Photometric Explorations of Volatile Shifts on Pluto’s Surface

Pluto was observed over the course of three months with the goal of generating light curves to determine if volatile transport had occurred since the New Horizons Mission in 2015. Pluto’s surface is primarily made up of volatile ices, which are thought to migrate as Pluto’s seasons change. Further u...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McLellan-Cassivi, Claire
Other Authors: Person, Michael J.
Format: Thesis
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2024
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/153686
https://orcid.org/0009-0000-5357-5332