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Overview

Véronique Dehant is affiliated with the Royal Observatory of Belgium. The primary areas of research encompass physics and astronomy, with specific focus on earth and planetary sciences. Their work covers several subfields including astronomy and astrophysics, oceanography, molecular biology, aerospace engineering, and geophysics.

The scientist's research interests focus on multiple topics, with a concentration on geophysics and gravity measurements, astro and planetary science, planetary science and exploration, and geomagnetism and paleomagnetism studies. Additional topics include geology and paleoclimatology research, solar and space plasma dynamics, and space science and extraterrestrial life.

Dehant has contributed to frequently publishing in notable venues such as:

  • Surveys in Geophysics
  • Earth Planets and Space
  • Icarus
  • Remote Sensing
  • Geophysical Journal International

Relevant recent papers authored or co-authored by Dehant include:

  • "Initial results from the InSight mission on Mars," 2020, Nature Geoscience
  • "Detection of the Chandler Wobble of Mars From Orbiting Spacecraft," 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Gravity, Geodesy and Fundamental Physics with BepiColombo's MORE Investigation," 2021, Space Science Reviews
  • "Dry late accretion inferred from Venus's coupled atmosphere and internal evolution," 2020, Nature Geoscience
  • "GENESIS: co-location of geodetic techniques in space," 2023, Earth Planets and Space

Among frequent collaborators, Dehant has worked extensively with Tim Van Hoolst, Özgür Karatekin, Mioara Mandéa, Jérémy Rekier, and Michel Blanc.

The scientist has also contributed to academic books, with one notable publication by Elsevier BV titled "Planetary Exploration Horizon 2061" released in 2022.

Best Publications

  • Tides for a convective Earth

    Véronique Dehant;P. Defraigne;J. M. Wahr

  • Initial results from the InSight mission on Mars

    W. Bruce Banerdt;Suzanne E. Smrekar;Don Banfield;Domenico Giardini

  • SEIS: Insight’s Seismic Experiment for Internal Structure of Mars

    P. Lognonné;W. B. Banerdt;D. Giardini;W. T. Pike

  • Tidal Parameters for An Inelastic Earth

    Véronique Dehant

  • Geodesy constraints on the interior structure and composition of Mars

    A. Rivoldini;A. Rivoldini;T. Van Hoolst;O. Verhoeven;A. Mocquet

  • Pre-Quaternary Milankovitch frequencies

    André Berger;Marie-France Loutre;Véronique Dehant

  • Outgassing History and Escape of the Martian Atmosphere and Water Inventory

    Helmut Lammer;Eric Chassefière;Özgür Karatekin;Achim Morschhauser

  • Influence of the changing lunar orbit on the astronomical frequencies of pre-Quaternary insolation patterns

    André Berger;M. F. Loutre;Véronique Dehant

  • Astronomical frequencies for pre-Quaternary palaeoclimate studies

    André Berger;M.F. Loutre;Véronique Dehant

  • The structure of Venus’ middle atmosphere and ionosphere

    M. Pätzold;B. Häusler;M. K. Bird;S. Tellmann

  • The librations, shape, and icy shell of Europa

    T. Van Hoolst;N. Rambaux;Ö. Karatekin;Véronique Dehant

  • Precise mass determination and the nature of Phobos

    T. P. Andert;P. Rosenblatt;M. Pätzold;B. Häusler

  • Atmospheric Science with InSight

    Aymeric Spiga;Aymeric Spiga;Don Banfield;Nicholas A. Teanby;François Forget

  • Planned Products of the Mars Structure Service for the InSight Mission to Mars

    Mark P. Panning;Philippe Lognonné;W. Bruce Banerdt;Raphaël F. Garcia

  • Radio science investigations by VeRa onboard the Venus Express spacecraft

    B. Häusler;M. Pätzold;G.L. Tyler;R.A. Simpson

  • Stacking gravity tide measurements and nutation observations in order to determine the complex eigenfrequency of the nearly diurnal free wobble

    Pascale Defraigne;Véronique Dehant;Jacques Hinderer

  • Pre-mission InSights on the Interior of Mars

    Suzanne E. Smrekar;Philippe Lognonné;Tilman Spohn;W. Bruce Banerdt

  • The BepiColombo laser altimeter (BELA): Concept and baseline design

    N. Thomas;T. Spohn;J.-P. Barriot;W. Benz

  • New transfer functions for nutations of a nonrigid Earth

    Véronique Dehant;P. Defraigne

  • The NetLander very broad band seismometer

    P Lognonné;D Giardini;B Banerdt;J Gagnepain-Beyneix

  • Analytical approach to the computation of the Earth, the outer core and the inner core rotational motions

    Véronique Dehant;J. Hinderer;H. Legros;M. Lefftz

Frequent Co-Authors

Tilman Spohn
Tilman Spohn German Aerospace Center
Jacques Hinderer
Jacques Hinderer University of Strasbourg
Eric Deleersnijder
Eric Deleersnijder Université Catholique de Louvain
Philippe Lognonné
Philippe Lognonné Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Sami W. Asmar
Sami W. Asmar California Institute of Technology
Matthew P. Golombek
Matthew P. Golombek California Institute of Technology
G. L. Tyler
G. L. Tyler Stanford University
Vinciane Debaille
Vinciane Debaille Université Libre de Bruxelles
Nicholas A Teanby
Nicholas A Teanby University of Bristol

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