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Mark V. Sykes
Researcher at Planetary Science Institute
Publications - 195
Citations - 7205
Mark V. Sykes is an academic researcher from Planetary Science Institute. The author has contributed to research in topics: Asteroid & Comet. The author has an hindex of 41, co-authored 194 publications receiving 6713 citations. Previous affiliations of Mark V. Sykes include Steward Health Care System & California Institute of Technology.
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2MASS All Sky Catalog of point sources.
R. M. Cutri,M. F. Skrutskie,S. D. Van Dyk,Charles Beichman,John M. Carpenter,T. Chester,L. Cambrésy,Timothy Evans,John W. Fowler,John E. Gizis,E. Howard,John P. Huchra,Thomas H. Jarrett,E. L. Kopan,J. D. Kirkpatrick,R. M. Light,K. A. Marsh,H. McCallon,Stephen E. Schneider,R. Stiening,Mark V. Sykes,Martin D. Weinberg,W. A. Wheaton,S. Wheelock,N. Zacarias +24 more
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A refined “standard” thermal model for asteroids based on observations of 1 Ceres and 2 Pallas
Larry A. Lebofsky,Mark V. Sykes,Edward F. Tedesco,Glenn J. Veeder,Dennis L. Matson,Robert H. Brown,J. Gradie,Michael A. Feierberg,Richard J. Rudy +8 more
TL;DR: In this article, an analysis of ground-based thermal IR observations of 1 Ceres and 2 Pallas has yielded a new value for the IR beaming parameter employed in the standard asteroid thermal emission model which is significantly lower than the previous one.
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Systematic biases in radiometric diameter determinations
TL;DR: In this article, a disk-integrated beaming parameter of 0.72 was determined for the moon and used to correct empirically for the roughness effects in thermophysical models; the standard thermal model was found to systematically underestimate cold object diameters, while overstating their albedos.
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Differentiation of the asteroid Ceres as revealed by its shape
Peter C. Thomas,J. Wm. Parker,Lucy A. McFadden,Christopher T. Russell,S. A. Stern,Mark V. Sykes,Eliot F. Young +6 more
TL;DR: C Ceres has a shape and smoothness indicative of a gravitationally relaxed object that is significantly less flattened than that expected for a homogeneous object, but is consistent with a central mass concentration indicative of differentiation.
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Vesta’s Shape and Morphology
Ralf Jaumann,Ralf Jaumann,David A. Williams,Debra Buczkowski,R. A. Yingst,Frank Preusker,Harald Hiesinger,Nico Schmedemann,Thomas Kneissl,Jean-Baptiste Vincent,David T. Blewett,B. J. Buratti,Uri Carsenty,Brett W. Denevi,M. C. De Sanctis,W. B. Garry,Horst Uwe Keller,E. Kersten,Katrin Krohn,Jianguo Li,Simone Marchi,Klaus-Dieter Matz,T. B. McCord,Harry Y. McSween,Scott C. Mest,David W. Mittlefehldt,Stefano Mottola,Andreas Nathues,G. Neukum,David P. O'Brien,Carle M. Pieters,Thomas H. Prettyman,Carol A. Raymond,Thomas Roatsch,Christopher T. Russell,Paul M. Schenk,Britney E. Schmidt,Frank Scholten,Katrin Stephan,Mark V. Sykes,Pasquale Tricarico,Roland Wagner,Maria T. Zuber,Holger Sierks +43 more
TL;DR: Dawn observations confirm the large impact basin at Vesta's south pole and reveal evidence for an earlier, underlying large basin (Veneneia), underscoring Vesta’s unique role as a transitional solar system body.