detlef Koschny,Hans Rickman,Horst Uwe Keller,J. J. López-Moreno,Mario Accolla,Jessica Agarwal,M. F. A'Hearn,Nicolas Altobelli,M. A. Barucci,J. L. Bertaux,Ivano Bertini,Dennis Bodewits,E. Bussoletti,Luigi Colangeli,M. Cosi,Gabriele Cremonese,Jean-François Crifo,V. Da Deppo,B. J. R. Davidsson,Stefano Debei,M. De Cecco,Francesca Esposito,M. Ferrari,F. Giovane,Bo Å. S. Gustafson,Simon F. Green,Olivier Groussin,Eberhard Grün,P. J. Gutiérrez,Carsten Güttler,M. L. Herranz,Stubbe F. Hviid,Wing-Huen Ip,Stavro Ivanovski,J. M. Jeronimo,Laurent Jorda,Jörg Knollenberg,R. Kramm,Ekkehard Kührt,Michael Küppers,Luisa Lara,Monica Lazzarin,Mark Leese,A. Lopez-Jimenez,F. Lucarelli,E. Mazzotta Epifani,J. A. M. McDonnell,J. A. M. McDonnell,Vito Mennella,A. Molina,R. Morales,F. Moreno,Stefano Mottola,Giampiero Naletto,Nilda Oklay,Jose Luis Ortiz,Ernesto Palomba,Pasquale Palumbo,Pasquale Palumbo,Jean-Marie Perrin,F. J. M. Rietmeijer,J. E. Rodriguez,Roberto Sordini,Nicolas Thomas,Cecilia Tubiana,Jean-Baptiste Vincent,P. Weissman,K. P. Wenzel,Vladimir Zakharov,John C. Zarnecki,John C. Zarnecki +81 more
TL;DR: The Rosetta probe, orbiting Jupiter-family comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, has been detecting individual dust particles of mass larger than 10−10 kg by means of the GIADA dust collector and the OSIRIS Wide Angle Camera and Narrow Angle Camera as mentioned in this paper.
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Density and Charge of Pristine Fluffy Particles from Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
Marco Fulle,V. Della Corte,Alessandra Rotundi,Alessandra Rotundi,Paul R. Weissman,Antal Juhász,Karoly Szego,Roberto Sordini,M. Ferrari,M. Ferrari,Stavro Ivanovski,F. Lucarelli,Mario Accolla,Mario Accolla,Sihane Merouane,V. V. Zakharov,E. Mazzotta Epifani,J. J. López-Moreno,J. E. Rodriguez,Luigi Colangeli,Pasquale Palumbo,Pasquale Palumbo,Eberhard Grün,Martin Hilchenbach,E. Bussoletti,Francesca Esposito,Simon F. Green,Philippe Lamy,J. A. M. McDonnell,J. A. M. McDonnell,Vito Mennella,A. Molina,R. Morales,F. Moreno,Jose Luis Ortiz,Ernesto Palomba,Rafael Rodrigo,Rafael Rodrigo,John C. Zarnecki,John C. Zarnecki,M. Cosi,F. Giovane,Bo Å. S. Gustafson,M. Herranz,J. M. Jeronimo,Mark Leese,A. Lopez-Jimenez,Nicolas Altobelli +47 more
TL;DR: The grain impact analysis and dust accumulation (GIADA) instrument on board ESA's Rosetta mission is constraining the origin of the dust particles detected within the coma of comet 67 P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (67P) as mentioned in this paper.
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A soft solid surface on Titan as revealed by the Huygens Surface Science Package
John C. Zarnecki,Mark Leese,B. Hathi,Andrew J. Ball,Axel Hagermann,Martin C. Towner,Ralph D. Lorenz,J. Anthony M. McDonnell,Simon F. Green,Manish R. Patel,T. J. Ringrose,Philip D. Rosenberg,K.R. Atkinson,Mark Paton,Marek Banaszkiewicz,Benton C. Clark,Francesca Ferri,Marcello Fulchignoni,Nadeem Ghafoor,Günter Kargl,Håkan Svedhem,J. Delderfield,Manuel Grande,D. J. Parker,Peter Challenor,J. E. Geake +25 more
TL;DR: Measurements made just above and on the surface of Titan by the Huygens Surface Science Package reveal a relatively smooth, but not completely flat, surface surrounding the landing site.