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Overview

Jessica M. Sunshine is affiliated with the University of Maryland, College Park in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on topics in physics and astronomy, with a strong emphasis on astro and planetary science, planetary science and exploration, and related interdisciplinary fields.

They have contributed extensively to the subfields of astronomy and astrophysics, geophysics, aerospace engineering, ecology, and atmospheric science. Their work spans a range of closely related topics including isotope analysis in ecology, stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, geology and paleoclimatology research, geological and geochemical analysis, and space satellite systems and control.

Jessica M. Sunshine's recent publications include:

  • Successful kinetic impact into an asteroid for planetary defence, 2023, Nature
  • Momentum transfer from the DART mission kinetic impact on asteroid Dimorphos, 2023, Nature
  • Lucy Mission to the Trojan Asteroids: Science Goals, 2021, The Planetary Science Journal
  • Ejecta from the DART-produced active asteroid Dimorphos, 2023, Nature
  • Effects of Impact and Target Parameters on the Results of a Kinetic Impactor: Predictions for the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) Mission, 2022, The Planetary Science Journal

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • O. S. Barnouin
  • Alice Lucchetti
  • M. Pajola
  • A. S. Rivkin
  • R. T. Daly

Jessica M. Sunshine has published prolifically in several scientific venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

  • The Planetary Science Journal
  • Nature Communications
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Nature
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Planets

Their contribution to planetary science involves the study of kinetic impacts on asteroids, as reflected in recent papers detailing mission results from kinetic impactor tests. These studies explore the momentum transfer and ejecta production resulting from such impacts, providing data relevant to planetary defense strategies.

Best Publications

  • Deep Impact: Excavating Comet Tempel 1

    M. F. A'Hearn;M. J. S. Belton;W. A. Delamere;J. Kissel

  • Character and Spatial Distribution of OH/H2O on the Surface of the Moon Seen by M3 on Chandrayaan-1

    C. M. Pieters;J. N. Goswami;J. N. Goswami;R. N. Clark;M. Annadurai

  • Deconvolution of mineral absorption bands: An improved approach

    Jessica M. Sunshine;Carle M. Pieters;Stephen F. Pratt

  • Temporal and Spatial Variability of Lunar Hydration As Observed by the Deep Impact Spacecraft

    Jessica M. Sunshine;Tony L. Farnham;Lori M. Feaga;Olivier Groussin

  • EPOXI at Comet Hartley 2

    Michael F. A’Hearn;Michael J. S. Belton;W. Alan Delamere;Lori M. Feaga

  • Spitzer Spectral Observations of the Deep Impact Ejecta

    C. M. Lisse;C. M. Lisse;J. VanCleve;A. C. Adams;M. F. A'Hearn

  • Estimating modal abundances from the spectra of natural and laboratory pyroxene mixtures using the modified Gaussian model

    Jessica M. Sunshine;Carlé M. Pieters

  • The Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M 3 ) on Chandrayaan-1

    Carle M. Pieters;Joseph Boardman;Bonnie Buratti;Alok Chatterjee

  • The Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) imaging spectrometer for lunar science: Instrument description, calibration, on‐orbit measurements, science data calibration and on‐orbit validation

    R.O. Green;C. Pieters;P. Mouroulis;M. Eastwood

  • Determining the composition of olivine from reflectance spectroscopy

    Jessica M. Sunshine;Carlé M. Pieters

  • Exposed water ice deposits on the surface of comet 9P/Tempel 1.

    J. M. Sunshine;M. F. A'Hearn;O. Groussin;J.-Y. Li

  • Momentum transfer from the DART mission kinetic impact on asteroid Dimorphos

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  • Mg-spinel lithology: A new rock type on the lunar farside

    C. M. Pieters;S. Besse;J. Boardman;B. Buratti

  • Sources and physical processes responsible for OH/H2O in the lunar soil as revealed by the Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3)

    T. B. McCord;L. A. Taylor;J.-P. Combe;G. Kramer

  • Dark material on Vesta from the infall of carbonaceous volatile-rich material

    T. B. McCord;J.-Y Li;J.-P. Combe;H.Y. McSween

  • Spectral reflectance-compositional properties of spinels and chromites: Implications for planetary remote sensing and geothermometry

    Edward A. Cloutis;J. M. Sunshine;R. V. Morris

  • COMETARY VOLATILES AND THE ORIGIN OF COMETS

    Michael F. A'Hearn;Lori M. Feaga;H. Uwe Keller;Hideyo Kawakita

  • Spectral Properties of Near-Earth Asteroids: Evidence for Sources of Ordinary Chondrite Meteorites

    Richard P. Binzel;Schelte J. Bus;Thomas H. Burbine;Jessica M. Sunshine

  • MUSES-C target asteroid (25143) 1998 SF36: A reddened ordinary chondrite

    Richard P. Binzel;Andrew S. Rivkin;Schelte J. Bus;Jessica M. Sunshine

  • The shape, topography, and geology of Tempel 1 from Deep Impact observations

    Peter C. Thomas;J. Veverka;Michael J.S. Belton;Alan Hidy

  • Asymmetries in the distribution of H2O and CO2 in the inner coma of Comet 9P/Tempel 1 as observed by Deep Impact

    L.M. Feaga;M.F. A'Hearn;J.M. Sunshine;O. Groussin

  • Seeing through the dust: martian crustal heterogeneity and links to the SNC meteorites.

    John F. Mustard;Jessica M. Sunshine

  • Surface temperature of the nucleus of Comet 9P/Tempel 1

    O. Groussin;M.F. A'Hearn;J.-Y. Li;P.C. Thomas

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael F. A'Hearn
Michael F. A'Hearn University of Maryland, College Park
Carle M. Pieters
Carle M. Pieters Brown University
Timothy J. McCoy
Timothy J. McCoy National Museum of Natural History
Peter C. Thomas
Peter C. Thomas Cornell University
Peter H. Schultz
Peter H. Schultz Brown University
Lawrence A. Taylor
Lawrence A. Taylor University of Tennessee at Knoxville
James W. Head
James W. Head Brown University
Robert O. Green
Robert O. Green California Institute of Technology
Roger N. Clark
Roger N. Clark Planetary Science Institute
John F. Mustard
John F. Mustard Brown University

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