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Overview

Kenneth S. Edgett is affiliated with Malin Space Science Systems in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on planetary science and exploration, with a significant contribution to physics and astronomy.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics including planetary science and exploration, astro and planetary science, space science and extraterrestrial life, aeolian processes and effects, geology and paleoclimatology research, space exploration and technology, and spacecraft and cryogenic technologies.

Frequent publication venues for their research include:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Planets
  • Space Science Reviews
  • Icarus
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters

They have collaborated extensively with several co-authors, including:

  • Sanjeev Gupta
  • M. R. Kennedy
  • K. M. Stack
  • L. W. Beegle
  • M. E. Minitti

Selected recent publications demonstrate their involvement in Mars and planetary research:

  • "Perseverance's Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman and Luminescence for Organics and Chemicals (SHERLOC) Investigation" (2021) in Space Science Reviews
  • "The Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Mast Camera Zoom (Mastcam-Z) Multispectral, Stereoscopic Imaging Investigation" (2021) in Space Science Reviews
  • "A Lacustrine Paleoenvironment Recorded at Vera Rubin Ridge, Gale Crater: Overview of the Sedimentology and Stratigraphy Observed by the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover" (2020) in Journal of Geophysical Research Planets
  • "Science Goals and Mission Architecture of the Europa Lander Mission Concept" (2022) in The Planetary Science Journal
  • "Diverse organic-mineral associations in Jezero crater, Mars" (2023) in Nature

The subfields of study relevant to their scientific contributions include astronomy and astrophysics, aerospace engineering, earth-surface processes, atmospheric science, and archeology.

Best Publications

  • Context Camera Investigation on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

    Michael C. Malin;James F. Bell;Bruce A. Cantor;Michael A. Caplinger

  • Evidence for recent groundwater seepage and surface runoff on Mars

    Michael C. Malin;Kenneth S. Edgett

  • A habitable fluvio-lacustrine environment at Yellowknife Bay, Gale crater, Mars.

    J. P. Grotzinger;D. Y. Sumner;L. C. Kah;K. Stack

  • Mars Science Laboratory Mission and Science Investigation

    John P. Grotzinger;Joy Crisp;Ashwin R. Vasavada;Robert C. Anderson

  • Mars Global Surveyor Mars Orbiter Camera: Interplanetary cruise through primary mission

    Michael C. Malin;Kenneth S. Edgett

  • Sedimentary rocks of early Mars.

    Michael C. Malin;Kenneth S. Edgett

  • Mineralogy of a Mudstone at Yellowknife Bay, Gale Crater, Mars

    D.T. Vaniman;D.L. Bish;D.W. Ming;T.F. Bristow

  • Deposition, exhumation, and paleoclimate of an ancient lake deposit, Gale crater, Mars.

    J.P. Grotzinger;S. Gupta;M. C. Malin;D.M. Rubin

  • Detection of crystalline hematite mineralization on Mars by the Thermal Emission Spectrometer: Evidence for near‐surface water

    Philip Christensen;J. L. Bandfield;R. N. Clark;K. S. Edgett

  • Evidence for Persistent Flow and Aqueous Sedimentation on Early Mars

    Michael C. Malin;Kenneth S. Edgett

  • Present-day impact cratering rate and contemporary gully activity on Mars.

    Michael C. Malin;Kenneth S. Edgett;Liliya V. Posiolova;Shawn M. McColley

  • Volatile and organic compositions of sedimentary rocks in Yellowknife Bay, Gale crater, Mars.

    Douglas W. Ming;P. D. Archer;D. P. Glavin;J. L. Eigenbrode

  • Martian Fluvial Conglomerates at Gale Crater

    R. M. E. Williams;J. P. Grotzinger;W. E. Dietrich;S. Gupta

  • Curiosity at Gale Crater, Mars: Characterization and Analysis of the Rocknest Sand Shadow

    D F Blake;R V Morris;G Kocurek;Shaunna M Morrison

  • Distribution of Mid-Latitude Ground Ice on Mars from New Impact Craters

    Shane Byrne;Colin M. Dundas;Megan R. Kennedy;Michael T. Mellon

  • In Situ Radiometric and Exposure Age Dating of the Martian Surface

    K. A. Farley;C. Malespin;P. Mahaffy;J. P. Grotzinger

  • Evolved gas analyses of sedimentary rocks and eolian sediment in Gale Crater, Mars: Results of the Curiosity rover's sample analysis at Mars instrument from Yellowknife Bay to the Namib Dune

    B. Sutter;A. C. McAdam;P. R. Mahaffy;D. W. Ming

  • Curiosity’s Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) Investigation

    Kenneth S. Edgett;R. Aileen Yingst;Michael A. Ravine;Michael A. Caplinger

  • Ancient Martian aeolian processes and palaeomorphology reconstructed from the Stimson formation on the lower slope of Aeolis Mons, Gale crater, Mars

    Steven G. Banham;Sanjeev Gupta;David M. Rubin;Jessica A. Watkins

  • Perseverance’s Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman and Luminescence for Organics and Chemicals (SHERLOC) Investigation

    Rohit Bhartia;Luther W. Beegle;Lauren DeFlores;William Abbey

  • Mass movement slope streaks imaged by the Mars Orbiter Camera

    Robert Sullivan;Peter Thomas;Joseph Veverka;Michael Malin

Frequent Co-Authors

John P. Grotzinger
John P. Grotzinger California Institute of Technology
Michael C. Malin
Michael C. Malin Malin Space Science Systems (United States)
Roger C. Wiens
Roger C. Wiens Los Alamos National Laboratory
Dawn Y. Sumner
Dawn Y. Sumner University of California, Davis
Kevin W. Lewis
Kevin W. Lewis Johns Hopkins University
Sunetra Gupta
Sunetra Gupta University of Oxford
Juergen Schieber
Juergen Schieber Indiana University
Linda C. Kah
Linda C. Kah University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Sanjeev Gupta
Sanjeev Gupta Imperial College London
James F. Bell
James F. Bell Arizona State University

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