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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Facility•La Cañada Flintridge, California, United States•
About: Jet Propulsion Laboratory is a facility organization based out in La Cañada Flintridge, California, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Mars Exploration Program & Telescope. The organization has 8801 authors who have published 14333 publications receiving 548163 citations. The organization is also known as: JPL & NASA JPL.
Topics: Mars Exploration Program, Telescope, Galaxy, Coronagraph, Planet
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TL;DR: The first planetary science instrument on the Mars Science Laboratory rover, Curiosity, employed laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) to determine the compositions of geological samples on another planet as mentioned in this paper.
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TL;DR: In this article, the photochemistry of the stratosphere of Venus was modeled using an updated and expanded chemical scheme, combined with the results of recent observations and laboratory studies, revealing a number of intriguing similarities, previously unsuspected, between the chemistry of the Stratosphere of the Venus and that of the Earth.
277 citations
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TL;DR: Direct evidence is provided that a naturally occurring electromagnetic wave, lower-band chorus, can drive pulsating aurora, and the findings can be used to constrain magnetic field models with much higher accuracy than has previously been possible.
Abstract: Pulsating aurora, a spectacular emission that appears as blinking of the upper atmosphere in the polar regions, is known to be excited by modulated, downward-streaming electrons. Despite its distinctive feature, identifying the driver of the electron precipitation has been a long-standing problem. Using coordinated satellite and ground-based all-sky imager observations from the THEMIS mission, we provide direct evidence that a naturally occurring electromagnetic wave, lower-band chorus, can drive pulsating aurora. Because the waves at a given equatorial location in space correlate with a single pulsating auroral patch in the upper atmosphere, our findings can also be used to constrain magnetic field models with much higher accuracy than has previously been possible.
276 citations
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TL;DR: In this article, a spherical harmonic model of the magnetic field of Jupiter was obtained from vector magnetic field observations acquired by the Juno spacecraft during its first nine polar orbits about the planet, which provided the first truly global coverage of Jupiter's magnetic field with a coarse longitudinal separation of ~45 deg between perijoves.
Abstract: A spherical harmonic model of the magnetic field of Jupiter is obtained from vector magnetic field observations acquired by the Juno spacecraft during its first nine polar orbits about the planet. Observations acquired during eight of these orbits provide the first truly global coverage of Jupiter's magnetic field with a coarse longitudinal separation of ~45 deg between perijoves. The magnetic field is represented with a degree 20 spherical harmonic model for the planetary ("internal") field, combined with a simple model of the magnetodisc for the field ("external") due to distributed magnetospheric currents. Partial solution of the underdetermined inverse problem using generalized inverse techniques yields a model ("Juno Reference Model through Perijove 9") of the planetary magnetic field with spherical harmonic coefficients well determined through degree and order 10, providing the first detailed view of a planetary dynamo beyond Earth.
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TL;DR: An overview of the system architecture and the several terminals, basic operations of both the link and the whole system, and some typical results are given.
Abstract: From mid-October through mid-November 2013, NASA’s Lunar Laser Communication Demonstration (LLCD) successfully demonstrated for the first time duplex laser communications between a satellite in lunar orbit, the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE), and ground stations on the Earth. It constituted the longest-range laser communication link ever built and demonstrated the highest communication data rates ever achieved to or from the Moon. The system included the development of a novel space terminal, a novel ground terminal, two major upgrades of existing ground terminals, and a capable and flexible ground operations infrastructure. This presentation will give an overview of the system architecture and the several terminals, basic operations of both the link and the whole system, and some typical results.
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B. P. Crill | 148 | 486 | 111895 |
George Helou | 144 | 662 | 96338 |
H. K. Eriksen | 141 | 474 | 104208 |
Charles R. Lawrence | 141 | 528 | 104948 |
W. C. Jones | 140 | 395 | 97629 |
Gianluca Morgante | 138 | 478 | 98223 |
Jean-Paul Kneib | 138 | 805 | 89287 |
Kevin M. Huffenberger | 138 | 402 | 93452 |
Robert H. Brown | 136 | 1174 | 79247 |
Federico Capasso | 134 | 1189 | 76957 |
Krzysztof M. Gorski | 132 | 380 | 105912 |
Olivier Doré | 130 | 427 | 104737 |
Mark E. Thompson | 128 | 527 | 77399 |
Clive Dickinson | 123 | 501 | 80701 |
Daniel Stern | 121 | 788 | 69283 |