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Ralph L. McNutt

Researcher at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Publications -  372
Citations -  14744

Ralph L. McNutt is an academic researcher from Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. The author has contributed to research in topics: Solar wind & Magnetosphere. The author has an hindex of 57, co-authored 359 publications receiving 12840 citations. Previous affiliations of Ralph L. McNutt include American Astronomical Society & Imperial College London.

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Cassini ion and neutral mass spectrometer: Enceladus plume composition and structure.

TL;DR: INMS data indicate that the atmospheric plume and coma are dominated by water, with significant amounts of carbon dioxide, an unidentified species with a mass-to-charge ratio of 28 daltons (either carbon monoxide or molecular nitrogen), and methane.
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Liquid water on Enceladus from observations of ammonia and 40Ar in the plume

TL;DR: McKinnon et al. as mentioned in this paper reported that ammonia is present in the plume, along with various organic compounds, deuterium and, very probably, Ar-40, which provides strong evidence for the existence of at least some liquid water, given that temperatures in excess of 180 K have been measured near the fractures from which the jets emanate.
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The Pluto system: Initial results from its exploration by New Horizons.

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- 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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The Major-Element Composition of Mercury’s Surface from MESSENGER X-ray Spectrometry

TL;DR: X-ray fluorescence spectra obtained by the MESSENGENGER spacecraft orbiting Mercury indicate that the planet's surface differs in composition from those of other terrestrial planets as discussed by the authors, and this observation, together with a low surface Fe abundance, supports the view that Mercury formed from highly reduced precursor materials, perhaps akin to enstatite chondrite meteorites or anhydrous cometary dust particles.