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Philip D. Nicholson
Researcher at Cornell University
Publications - 187
Citations - 7595
Philip D. Nicholson is an academic researcher from Cornell University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Rings of Saturn & Saturn. The author has an hindex of 50, co-authored 181 publications receiving 7022 citations. Previous affiliations of Philip D. Nicholson include Ames Research Center & California Institute of Technology.
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The formation of Jupiter's faint rings
Joseph A. Burns,Mark R. Showalter,Douglas P. Hamilton,Philip D. Nicholson,Imke de Pater,Maureen E. Ockert-Bell,Peter C. Thomas +6 more
TL;DR: Observations by the Galileo spacecraft and the Keck telescope showed that Jupiter's outermost (gossamer) ring is actually two rings circumscribed by the orbits of the small satellites Amalthea and Thebe, suggesting that faint rings may accompany all small inner satellites of the other jovian planets.
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Tidal friction in early-type stars
TL;DR: In this article, it was shown that Zahn's theory for tidal evolution in early-type close binaries seems to be compatible with the observed rates of orbit circularization while significantly underestimating the observed rate of spin synchronization.
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Correlations between Cassini VIMS spectra and RADAR SAR images: Implications for Titan's surface composition and the character of the Huygens Probe Landing Site
Laurence A. Soderblom,Randolph L. Kirk,Jonathan I. Lunine,Jeffrey A. Anderson,Kevin H. Baines,Jason W. Barnes,Jason W. Barnes,Janet M. Barrett,Robert H. Brown,Bonnie J. Buratti,Roger N. Clark,Dale P. Cruikshank,Charles Elachi,Michael Janssen,Ralf Jaumann,Erich Karkoschka,Stéphane Le Mouélic,Rosaly M. C. Lopes,Ralph D. Lorenz,Thomas B. McCord,Philip D. Nicholson,Jani Radebaugh,Bashar Rizk,Christophe Sotin,Ellen R. Stofan,T. Sucharski,Martin G. Tomasko,Stephen D. Wall +27 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors show that the bright mantles are effectively invisible (transparent) in RADAR synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images leading to lack of correlation in the RADAR images with optically bright mantling units.
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Detection and mapping of hydrocarbon deposits on Titan
Roger N. Clark,J. M. Curchin,Jason W. Barnes,Ralf Jaumann,L. A. Soderblom,Dale P. Cruikshank,Robert H. Brown,Sebastien Rodriguez,Jonathan I. Lunine,Katrin Stephan,Todd M. Hoefen,Stéphane Le Mouélic,Christophe Sotin,Kevin H. Baines,Bonnie J. Buratti,Philip D. Nicholson +15 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors report the identification of compounds on Titan's surface by spatially resolved imaging spectroscopy methods through Titan's atmosphere, and set upper limits to other organic compounds.
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Turbulent viscosity and Jupiter's tidal Q
TL;DR: In this paper, it was shown that turbulent dissipation alone implies that at present Q ∼ 5 × 10^(13) is the current value of the planet's tidal wave.