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Overview

Timothy D. Swindle is affiliated with the University of Arizona in the United States and specializes in the field of Physics and Astronomy, with a focus on several subfields including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Aerospace Engineering, Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, and Atmospheric Science.

The main topics of their research work encompass:

  • Planetary Science and Exploration
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Space Exploration and Technology
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Economic Growth and Productivity

Swindle has contributed to multiple recent publications, including the following papers:

  • "A Global Fireball Observatory," 2020, Planetary and Space Science
  • "Final Report of the Mars Sample Return Science Planning Group 2 (MSPG2)," 2021, Astrobiology
  • "Preliminary Planning for Mars Sample Return (MSR) Curation Activities in a Sample Receiving Facility (SRF)," 2022, Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich)
  • "Rationale and Proposed Design for a Mars Sample Return (MSR) Science Program," 2022, Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich)
  • "Scientific Value of Including an Atmospheric Sample as Part of Mars Sample Return (MSR)," 2022, Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich)

The frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Swindle include:

  • H. Busemann
  • Bernard Marty
  • Gerhard Kminek
  • David Beaty
  • Brandi L. Carrier

Regarding publication venues, Swindle has published mostly in the following:

  • Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich)
  • Astrobiology
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Planetary and Space Science
  • Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Best Publications

  • Support for the Lunar Cataclysm Hypothesis from Lunar Meteorite Impact Melt Ages

    B. A. Cohen;T. D. Swindle;D. A. Kring

  • Alteration Assemblages in Martian Meteorites: Implications for Near-Surface Processes

    J. C. Bridges;D. C. Catling;J. M. Saxton;T. D. Swindle

  • Evidence for widespread hydrated minerals on asteroid (101955) Bennu.

    V. E. Hamilton;A. A. Simon;P. R. Christensen;D. C. Reuter

  • Properties of Rubble-Pile Asteroid (101955) Bennu from OSIRIS-REx Imaging and Thermal Analysis

    D. N. DellaGiustina;J. P. Emery;D. R. Golish;Benjamin Rozitis

  • Liquid CO2 breakout and the formation of recent small gullies on Mars

    Donald S. Musselwhite;Timothy D. Swindle;Jonathan I. Lunine

  • Xenon and other noble gases in shergottites

    T.D Swindle;M.W Caffee;C.M Hohenberg

  • Noble gases in iddingsite from the Lafayette meteorite: Evidence for liquid water on Mars in the last few hundred million years

    T. D. Swindle;A. H. Treiman;D. J. Lindstrom;M. K. Burkland

  • Noble gases in SNC meteorites

    T. D. Swindle;M. W. Caffee;C. M. Hohenberg;G. B. Hudson

  • The potential science and engineering value of samples delivered to Earth by Mars sample return : International MSR Objectives and Samples Team (iMOST)

    D. W. Beaty;M. M. Grady;H. Y. McSween;E. Sefton-Nash

  • Expected characteristics of cometary meteorites

    Humberto Campins;Timothy D. Swindle

  • Geochemistry and 40Ar-39Ar geochronology of impact-melt clasts in feldspathic lunar meteorites: Implications for lunar bombardment history

    Barbara Anne Cohen;Timothy D. Swindle;David A. Kring

  • Dating the Moon-forming impact event with asteroidal meteorites

    W. F. Bottke;D. Vokrouhlický;S. Marchi;T. Swindle

  • 40Ar/39Ar ages of impacts involving ordinary chondrite meteorites

    Timothy D. Swindle;D. A. Kring;J. R. Weirich

  • Evidence in meteorites for an active early sun

    M. W. Caffe;C. M. Hohenberg;T. D. Swindle;J. N. Goswami

  • Lunar volatiles: implications for lunar resource utilization.

    B. Fegley;T. D. Swindle

  • Iodine-xenon dating

    T. D. Swindle;F. A. Podosek

  • Estimated solar wind‐implanted helium‐3 distribution on the Moon

    Jeffrey R. Johnson;Timothy D. Swindle;Paul G. Lucey

  • Fractionated martian atmosphere in the nakhlites

    Michael J. Drake;Timothy D. Swindle;Tobias Owen;Donald S. Musselwhite

  • Noble gases in orthopyroxenite ALH84001: A different kind of martian meteorite with an atmospheric signature

    T.D. Swindle;J.A. Grier;M.K. Burkland

  • Noble gases, bulk chemistry, and petrography of olivine-rich achondrites Eagles Nest and Lewis Cliff 88763: Comparison to brachinites

    T. D. Swindle;D. A. Kring;M. K. Burkland;D. H. Hill

  • The potential science and engineering value of samples delivered to Earth by Mars sample return

    D. W. Beaty;M. M. Grady;H. Y. McSween;E. Sefton-Nash

Frequent Co-Authors

David A. Kring
David A. Kring Lunar and Planetary Institute
Christopher D. K. Herd
Christopher D. K. Herd University of Alberta
Monica M. Grady
Monica M. Grady The Open University
Mahesh Anand
Mahesh Anand The Open University
Stephanie C. Werner
Stephanie C. Werner University of Oslo
Janice L. Bishop
Janice L. Bishop Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Kathleen A. Campbell
Kathleen A. Campbell University of Auckland
Jack D. Farmer
Jack D. Farmer Arizona State University
Scott M. McLennan
Scott M. McLennan Stony Brook University

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