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Paul M. Schenk

Researcher at Lunar and Planetary Institute

Publications -  405
Citations -  14080

Paul M. Schenk is an academic researcher from Lunar and Planetary Institute. The author has contributed to research in topics: Impact crater & Pluto. The author has an hindex of 61, co-authored 396 publications receiving 12133 citations. Previous affiliations of Paul M. Schenk include Universities Space Research Association & Washington University in St. Louis.

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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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The Pluto system: Initial results from its exploration by New Horizons.

S. A. Stern, +150 more
- 16 Oct 2015 - 
TL;DR: The New Horizons encounter revealed that Pluto displays a surprisingly wide variety of geological landforms, including those resulting from glaciological and surface-atmosphere interactions as well as impact, tectonic, possible cryovolcanic, and mass-wasting processes.
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Active formation of ‘chaos terrain’ over shallow subsurface water on Europa

TL;DR: An analysis of archival data from Europa is guided by processes observed within Earth's subglacial volcanoes and ice shelves and suggests that ice–water interactions and freeze-out give rise to the diverse morphologies and topography of chaos terrains.