Discovery of Seven Volcanic Outbursts on Io from an Infrared Telescope Facility Observation Campaign, 2016–2022 by Christian D. Tate, Julie A. Rathbun, Alexander G. Hayes, John R. Spencer, Madeline Pettine

“…This study analyzes near-infrared measurements of Io, Jupiter's moon, observed over 170 nights from 2016 to early 2022 using the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF). During this period, seven new volcanic outbursts—the most energetic volcanic events on Io—were discovered and characterized, increasing the total number of observed outburst events from 18 to 25. …”
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Mineralogical Characterization and Phase Angle Study of Two Binary Near-Earth Asteroids, Potential Targets for NASA’s Janus Mission by Lucille Le Corre, Juan A. Sanchez, Vishnu Reddy, Adam Battle, David C. Cantillo, Benjamin Sharkey, Robert Jedicke, Daniel J. Scheeres

“…We observed 1991 VH using the 3 m NASA Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF) on Mauna Kea, Hawaii, on 2008 July 26. 1996 FG3 was observed with the IRTF for seven nights during the spring of 2022. …”
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Variability of Jovian ion winds: an upper limit for enhanced Joule heating by M. B. Lystrup, M. B. Lystrup, M. B. Lystrup, S. Miller, S. Miller, S. Miller, T. Stallard, C. G. A. Smith, A. Aylward

“…These data were recently obtained from the high-resolution CSHELL spectrometer at the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility. We find that there is no variability within this data set on timescales of the order of one minute and spatial scales of 640 km, putting upper limits on the timescales of fluctuations that would be needed to enhance Joule heating.…”
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Correlating Changes in Spot Filling Factors with Stellar Rotation: The Case of LkCa 4 by Facundo Pérez Paolino, Jeffrey S. Bary, Michael S. Petersen, Kimberly Ward-Duong, Benjamin M. Tofflemire, Katherine B. Follette, Heidi Mach

“…Using SpeX at NASA’s Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF), 12 spectra were collected over five consecutive nights, spanning ≈1.5 stellar rotations. …”
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Three-dimensional structure of thermal waves in Venus’ mesosphere from ground-based observations by Giles, RS, Greathouse, TK, Irwin, PG, Encrenaz, T, Brecht, A

“…High spectral resolution observations of Venus were obtained with the TEXES instrument at NASA’s Infrared Telescope Facility. These observations focus on a CO2 absorption feature at 791.4 cm-1 as the shape of this absorption feature can be used to retrieve the vertical temperature profile in Venus’ mesosphere. …”

Near-Infrared Spectroscopy of Near-Earth Asteroids: 3122 Florence, (357439) 2004 BL86, 1036 Ganymed, and 4055 Magellan by Larsen, Skylar S.

“…Additionally, some NEAs are considered potentially hazardous objects (PHOs), and they could make threateningly close approaches to our planet. The Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF), located at Mauna Kea, Hawaii, was used to measure long wavelength cross-dispersed (LXD) spectra of these four asteroids with SpeX mode. …”
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A transit-timing variation study of the extrasolar planet TrES-3 by Lockhart, Matthew, S.M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Independent evolution of stratospheric temperatures in Jupiter's northern and southern auroral regions from 2014 to 2016 by Sinclair, J, Orton, G, Greathouse, T, Fletcher, L, Tao, C, Gladstone, G, Adriani, A, Dunn, W, Moses, J, Hue, V, Irwin, P, Melin, H, Giles, R

“…We present retrievals of the vertical temperature profile of Jupiter's high latitudes from Infrared Telescope Facility-Texas Echelon Cross Echelle Spectrograph measurements acquired on 10–11 December 2014 and 30 April to 1 May 2016. …”

Detection of propadiene on Titan by Lombardo, N, Nixon, C, Greathouse, T, Bézard, B, Jolly, A, Vinatier, S, Teanby, N, Richter, M, Irwin, P, Coustenis, A, Flasar, F

“…Here we present the first unambiguous detection of the molecule in any astronomical object, observed with the Texas Echelle Cross Echelle Spectrograph on the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility in 2017 July. We model its emission line near 12 μm and measure a volume mixing ratio of (6.9 + 0.8) ×10-10 at 175 km, assuming a vertically increasing abundance profile as predicted in photochemical models. …”

Active Asteroid (6478) Gault: A Blue Q-type Surface below the Dust?

“…We present near-infrared spectroscopy of the sporadically active asteroid (6478)Gault collected on the 3 m NASA/Infrared Telescope Facility observatory in late 2019 March/early April. …”
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Twenty Years of SpeX: Accuracy Limits of Spectral Slope Measurements in Asteroid Spectroscopy by Marsset, Michaël, DeMeo, Francesca E, Binzel, Richard P, Bus, Schelte J, Burbine, Thomas H, Burt, Brian, Moskovitz, Nicholas, Polishook, David, Rivkin, Andrew S, Slivan, Stephen M, Thomas, Cristina

“…We examined two decades of SpeX/NASA Infrared Telescope Facility observations from the Small Main-Belt Asteroid Spectroscopic Survey (SMASS) and the MIT-Hawaii Near-Earth Object Spectroscopic Survey (MITHNEOS) to investigate uncertainties and systematic errors in reflectance spectral slope measurements of asteroids. …”
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Spectral emissivity measurements of Mercury's surface indicate Mg- and Ca-rich mineralogy, K-spar, Na-rich plagioclase, rutile, with possible perovskite, and garnet by Sprague, A, Donaldson Hanna, K, Kozlowski, R, Helbert, J, Maturilli, A, Warell, J, Hora, J

“…Mid-infrared 2-D spectroscopic measurements from 8.0 to 12.7 μm of Mercury were taken using Boston University's Mid-Infrared Spectrometer and Imager (MIRSI) mounted on the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF) on Mauna Kea, Hawaii, 7–11 April 2006. …”

The Distribution of Highly Red-sloped Asteroids in the Middle and Outer Main Belt by Oriel A. Humes, Cristina A. Thomas, Lauren E. McGraw

“…In order to quantify the abundance of red-sloped asteroids within the main belt, we conducted a survey using the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility and the Lowell Discovery Telescope. …”
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Twenty Years of SpeX: Accuracy Limits of Spectral Slope Measurements in Asteroid Spectroscopy by Marsset, Michaël, DeMeo, Francesca E, Binzel, Richard P, Bus, Schelte J, Burbine, Thomas H, Burt, Brian, Moskovitz, Nicholas, Polishook, David, Rivkin, Andrew S, Slivan, Stephen M, Thomas, Cristina

“…We examined two decades of SpeX/NASA Infrared Telescope Facility observations from the Small Main-Belt Asteroid Spectroscopic Survey (SMASS) and the MIT-Hawaii Near-Earth Object Spectroscopic Survey (MITHNEOS) to investigate uncertainties and systematic errors in reflectance spectral slope measurements of asteroids. …”
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TOI-1696: A Nearby M4 Dwarf with a 3 R ⊕ Planet in the Neptunian Desert by Seager, Sara

“…The spectroscopic observations with IRD and Infrared Telescope Facility SpeX were used to determine the stellar parameters, and it was found that the host star is an M4 dwarf with an effective temperature of Teff = 3185 ± 76 K and a metallicity of [Fe/H] = 0.336 ± 0.060 dex. …”
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RESOLVED SPECTROSCOPY OF M DWARF/L DWARF BINARIES. III. THE "WIDE" L3.5/L4 DWARF BINARY 2MASS J15500845+1455180AB by Burgasser, Adam J., Dhital, Saurav, West, A. A.

“…This source is resolved in Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) images and in near-infrared imaging with the Infrared Telescope Facility SpeX imager/spectrometer. The two components, oriented along a north-south axis, have similar brightnesses in the near-infrared (ΔK ≈ 0.2 mag), although the fainter northern component is redder in J–K color. …”
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Mercury: Mid‐infrared (3–13.5 μm) observations show heterogeneous composition, presence of intermediate and basic soil types, and pyroxene by Sprague, A, Emery, J, Donaldson Hanna, K, Russell, R, Lynch, D, Mazuk, A

“… Abstract— The Aerospace Corporation's broadband array spectrograph system (BASS) mounted on the NASA infrared telescope facility (IRTF) on Mauna Kea, Hawaii was used to obtain spectral measurements of Mercury's thermal emission on 1998 March 21 (45–85° longitude), and on 1998 May 12 (68–108° longitude). …”

Characterizing K2 Candidate Planetary Systems Orbiting Low-mass Stars. I. Classifying Low-mass Host Stars Observed during Campaigns 1–7 by Dressing, Courtney D., Schlieder, Joshua E., Charbonneau, David, Knutson, Heather A., Vanderburg, Andrew, Sinukoff, Evan, Newton, Elisabeth R

“…The goal of the survey was to characterize planets orbiting low-mass stars, but our Infrared Telescope Facility/SpeX and Palomar/TripleSpec spectroscopic observations revealed that 49% of our targets were actually giant stars or hotter dwarfs reddened by interstellar extinction. …”
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Killer asteroids : feasibility of using the IRTF to track near-earth objects by Shah, Kaya (Kaya Y.)

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Distribution of olivine and pyroxene in S-type asteroids throughout the inner main belt by Storm, Shaye Perry

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