Publications of Michael E. Brown
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Publications
2024
- Wu, Peiyu;Trumbo, Samantha K. et al. (2024) Europa's H₂O₂: Temperature Insensitivity and a Correlation with CO₂
- Belyakov, Matthew;Brown, Michael E. et al. (2024) The Trojan-like Colors of Low-perihelion Kuiper Belt Objects
- Abell, Paul;Adam, Coralie et al. (2024) Enabling Fast Response Mission to Near-Earth Objects (NEOs), Interstellar Objects (ISOs), and Long-Period Comets (LPCs)
- Levison, Harold F.;Marchi, Simone et al. (2024) A contact binary satellite of the asteroid (152830) Dinkinesh
- Batygin, Konstantin;Morbidelli, Alessandro et al. (2024) Generation of Low-inclination, Neptune-crossing Trans-Neptunian Objects by Planet Nine
- Davis, M. Ryleigh;Brown, Michael E. (2024) Pwyll and Manannán Craters as a Laboratory for Constraining Irradiation Timescales on Europa
- Belyakov, Matthew;Davis, M. Ryleigh et al. (2024) JWST Spectrophotometry of the Small Satellites of Uranus and Neptune
- Wong, Ian;Brown, Michael E. et al. (2024) JWST Near-infrared Spectroscopy of the Lucy Jupiter Trojan Flyby Targets: Evidence for OH Absorption, Aliphatic Organics, and CO₂
- Emery, Joshua P.;Binzel, Richard P. et al. (2024) Surface Compositions of Trojan Asteroids
- Mottola, Stefano;Britt, Daniel T. et al. (2024) Shapes, Rotations, Photometric and Internal Properties of Jupiter Trojans
- Brown, Michael E.;Holman, Matthew J. et al. (2024) A Pan-STARRS1 Search for Planet Nine
2023
- Nimmo, Francis;Brown, Michael E. (2023) The internal structure of Eris inferred from its spin and orbit evolution
- Noll, Keith S.;Brown, Michael E. et al. (2023) Trojan Asteroid Satellites, Rings, and Activity
- Trumbo, Samantha K.;Brown, Michael E. (2023) The distribution of CO₂ on Europa indicates an internal source of carbon
- Trumbo, Samantha K.;Brown, Michael E. et al. (2023) Hydrogen peroxide at the poles of Ganymede
- Brown, Michael E.;Fraser, Wesley C. (2023) The State of CO and CO₂ Ices in the Kuiper Belt as Seen by JWST
- Mahjoub, Ahmed;Altwegg, Kathrin et al. (2023) Complex organosulfur molecules on comet 67P: Evidence from the ROSINA measurements and insights from laboratory simulations
- Schmidt, Carl;Sharov, Mikhail et al. (2023) Io's Optical Aurorae in Jupiter's Shadow
- de Kleer, Katherine;Milby, Zachariah et al. (2023) The Optical Aurorae of Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto
- Wong, Ian;Brown, Michael E. (2023) Photometric Confirmation and Characterization of the Ennomos Collisional Family in the Jupiter Trojans
2022
- Trumbo, Samantha K.;Davis, M. Ryleigh et al. (2022) Spectroscopic Mapping of Io's Surface with HST/STIS: SO₂ Frost, Sulfur Allotropes, and Large-scale Compositional Patterns
- Simpson, Anna M.;Brown, Michael E. et al. (2022) An ALMA Search for High-albedo Objects Among the Midsized Jupiter Trojan Population
- Belyakov, Matthew;Bernardinelli, Pedro H. et al. (2022) Limits on the Detection of Planet Nine in the Dark Energy Survey
- Trumbo, Samantha K.;Becker, Tracy M. et al. (2022) A New UV Spectral Feature on Europa: Confirmation of NaCl in Leading-hemisphere Chaos Terrain
- Denman, William T. P.;Trumbo, Samantha K. et al. (2022) The Influence of Temperature and Photobleaching on Irradiated Sodium Chloride at Europa-like Conditions
- Brown, Michael E.;Denman, William T. P. et al. (2022) The Mid-UV Spectrum of Irradiated NaCl at Europa-like Conditions
- Brown, Michael E.;Batygin, Konstantin (2022) A Search for Planet Nine using the Zwicky Transient Facility Public Archive
2021
- Brown, Michael E.;Batygin, Konstantin (2021) The Orbit of Planet Nine
- Brown, Michael E.;Levison, Harold F. et al. (2021) The Orbit and Density of the Jupiter Trojan Satellite System Eurybates–Queta
- Levison, Harold F.;Olkin, Catherine B. et al. (2021) Lucy Mission to the Trojan Asteroids: Science Goals
- Buie, Marc W.;Keeney, Brian A. et al. (2021) Size and Shape of (11351) Leucus from Five Occultations
- Trumbo, Samantha K.;Brown, Michael E. et al. (2021) The Geographic Distribution of Dense-phase O₂ on Ganymede
- Mahjoub, Ahmed;Brown, Michael E. et al. (2021) Effect of H₂S on the Near-infrared Spectrum of Irradiation Residue and Applications to the Kuiper Belt Object (486958) Arrokoth
- Brown, Michael E.;Levison, Harold F. et al. (2021) The orbit and density of the Jupiter Trojan satellite system Eurybates-Queta
- Batygin, Konstantin;Brown, Michael E. (2021) Injection of Inner Oort Cloud Objects into the Distant Kuiper Belt by Planet Nine
- Brown, Michael E.;Schemel, Madeline (2021) Colors of Jupiter Trojan Dynamical Families as Measured by the Zwicky Transient Facility
2020
- Mottola, Stefano;Hellmich, Stephan et al. (2020) Convex Shape and Rotation Model of Lucy Target (11351) Leucus from Lightcurves and Occultations
- Trumbo, Samantha K.;Brown, Michael E. et al. (2020) Endogenic and Exogenic Contributions to Visible-wavelength Spectra of Europa's Trailing Hemisphere
- Schemel, Madeline;Brown, Michael E. (2020) Zwicky Transient Facility Observations of Trojan Asteroids: A Thousand Colors, Rotation Amplitudes, and Phase Functions
- Noll, K. S.;Brown, M. E. et al. (2020) Detection of a Satellite of the Trojan Asteroid (3548) Eurybates—A Lucy Mission Target
2019
- Trumbo, Samantha K.;Brown, Michael E. et al. (2019) H_2O_2 within Chaos Terrain on Europa's Leading Hemisphere
- Trumbo, Samantha K.;Brown, Michael E. et al. (2019) Sodium chloride on the surface of Europa
- Wong, Ian;Mishra, Aakash et al. (2019) Photometry of Active Centaurs: Colors of Dormant Active Centaur Nuclei
- Batygin, Konstantin;Adams, Fred C. et al. (2019) The planet nine hypothesis
- Wong, Ian;Brown, Michael E. (2019) Multiband Photometry of a Patroclus–Menoetius Mutual Event: Constraints on Surface Heterogeneity
- Wong, Ian;Brown, Michael E. et al. (2019) Hubble Ultraviolet Spectroscopy of Jupiter Trojans
- Ivezić, Željko;Brown, Michael E. et al. (2019) LSST: From Science Drivers to Reference Design and Anticipated Data Products
- Brown, Michael E. (2019) The Planet Nine hypothesis
- Brown, Michael E.;Batygin, Konstantin (2019) Orbital Clustering in the Distant Solar System
- de Kleer, Katherine;Brown, Michael E. (2019) Europa's Optical Aurora: Update from Four New Hubble Eclipse Observations
2018
- Trumbo, Samantha K.;Brown, Michael E. et al. (2018) ALMA Thermal Observations of Europa
- de Kleer, Katherine;Brown, Michael E. (2018) Europa's Optical Aurora
- Trumbo, S. K.;Brown, M. E. et al. (2018) Observational Constraints on the Distribution and Temperature Dependence of H_2O_2 on the Surface of Europa
- Brown, Michael E.;Butler, Bryan J. (2018) Medium-sized Satellites of Large Kuiper Belt Objects
- Trumbo, S. K.;Brown, M. E. et al. (2018) Observational constraints on the distribution and temperature dependence of H_2O_2 on the surface of Europa
- Bailey, Elizabeth;Brown, Michael E. et al. (2018) Feasibility of a Resonance-based Planet Nine Search
- Fraser, Wesley C.;Brown, Michael E. (2018) Phoebe: A Surface Dominated by Water
- Khain, Tali;Batygin, Konstantin et al. (2018) The Generation of the Distant Kuiper Belt by Planet Nine from an Initially Broad Perihelion Distribution
- Poston, Michael J.;Mahjoub, Ahmed et al. (2018) Visible Near-infrared Spectral Evolution of Irradiated Mixed Ices and Application to Kuiper Belt Objects and Jupiter Trojans
- Seccull, Tom;Fraser, Wesley C. et al. (2018) 2004 EW_(95): A Phyllosilicate-bearing Carbonaceous Asteroid in the Kuiper Belt
- Schwamb, Megan E.;Jones, R. Lynne et al. (2018) Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Solar System Science Roadmap
2017
- Trumbo, Samantha K.;Brown, Michael E. et al. (2017) ALMA Thermal Observations of a Proposed Plume Source Region on Europa
- Mahjoub, Ahmed;Poston, Michael J. et al. (2017) Production of Sulfur Allotropes in Electron Irradiated Jupiter Trojans Ice Analogs
- Wong, Ian;Brown, Michael E. et al. (2017) 0.7–2.5μm Spectra of Hilda Asteroids
- Brown, Michael E. (2017) Observational Bias and the Clustering of Distant Eccentric Kuiper Belt Objects
- Brown, Michael E.;Butler, Bryan J. (2017) The Density of Mid-sized Kuiper Belt Objects from ALMA Thermal Observations
- Trumbo, Samantha K.;Brown, Michael E. et al. (2017) A New Spectral Feature on the Trailing Hemisphere of Europa at 3.78 μm
- Wong, Ian;Brown, Michael E. (2017) The Bimodal Color Distribution of Small Kuiper Belt Objects
- Brown, Michael (2017) No way back for Pluto
- Wong, Ian;Brown, Michael E. (2017) The Color–Magnitude Distribution of Hilda Asteroids: Comparison with Jupiter Trojans
- Fischer, P. D.;Brown, M. E. et al. (2017) Spatially resolved Spectroscopy of Europa's Large-scale Compositional Units at 3–4 μm with Keck NIRSPEC
2016
- Batygin, Konstantin;Brown, Michael E. (2016) Generation of Highly Inclined Trans-Neptunian Objects by Planet Nine
- Hastings, Danielle M.;Ragozzine, Darin et al. (2016) The Short Rotation Period of Hi'iaka, Haumea's Largest Satellite
- Brown, M. E. (2016) The 3-4 μm Spectra of Jupiter Trojan Asteroids
- Bailey, Elizabeth;Batygin, Konstantin et al. (2016) Solar Obliquity Induced by Planet Nine
- Wong, Ian;Brown, Michael E. (2016) A hypothesis for the color bimodality of Jupiter Trojans
- Brown, Michael (2016) Chemical origin of the colors of objects in the outer solar system and the Kuiper belt connection
- Brown, Michael E.;Batygin, Konstantin (2016) Observational constraints on the orbit and location of Planet Nine in the outer solar system
- Burkhart, Luke D.;Ragozzine, Darin et al. (2016) A Deep Search for Additional Satellites around the Dwarf Planet Haumea
- Mahjoub, Ahmed;Poston, Michael J. et al. (2016) Electron Irradiation and Thermal Processing of Mixed-ices of Potential Relevance to Jupiter Trojan Asteroids
- Norwood, James;Hammel, Heidi et al. (2016) Solar System Observations with the James Webb Space Telescope
- Batygin, Konstantin;Brown, Michael E. (2016) Evidence for a Distant Giant Planet in the Solar System
2015
- Wong, Ian;Brown, Michael E. (2015) The color-magnitude distribution of small Jupiter Trojans
- Fischer, P. D.;Brown, M. E. et al. (2015) Spatially Resolved Spectroscopy of Europa: The Distinct Spectrum of Large-scale Chaos
- Bowler, Brendan P.;Andrews, Sean M. et al. (2015) An ALMA Constraint on the GSC 6214-210 B Circum-substellar Accretion Disk Mass
- Fraser, Wesley C.;Brown, Michael E. et al. (2015) The Hubble Wide Field Camera 3 Test of Surfaces in the Outer Solar System: Spectral Variation on Kuiper Belt Objects
- Brown, M. E.;Schaller, E. L. et al. (2015) Irradiation Products On Dwarf Planet Makemake
- Brown, M. E.;Bannister, M. T. et al. (2015) A Serendipitous All Sky Survey for Bright Objects in the Outer Solar System
2014
- Wong, Ian;Brown, Michael E. et al. (2014) The Differing Magnitude Distributions of the Two Jupiter Trojan Color Populations
- Brown, M. E.;Rhoden, A. R. (2014) The 3 μm Spectrum of Jupiter's Irregular Satellite Himalia
- Lockwood, Alexandra C.;Brown, Michael E. et al. (2014) The Size and Shape of the Oblong Dwarf Planet Haumea
- Fraser, Wesley C.;Brown, Michael E. et al. (2014) The Absolute Magnitude Distribution of Kuiper Belt Objects
- Schwamb, Megan E.;Brown, Michael E. et al. (2014) The Small Numbers of Large Kuiper Belt Objects
2013
- Brown, M. E. (2013) The Density of Mid-sized Kuiper Belt Object 2002 UX25 and the Formation of the Dwarf Planets
- Fraser, Wesley C.;Trujillo, Chad et al. (2013) Limits on Quaoar's Atmosphere
- Fraser, Wesley C.;Gwyn, Stephen et al. (2013) Kuiper Belt Occultation Predictions
- Brown, M. E. (2013) On the Size, Shape, and Density of Dwarf Planet Makemake
- Brown, M. E.;Hand, K. P. (2013) Salts and Radiation Products on the Surface of Europa
- Hörst, S. M.;Brown, M. E. (2013) A Search for Magnesium in Europa's Atmosphere
- Fraser, Wesley C.;Batygin, Konstantin et al. (2013) The mass, orbit, and tidal evolution of the Quaoar–Weywot system
2012
- Bannister, M. T.;Brown, M. E. et al. (2012) The Detection Limits for Trans-Neptunian Dwarf Planets of the Siding Spring Survey
- Brown, M. E.;Schaller, E. L. et al. (2012) Water ice in the Kuiper belt
- Brown, Michael E. (2012) The Compositions of Kuiper Belt Objects
- Fraser, Wesley C.;Brown, Michael E. (2012) The Hubble Wide Field Camera 3 Test of Surfaces in the Outer Solar System: The Compositional Classes of the Kuiper Belt
- Schneider, T.;Graves, S. D. B. et al. (2012) Polar methane accumulation and rainstorms on Titan from simulations of the methane cycle
- Batygin, Konstantin;Brown, Michael E. et al. (2012) Instability-driven Dynamical Evolution Model of a Primordially Five-planet Outer Solar System
- Brasser, R.;Duncan, M. J. et al. (2012) Reassessing the formation of the inner Oort cloud in an embedded star cluster
2011
- Brown, M. E.;Schaller, E. L. et al. (2011) A Hypothesis for the Color Diversity of the Kuiper Belt
- Brown, M. E.;Burgasser, A. J. et al. (2011) The Surface Composition of Large Kuiper Belt Object 2007 OR10
- Batygin, Konstantin;Brown, Michael E. et al. (2011) Retention of a Primordial Cold Classical Kuiper Belt in an Instability-Driven Model of Solar System Formation
2010
- Fraser, Wesley C.;Brown, Michael E. et al. (2010) The luminosity function of the hot and cold Kuiper belt populations
- Schwamb, Megan E.;Brown, Michael E. et al. (2010) Properties of the Distant Kuiper Belt: Results from the Palomar Distant Solar System Survey
- Batygin, Konstantin;Brown, Michael E. (2010) Early Dynamical Evolution of the Solar System: Pinning Down the Initial Conditions of the Nice Model
- Brown, M. E.;Ragozzine, D. et al. (2010) The size, density, and formation of the Orcus-Vanth system in the Kuiper Belt
- Fraser, Wesley C.;Brown, Michael E. (2010) Quaoar: A Rock in the Kuiper Belt
- Brown, Michael E.;Roberts, Jessica E. et al. (2010) Clouds on Titan during the Cassini prime mission: A complete analysis of the VIMS data
2009
- Abell, Paul A.;Bridge, Carrie R. et al. (2009) LSST Science Book, Version 2.0
- Brown, M. E.;Smith, A. L. et al. (2009) Discovery of Fog at the South Pole of Titan
- Schaller, E. L.;Roe, H. G. et al. (2009) Storms in the tropics of Titan
- Brown, Mike (2009) The Control of Nature
- Schneider, Nicholas M.;Burger, Matthew H. et al. (2009) No sodium in the vapour plumes of Enceladus
- Brown, M. E. (2009) Looking for planets like ours
- Ragozzine, D.;Brown, M. E. (2009) Orbits and Masses of the Satellites of the Dwarf Planet Haumea (2003 EL61)
- Fraser, W. C.;Brown, M. E. (2009) NICMOS Photometry of the Unusual Dwarf Planet Haumea and its Satellites
- Schwamb, Megan E.;Brown, Michael E. et al. (2009) A search for distant solar system bodies in the region of Sedna
- Brown, M. E.;Schaller, E. L. et al. (2009) Discovery of lake-effect clouds on Titan
- Lorenz, Ralph D.;Brown, Michael E. et al. (2009) Seasonal changes on Titan
2008
- Roe, Henry G.;Pike, Rosemary E. et al. (2008) Tentative detection of the rotation of Eris
- Schaller, E. L.;Brown, M. E. (2008) Detection of additional members of the 2003 EL61 collisional family via near-infrared spectroscopy
- Barkume, K. M.;Brown, M. E. et al. (2008) Near-infrared (NIR) spectra of Centaurs and Kuiper belt objects
- Barucci, M. Antonietta;Brown, Michael E. et al. (2008) Composition and Surface Properties of Transneptunian Objects and Centaurs
- Brown, Michael E. (2008) The Largest Kuiper Belt Objects
- Stansberry, John;Grundy, Will et al. (2008) Physical Properties of Kuiper Belt and Centaur Objects: Constraints from the Spitzer Space Telescope
2007
- Ragozzine, D.;Brown, M. E. (2007) Candidate members and age estimate of the family of Kuiper Belt object 2003 EL61
- Schaller, E. L.;Brown, M. E. (2007) Detection of Methane on Kuiper Belt Object (50000) Quaoar
- Brown, Michael E.;Schaller, Emily L. (2007) The Mass of Dwarf Planet Eris
- Eluszkiewicz, Janusz;Cady-Pereira, Karen et al. (2007) Interpretation of the near-IR spectra of the Kuiper Belt Object (136472) 2005 FY_9
- Schaller, E. L.;Brown, M. E. (2007) Volatile Loss and Retention on Kuiper Belt Objects
- Brown, Michael E.;Barkume, Kristina et al. (2007) A collisional family of icy objects in the Kuiper belt
- Trujillo, Chadwick A.;Brown, Michael E. et al. (2007) The Surface of 2003 EL_(61) in the Near-Infrared
- Brown, M. E.;Barkume, K. M. et al. (2007) Methane and ethane on the bright Kuiper Belt object 2005 FY9
2006
- Schaller, Emily L.;Brown, Michael E. et al. (2006) Dissipation of Titan's south polar clouds
- Burgasser, Adam J.;Kirkpatrick, J. Davy et al. (2006) Hubble Space Telescope NICMOS Observations of T Dwarfs: Brown Dwarf Multiplicity and New Probes of the L/T Transition
- Witasse, Olivier;Roe, Henry et al. (2006) Overview of the coordinated ground-based observations of Titan during the Huygens mission
- de Pater, Imke;Ádámkovics, Máte et al. (2006) Titan imagery with Keck adaptive optics during and after probe entry
- Basri, Gibor;Brown, Michael E. (2006) Planetesimals to brown dwarfs: What is a planet?
- Brown, M. E.;Schaller, E. L. et al. (2006) Direct measurement of the size of 2003 UB313 from the Hubble Space Telescope
- Schaller, Emily L.;Brown, Michael E. et al. (2006) A large cloud outburst at Titan's south pole
- Barkume, K. M.;Brown, M. E. et al. (2006) Water Ice on the Satellite of Kuiper Belt Object 2003 EL₆₁
- Rabinowitz, David L.;Barkume, Kristina et al. (2006) Photometric observations constraining the size, shape, and albedo of 2003 EL61, a rapidly rotating, Pluto-sized object in the Kuiper Belt