Special Topic: Planetary Exploration> 10-Year Papers
Published May 2011
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The 20 most-cited papers in planetary exploration include a strong showing of papers from ESA's OMEGA/Mars Express mission in 2006. This orbiting spacecraft has eight instrument packages devoted to science objectives. OMEGA is the visible and infrared mineralogical mapping spectrometer which determines the mineral composition of the surface. This is the instrument that found abundant water ice at the South Pole of Mars, as well as evidence for hydrated sulfates.
The NASA-ESA Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn and its moon Titan account for five of the top 20. Huygens descended through the atmosphere of Titan and landed on its surface. At position #6 in these rankings there is a paper on data received from the spacecraft Voyager 1, now in its 33rd year of continuous operation, and on the point of leaving the solar system.
Total Cites: 306
Article Title: Mars surface diversity as revealed by the OMEGA/Mars Express observations
Authors: Bibring, JP, Langevin, Y, Gendrin, A, Gondet, B, Poulet, F, Berthe, M, Soufflot, A, Arvidson, R, Mangold, N, Mustard, J, Drossart, P, Omega Team
Journal: SCIENCE
Volume: 307
Page: 1576-1581
Year: 2005
Addresses:
· Inst Astrophys Spatiale, Orsay, France
· Washington Univ, St Louis, MO, USA
· IDES, Orsay, France
· Brown Univ, Providence, RI, USA
· Observ Paris, LESIA, Meudon, France
· Inst Astrophys Spatiale, Batiment 121,Orsay Campus, Orsay, France
***Article 2
Total Cites: 302
Article Title: Suffates in martian layered terrains: the OMEGA/Mars Express view
Authors: Gendrin, A, Mangold, N, Bibring, JP, Langevin, Y, Gondet, B, Poulet, F, Bonello, G, Quantin, C, Mustard, J, Arvidson, R, Lemouelic, S
Journal: SCIENCE
Volume: 307
Page: 1587-1591
Year: 2005
Addresses:
· Inst Astrophys Spatiale, Orsay, France
· Interact & Dynam Environm Surface, Orsay, France
· Lab Sci Terre, Villeurbanne, France
· Brown Univ, Providence, RI, USA
· Washington Univ, St Louis, MO, USA
· Univ Nantes, Nantes, France
· Inst Astrophys Spatiale, Batiment 121, Orsay, France
***Article 3
Special Topics Interview with Jonathan Lunine
Total Cites: 300
Article Title: The abundances of constituents of Titan's atmosphere from the GCMS instrument on the Huygens probe
Authors: Niemann, HB, Atreya, SK, Bauer, SJ, Carignan, GR, Demick, JE, Frost, RL, Gautier, D, Haberman, JA, Harpold, DN, Hunten, DM, Israel, G, Lunine, JI, Kasprzak, WT, Owen, TC, Paulkovich, M, Raulin, F, Raaen, E, Way, SH
Journal: NATURE
Volume: 438
Page: 779-784
Year: 2005
Addresses:
· NASA, Greenbelt, MD, USA
· Univ Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
· KARL FRANZENS UNIV GRAZ, Inst Meteorol & Geophys, Graz, Austria
· Observ Paris, LESIA, Meudon, France
· Univ Arizona, Lunar & Planetary Lab, Tucson, AZ, USA
· CNRS, Serv Aeron, Verrieres Le Buisson, France
· Univ Alabama, CMC, Birmingham, AL, USA
· Univ Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, USA
· UNIV PARIS 12 VAL DE MARNE, Lab Interuniv Syst Atmospher, Creteil, France
· UNIV PARIS DIDEROT, Creteil, France
***Article 4
Total Cites: 285
Article Title: Global mineralogical and aqueous mars history derived from OMEGA/Mars express data
Authors: Bibring, JP, Langevin, Y, Mustard, JF, Poulet, F, Arvidson, R, Gendrin, A, Gondet, B, Mangold, N, Pinet, P, Forget, F, Omega team
Journal: SCIENCE
Volume: 312
Page: 400-404
Year: 2006
Addresses:
· Inst Astrophys Spatiale, Orsay, France
· Brown Univ, Dept Geol Sci, Providence, RI, USA
· Washington Univ, Dept Earth & Planetary Sci, St Louis, MO, USA
· Interact & Dynam Environm Surface, Orsay, France
· Observ Midi Pyrenees, Toulouse, France
· UNIV PIERRE & MARIE CURIE, Meteorol Dynam Lab, Paris, France
· Inst Astrophys Spatiale, Batiment 121,Orsay Campus, Orsay, France
***Article 5
Total Cites: 231
Article Title: Voyager 1 explores the termination shock region and the heliosheath beyond
Authors: Stone, EC, Cummings, AC, Mcdonald, FB, Heikkila, BC, Lal, N, Webber, WR
Journal: SCIENCE
Volume: 309
Page: 2017-2020
Year: 2005
Addresses:
· CALTECH, Pasadena, CA, USA
· Univ Maryland, Inst Phys Sci & Technol, College Pk, MD, USA
· NASA, Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Greenbelt, MD, USA
· New Mexico State Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Las Cruces, NM, USA
***Article 6
Total Cites: 229
Article Title: Phyllosilicates on Mars and implications for early martian climate
Authors: Poulet, F, Bibring, JP, Mustard, JF, Gendrin, A, Mangold, N, Langevin, Y, Arvidson, RE, Gondet, B, Gomez, C, Omega Team
Journal: NATURE
Volume: 438
Page: 623-627
Year: 2005
Addresses:
· UNIV PARIS SUD 11, Inst Astrophys Spatiale, Orsay, France
· CNRS, UMR 8617, Orsay, France
· Brown Univ, Providence, RI, USA
· Interact & Dynam Environm Surface, Orsay, France
· Washington Univ, St Louis, MO, USA
· Univ Paris 11, Inst Astrophys Spatiale, Orsay, France
***Article 7
Total Cites: 214
Article Title: Cassini observes the active South Pole of Enceladus
Authors: Porco, CC, Helfenstein, P, Thomas, PC, Ingersoll, AP, Wisdom, J, West, R, Neukum, G, Denk, T, Wagner, R, Roatsch, T, Kieffer, S, Turtle, E, Mcewen, A, Johnson, TV, Rathbun, J, Veverka, J, Wilson, D, Perry, J, Spitale, J, Brahic, A, Burns, JA, Delgenio, AD, Dones, L, Murray, CD, Squyres, S
Journal: SCIENCE
Volume: 311
Page: 1393-1401
Year: 2006
Addresses:
· Space Sci Inst, Cassini Imaging Cent Lab Operat, Boulder, CO, USA
· Univ London, Queen Mary, Astron Unit, London, England
· SW Res Inst, Dept Space Studies, Boulder, CO, USA
· NASA, Goddard Inst Space Studies, New York, NY, USA
· UNIV PARIS DIDEROT, Ctr Etud Saclay, Gif Sur Yvette, France
· Univ Redlands, Dept Phys, Redlands, CA, USA
· Univ Arizona, Dept Planetary Sci, Tucson, AZ, USA
· Univ Illinois, Dept Geol, Urbana, IL, USA
· German Aerosp Res Estab, Inst Planetary Res, Berlin, Germany
· Free Univ Berlin, Inst Geol Wissensch, Berlin, Germany
· JET PROP LAB, Jet Prop Lab, Pasadena, CA, USA
· MIT, Dept Earth Atmospher & Planetary Sci, Cambridge, MA, USA
· CALTECH, Div Geol & Planetary Sci, Pasadena, CA, USA
· Cornell Univ, Dept Astron, Ithaca, NY, USA
· Space Sci Inst, Cassini Imaging Cent Lab Operat, 4750 Walnut St,Suite 205, Boulder, CO, USA
***Article 8
Special Topics Interview with Athena Coustenis
Total Cites: 198
Article Title: Rain, winds and haze during the Huygens probe's descent to Titan's surface
Authors: Tomasko, MG, Archinal, B, Becker, T, Bezard, B, Bushroe, M, Combes, M, Cook, D, Coustenis, A, de Bergh, C, Dafoe, LE, Doose, L, Doute, S, Eibl, A, Engel, S, Gliem, F, Grieger, B, Holso, K, Howington-kraus, E, Karkoschka, E, Keller, HU, Kirk, R, Kramm, R, Kuppers, M, Lanagan, P, Lellouch, E, Lemmon, M, Lunine, JI, Mcfarlane, E, Moores, J, Prout, GM, Rizk, B, Rosiek, M, Rueffer, P, Schroder, SE, Schmitt, B, See, C, Smith, P, Soderblom, L, Thomas, N, West, R
Journal: NATURE
Volume: 438
Page: 765-778
Year: 2005
Addresses:
· Univ Arizona, Lunar & Planetary Lab, Tucson, AZ, USA
· US Geol Survey, Flagstaff, AZ, USA
· Observ Paris, LESIA, Meudon, France
· Univ Grenoble 1, CNRS, Lab Planetol Grenoble, Grenoble, France
· TECH UNIV BRAUNSCHWEIG, Braunschweig, Germany
· Max Planck Inst Solar Syst Res, Katlenburg Lindau, Germany
· Texas A&M Univ, Dept Phys, College Stn, TX, USA
· Ist Fis Spazio Interplanetario, Ist Nazl Astrofis, ARTOV, Rome, Italy
· Univ Bern, Dept Phys, Bern, Switzerland
· JET PROP LAB, Jet Prop Lab, Pasadena, CA, USA
· Univ Arizona, Lunar & Planetary Lab, 1629 E Univ Blvd, Tucson, AZ, USA
***Article 9
Total Cites: 193
Article Title: Detection of methane in the atmosphere of Mars
Authors: Formisano, V, Atreya, S, Encrenaz, T, Ignatiev, N, Giuranna, M
Journal: SCIENCE
Volume: 306
Page: 1758-1761
Year: 2004
Addresses:
· INAF IFSI, Ist Fis Spazio Interplanetario, Rome, Italy
· Univ Michigan, Dept Atmospher Ocean & Space Sci, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
· Observ Paris, Lab Etud Spatiales & Instrumentat Astrophys, Observ Paris, Meudon, France
· Russian Acad Sci IKI, Space Res Inst, Moscow, Russia
· INAF IFSI, Ist Fis Spazio Interplanetario, Via Fosso Cavaliere 100, Rome, Italy
***Article 10
Total Cites: 192
Article Title: The N2K consortium. II. A transiting hot Saturn around HD 149026 with a large dense core
Authors: Sato, B, Fischer, DA, Henry, GW, Laughlin, G, Butler, RP, Marcy, GW, Vogt, SS, Bodenheimer, P, Ida, S, Toyota, E, Wolf, A, Valenti, JA, Boyd, LJ, Johnson, JA, Wright, JT, Ammons, M, Robinson, S, Strader, J, Mccarthy, C, Tah, KL, Minniti, D
Journal: ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Volume: 633
Page: 465-473
Year: 2005
Addresses:
· Kobe Univ, Grad Sch Sci & Technol, Kobe, Japan
· Natl Astron Observ Kamogata, Okayama Astrophys Observ, Okayama, Japan
· San Francisco State Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, San Francisco, CA, USA
· Tennessee State Univ, Ctr Excellence Informat Syst, Nashville, TN, USA
· Vanderbilt Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Nashville, TN, USA
· Univ Calif Santa Cruz, UCO, Lick Observ, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
· Carnegie Inst Washington, Dept Terr Magnetism, Washington, DC, USA
· Univ Calif Berkeley, Dept Astron, Berkeley, CA, USA
· Tokyo Inst Technol, Meguro Ku, Tokyo, Japan
· Space Telescope Sci Inst, Baltimore, MD, USA
· Fairborn Observ, Patagonia, AZ, USA
· Pontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Dept Astron, Santiago, Chile
· Kobe Univ, Grad Sch Sci & Technol, 1-1 Rokkodai, Kobe, Japan
***Article 11
Total Cites: 190
Article Title: The Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) for the Mars 2001 Odyssey Mission
Authors: Christensen, PR, Jakosky, B, Kieffer, HH, Malin, MC, Mcsween, HY, Nealson, K, Mehall, GL, Silverman, SH, Ferry, S, Caplinger, M, Ravine, M
Journal: SPACE SCIENCE REVIEWS
Volume: 110
Page: 85-130
Year: 2004
Addresses:
· Arizona State Univ, Dept Geol Sci, Tempe, AZ, USA
· Univ Colorado, Lab Atmospher & Space Phys, Boulder, CO, USA
· Univ Colorado, Dept Geol Sci, Boulder, CO, USA
· US Geol Survey, Flagstaff, AZ, USA
· Malin Space Sci Syst, San Diego, CA, USA
· Univ Tennessee, Dept Geol Sci, Knoxville, TN, USA
· JET PROP LAB, Jet Prop Lab, Pasadena, CA, USA
· Arizona State Univ, Dept Geol Sci, Tempe, AZ, USA
· Raytheon Co, Santa Barbara Remote Sensing, Goleta, CA, USA
***Article 12
Total Cites: 187
Article Title: In situ measurements of the physical characteristics of Titan's environment
Authors: Fulchignoni, M, Ferri, F, Angrilli, F, Ball, AJ, Bar-nun, A, Barucci, MA, Bettanini, C, Bianchini, G, Borucki, W, Colombatti, G, Coradini, M, Coustenis, A, Debei, S, Falkner, P, Fanti, G, Flamini, E, Gaborit, V, Grard, R, Hamelin, M, Harri, AM, Hathi, B, Jernej, I, Leese, MR, Lehto, A, Stoppato, PFL, Lopez-moreno, JJ, Makinen, T, Mcdonnell, JAM, Mckay, CP, Molina-cuberos, G, Neubauer, FM, Pirronello, V, Rodrigo, R, Saggin, B, Schwingenschuh, K, Seiff, A, Simoes, F, Svedhem, H, Tokano, T, Towner, MC, Trautner, R, Withers, P, Zarnecki, JC
Journal: NATURE
Volume: 438
Page: 785-791
Year: 2005
Addresses:
· Univ Padua, CISAS G Colombo, Padua, Italy
· Observ Paris, LESIA, Meudon, France
· UNIV PARIS DIDEROT, UFR Phys, Paris, France
· Open Univ, PSSRI, Milton Keynes, England
· Tel Aviv Univ, Dept Geophys & Planetary Sci, Tel Aviv, Israel
· NASA, Ames Res Ctr, Moffett Field, CA, USA
· ESA Headquarters, Sci Directorate, Paris, France
· European Space Agcy, Estec, ESA, Noordwijk, Netherlands
· Agenzia Spaziale Italiana, Rome, Italy
· CETP IPSL, St Maur, France
· CNRS, LPCE, Orleans, France
· Finnish Meteorol Inst, Helsinki, Finland
· Austrian Acad Sci IWF, Space Res Inst, Graz, Austria
· CSIC, Inst Astrofis Andalucia, Granada, Spain
· Univ Murcia, Dept Phys, Appl Electromagnet Grp, Murcia, Spain
· Univ Cologne, Inst Geophys & Meteorol, Cologne, Germany
· Univ Catania, DMFCI, Catania, Italy
· Politecn Milan, Dipartimento Meccan, Milan, Italy
· Boston Univ, Ctr Space Phys, Boston, MA, USA
· Univ Padua, CISAS G Colombo, Via Venezia 15, Padua, Italy
***Article 13
Total Cites: 184
Article Title: A Neptune-mass planet orbiting the nearby M dwarf GJ 436
Authors: Butler, RP, Vogt, SS, Marcy, GW, Fischer, DA, Wright, JT, Henry, GW, Laughlin, G, Lissauer, JJ
Journal: ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Volume: 617
Page: 580-588
Year: 2004
Addresses:
· Carnegie Inst Washington, Dept Terr Magnetism, Washington, DC, USA
· Univ Calif Santa Cruz, Univ Calif Observ, Lick Observ, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
· Univ Calif Berkeley, Dept Astron, Berkeley, CA, USA
· San Francisco State Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, San Francisco, CA, USA
· Tennessee State Univ, Ctr Excellence Informat Syst, Nashville, TN, USA
· Vanderbilt Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Nashville, TN, USA
· NASA, Div Space Sci, Ames Res Ctr, Moffett Field, CA, USA
· Carnegie Inst Washington, Dept Terr Magnetism, 5241 Broad Branch Rd NW, Washington, DC, USA
***Article 14
Total Cites: 184
Article Title: Origin of the orbital architecture of the giant planets of the Solar System
Authors: Tsiganis, K, Gomes, R, Morbidelli, A, Levison, HF
Journal: NATURE
Volume: 435
Page: 459-461
Year: 2005
Addresses:
· CNRS, Observ Cote Azur, Nice, France
· UNIV FED RIO DE JANEIRO, OV, GEA, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
· MCT, ON, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
· SW Res Inst, Dept Space Studies, Boulder, CO, USA
· CNRS, Observ Cote Azur, BP 4229, Nice, France
***Article 15
Special Topics Interview with Stamatios M. Krimigis
Total Cites: 172
Article Title: Voyager 1 in the foreshock, termination shock, and heliosheath
Authors: Decker, RB, Krimigis, SM, Roelof, EC, Hill, ME, Armstrong, TP, Gloeckler, G, Hamilton, DC, Lanzerotti, LJ
Journal: SCIENCE
Volume: 309
Page: 2020-2024
Year: 2005
Addresses:
· Johns Hopkins Univ, Appl Phys Lab, Laurel, MD, USA
· Univ Maryland, Dept Phys, College Pk, MD, USA
· Fundamental Technol, Lawrence, KS, USA
· AT&T, Murray Hill, NJ, USA
· New Jersey Inst Technol, Ctr Solar Terr Res, Newark, NJ, USA
· Johns Hopkins Univ, Appl Phys Lab, Johns Hopkins Rd, Laurel, MD, USA
***Article 16
Total Cites: 172
Article Title: Imaging of Titan from the Cassini spacecraft
Authors: Porco, CC, Baker, E, Barbara, J, Beurle, K, Brahic, A, Burns, JA, Charnoz, S, Cooper, N, Dawson, DD, Del Genio, AD, Denk, T, Dones, L, Dyudina, U, Evans, MW, Fussner, S, Giese, B, Grazier, K, Helfenstein, P, Ingersoll, AP, Jacobson, RA, Johnson, TV, Mcewen, A, Murray, CD, Neukum, G, Owen, WM, Perry, J, Roatsch, T, Spitale, J, Squyres, S, Thomas, P, Tiscareno, M, Turtle, EP, Vasavada, AR, Veverka, J, Wagner, R, West, R
Journal: NATURE
Volume: 434
Page: 159-168
Year: 2005
Addresses:
· Space Sci Inst, Cassini Imaging Cent Lab Operat, Boulder, CO, USA
· NASA, Goddard Inst Space Studies, New York, NY, USA
· Univ London, Queen Mary, Astron Unit, London, England
· UNIV PARIS DIDEROT, CE Saclay, Gif Sur Yvette, France
· Cornell Univ, Dept Astron, Ithaca, NY, USA
· Univ Arizona, Dept Planetary Sci, Tucson, AZ, USA
· Free Univ Berlin, Inst Geol Wissensch, Berlin, Germany
· SW Res Inst, Dept Space Sci, Boulder, CO, USA
· CALTECH, Div Geol & Planetary Sci, Pasadena, CA, USA
· German Aerosp Ctr, Inst Planetary Res, Berlin, Germany
· JET PROP LAB, Jet Prop Lab, Pasadena, CA, USA
· Space Sci Inst, Cassini Imaging Cent Lab Operat, 4750 Walnut St,Suite 205, Boulder, CO, USA
***Article 17
Total Cites: 165
Article Title: Making more terrestrial planets
Authors: Chambers, JE
Journal: ICARUS
Volume: 152
Page: 205-224
Year: 2001
Addresses:
· Armagh Observ, Armagh, North Ireland
· NASA, Ames Res Ctr, Moffett Field, CA, USA
***Article 18
Total Cites: 161
Article Title: Sulfates in the north polar region of Mars detected by OMEGA/Mars express
Authors: Langevin, Y, Poulet, F, Bibring, JP, Gondet, B
Journal: SCIENCE
Volume: 307
Page: 1584-1586
Year: 2005
Addresses:
· Inst Astrophys Spatiale, Orsay, France
· Inst Astrophys Spatiale, Batiment 121, Orsay, France
***Article 19
Total Cites: 159
Article Title: Planetary radii across five orders of magnitude in mass and stellar insolation: Application to transits
Authors: Fortney, JJ, Marley, MS, Barnes, JW
Journal: ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Volume: 659
Page: 1661-1672
Year: 2007
Addresses:
· NASA, Ames Res Ctr, Space Sci & Astrobiol Div, Moffett Field, CA, USA
· SETI Inst, Carl Sagan Ctr, Mountain View, CA, USA
· Univ Arizona, Lunar & Planetary Lab, Tucson, AZ, USA
· Univ Arizona, Dept Planetary Sci, Tucson, AZ, USA
***Article 20
Total Cites: 149
Article Title: Titan's atmospheric temperatures, winds, and composition
Authors: Flasar, FM, Achterberg, RK, Conrath, BJ, Gierasch, PJ, Kunde, VG, Nixon, CA, Bjoraker, GL, Jennings, DE, Romani, PN, Simon-miller, AA, Bezard, B, Coustenis, A, Irwin, PGJ, Teanby, NA, Brasunas, J, Pearl, JC, Segura, ME, Carlson, RC, Mamoutkine, A, Schinder, PJ, Barucci, A, Courtin, R, Fouchet, T, Gautier, D, Lellouch, E, Marten, A, Prange, R, Vinatier, S, Strobel, DF, Calcutt, SB, Read, PL, Taylor, FW, Bowles, N, Samuelson, RE, Orton, GS, Spilker, LJ, Owen, TC, Spencer, JR, Showalter, MR, Ferrari, C, Abbas, MM, Raulin, F, Edgington, S, Ade, P, Wishnow, EH
Journal: SCIENCE
Volume: 308
Page: 975-978
Year: 2005
Addresses:
· NASA, Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Greenbelt, MD, USA
· Sci Syst & Applicat, Lanham, MD, USA
· Cornell Univ, Dept Astron, Ithaca, NY, USA
· Univ Maryland, Dept Astron, College Pk, MD, USA
· Observ Paris, LESIA, CNRS, UMR 8109, Meudon, France
· Univ Oxford, Clarendon Lab, Oxford, England
· QSS Grp, Lanham, MD, USA
· Johns Hopkins Univ, Dept Earth & Planetary Sci, Baltimore, MD, USA
· JET PROP LAB, Jet Prop Lab, Pasadena, CA, USA
· Univ Hawaii, Inst Astron, Honolulu, HI, USA
· SW Res Inst, Dept Space Studies, Boulder, CO, USA
· Search Extraterr Intelligence Inst, Mountain View, CA, USA
· CEA, Serv Astrophys, Gif Sur Yvette, France
· NASA, George C Marshall Space Flight Ctr, Huntsville, AL, USA
· UNIV PARIS DIDEROT, Lab Interuniv Syst Atmospher, CNRS, UMR 7583, Creteil, France
· UNIV PARIS 12 VAL DE MARNE, Lab Interuniv Syst Atmospher, CNRS, UMR 7583, Creteil, France
· CARDIFF UNIV, Dept Phys & Astron, Cardiff, Wales
· Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab, Livermore, CA, USA
· Univ Calif Berkeley, Space Sci Lab, Livermore, CA, USA
· NASA, Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Code 693, Greenbelt, MD, USA
About the 10-year Paper List:
The baseline time span for this database is January 1, 2001-March 18, 2011. The resulting database contained 9,400 (10 years) and 2,416 (2 years) papers.
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