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Silvia Protopapa
astro-ph.EPastro-ph.IMastro-ph.GAastro-ph.SRcomet 67P/Churyumov–GerasimenkoCometsInstruments – spaceborne and space researchobservationsphysics.geo-phRosetta
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"TNOs are Cool": A survey of the trans-Neptunian region – VII. Size and surface characteristics of (90377) Sedna and 2010 EK139
with András Pál, Csaba Kiss, Thomas G. Müller, Pablo Santos-Sanz +12
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Preprints & journals
66 papers in the corpus · 2010–2026JWST Reveals Refractory-Rich Water Ice in Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS: Evidence for a Continuum of Grain Properties across Protoplanetary Disks2609.19286v1 · Silvia Protopapa, Michael S. P. Kelley, Martin A. Cordiner et al.2026 · 0 citationsarXiv
The Lucy flyby of (52246) Donaldjohanson: A bilobed asteroid with tumbling rotation.42313964 · Marchi, Simone, Levison, Harold F, Noll, Keith S et al.2026 · 0 citationsScience (New York, N.Y.). 2026;392(6804):1287-1291
Constraints on the Atmospheric Composition of 2002 XV from JWST Spectroscopy2605.29206v2 · Ian Wong, Silvia Protopapa, Emmanuel Lellouch2026 · 0 citationsApJL, 1005, L42 (2026)
JWST reveals anomalously enhanced methane outgassing from below Chiron's water ice and carbon dioxide bearing surface2605.23038v1 · Ian Wong, Silvia Protopapa, Aur'elie Guilbert-Lepoutre et al.2026 · 0 citationsarXiv
JWST Detection of Hydrocarbon Ices and Methane Gas on Makemake2509.06772v1 · Silvia Protopapa, Ian Wong, Emmanuel Lellouch et al.2025 · 9 citationsarXiv
JWST/NIRSpec Observations of Salacia-Actaea and Máni: Exploring Population-level Trends among Water-ice-rich Kuiper Belt Objects2508.17101v2 · Ian Wong, Bryan J. Holler, Silvia Protopapa et al.2025 · 1 citationPSJ, 6, 281 (2025)
Optical and Near-Infrared Spectroscopy of the Outbursting Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks2507.03247v1 · Ruining Zhao, Bin Yang, Michael S. P. Kelley et al.2025 · 2 citationsarXiv
A Large Outburst, Coma Asymmetries, and the Color of Comet 243P/NEAT2506.19027v1 · Michael S. P. Kelley, Silvia Protopapa, Dennis Bodewits et al.2025 · 0 citationsarXiv
Laboratory Investigation of CO2-Driven Enhancement of Radiolytic H2O2 on Europa and Other Icy Moons2506.15819v1 · Bereket D. Mamo, Ujjwal Raut, Ben D. Teolis et al.2025 · 4 citationsarXiv
JWST Reveals Spectral Tracers of Recent Surface Modification on Europa2504.05283v1 · Richard J. Cartwright, Charles A. Hibbits, Bryan J. Holler et al.2025 · 13 citationsarXiv
Observations of Uranus at High Phase Angle as Seen by New Horizons2411.04167v1 · Samantha N. Hasler, L. C. Mayorga, William M. Grundy et al.2024 · 0 citationsarXiv
Prominent mid-infrared excess of the dwarf planet (136472) Makemake discovered by JWST/MIRI indicates ongoing activity2410.22544v1 · Csaba Kiss, Thomas G. Muller, Anik'o Farkas-Tak'acs et al.2024 · 10 citationsarXiv
Detection of carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide on the stratified surface of Charon with JWST.39353901 · Protopapa, Silvia, Raut, Ujjwal, Wong, Ian et al.2024 · 25 citationsNature communications. 2024;15(1):8247
Unveiling the ice and gas nature of active centaur (2060) Chiron using the James Webb Space Telescope2407.07761v1 · N. Pinilla-Alonso, J. Licandro, R. Brunetto et al.2024 · 21 citationsA&A 692, L11 (2024)
A contact binary satellite of the asteroid (152830) Dinkinesh.38811709 · Levison, Harold F, Marchi, Simone, Noll, Keith S et al.2024 · 42 citationsNature. 2024;629(8014):1015-1020
Revealing Callisto's carbon-rich surface and CO2 atmosphere with JWST2401.17236v1 · Richard J. Cartwright, Geronimo L. Villanueva, Bryan J. Holler et al.2024 · 34 citationsarXiv
The Comet Interceptor Mission.38282745 · Jones, Geraint H, Snodgrass, Colin, Tubiana, Cecilia et al.2025 · 64 citationsSpace science reviews. 2024;220(1):9
A Tale of 3 Dwarf Planets: Ices and Organics on Sedna, Gonggong, and Quaoar from JWST Spectroscopy2309.15230v2 · J.P. Emery, I. Wong, R. Brunetto et al.2023 · 53 citationsarXiv
Endogenous CO2 ice mixture on the surface of Europa and no detection of plume activity.37733858 · Villanueva, G L, Hammel, H B, Milam, S N et al.2023 · 95 citationsScience (New York, N.Y.). 2023;381(6664):1305-1308
Moderate D/H Ratios in Methane Ice on Eris and Makemake as Evidence of Hydrothermal or Metamorphic Processes in Their Interiors: Geochemical Analysis2309.05549v2 · Christopher R. Glein, William M. Grundy, Jonathan I. Lunine et al.2023 · 28 citationsarXiv
Measurement of D/H and 13C/12C Ratios in Methane Ice on Eris and Makemake: Evidence for Internal Activity2309.05085v1 · W.M. Grundy, I. Wong, C.R. Glein et al.2023 · 41 citationsarXiv
JWST molecular mapping and characterization of Enceladus' water plume feeding its torus2305.18678v1 · G. L. Villanueva, H. B. Hammel, S. N. Milam et al.2023 · 55 citationsarXiv
Comet Science With Ground Based and Space Based Surveys in the New Millennium2210.09400v1 · J. M. Bauer, Y. R. Fern'andez, S. Protopapa et al.2022 · 1 citationarXiv
A LOOK at Outbursts of Comet C/2014 UN (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) Near 20 au2206.14888v1 · Michael S. P. Kelley, Rosita Kokotanekova, Carrie E. Holt et al.2022 · 17 citationsarXiv
The LCO Outbursting Objects Key Project: Overview and Year 1 Status2206.09028v1 · Tim Lister, Michael S. P. Kelley, Carrie E. Holt et al.2022 · 23 citationsarXiv
Charon's refractory factory.35714189 · Raut, Ujjwal, Teolis, Benjamin D, Kammer, Joshua A et al.2022 · 7 citationsScience advances. 2022;8(24):eabq5701
Large-scale cryovolcanic resurfacing on Pluto.35351895 · Singer, Kelsi N, White, Oliver L, Schmitt, Bernard et al.2022 · 29 citationsNature communications. 2022;13(1):1542
A Near Surface Temperature Model of Arrokoth2202.10485v1 · O. M. Umurhan, W. M. Grundy, M. K. Bird et al.2022 · 13 citationsarXiv
Evaluation of short-term temporal evolution of Pluto's surface composition from 2014-2017 with APO/TripleSpec2110.00662v1 · Bryan J. Holler, Maya D. Yanez, Silvia Protopapa et al.2021 · 4 citationsarXiv
New Investigations of Dark Floored Pits in the Volatile Ice of Sputnik Planitia on Pluto2109.01025v1 · S. Alan Stern, Brian Keeney, Rachael Hoover et al.2021 · 4 citationsarXiv
Non-detection of water-ice grains in the coma of comet 46P/Wirtanen and implications for hyperactivity2107.01255v1 · Silvia Protopapa, Michael S. P. Kelley, Charles E. Woodward et al.2021 · 16 citationsarXiv
Persephone: A Pluto-System Orbiter and Kuiper Belt Explorer2102.08282v1 · Carly Howett, Stuart Robbins, Bryan J. Holler et al.2021 · 11 citationsarXiv
Critical Laboratory Studies to Advance Planetary Science and Support Missions2009.12465v1 · Edith Fayolle, Laurie Barge, Morgan Cable et al.2020 · 1 citationarXiv
Modeling Pluto's Minimum Pressure: Implications for Haze Production2008.10716v1 · Perianne E. Johnson, Leslie A. Young, Silvia Protopapa et al.2020 · 18 citationsarXiv
Searching for water ice in the coma of interstellar object 2I/Borisov1912.05318v1 · Bin Yang, Michael S. P. Kelley, Karen J. Meech et al.2019 · 17 citationsA&A 634, L6 (2020)
Distribution and Energy Balance of Pluto's Nitrogen Ice, as seen by New Horizons in 20151912.02333v1 · Briley Lewis, John Stansberry, Bryan Holler et al.2019 · 8 citationsarXiv
Detection of ammonia on Pluto's surface in a region of geologically recent tectonism.31608308 · Dalle Ore, C M, Cruikshank, D P, Protopapa, S et al.2019 · 63 citationsScience advances. 2019;5(5):eaav5731
Initial results from the New Horizons exploration of 2014 MU69, a small Kuiper Belt object.31097641 · Stern, S A, Weaver, H A, Spencer, J R et al.2019 · 176 citationsScience (New York, N.Y.). 2019;364(6441)
Pluto's Haze as a Surface Material1903.03728v1 · W.M. Grundy, T. Bertrand, R.P. Binzel et al.2019 · 60 citationsPublished in 2018 in Icarus 314, 232-245
The CH4 cycles on Pluto over seasonal and astronomical timescales1903.02096v1 · T. Bertrand, F. Forget, O.M. Umurhan et al.2019 · 49 citationsarXiv
The nitrogen cycles on Pluto over seasonal and astronomical timescales1804.02434v1 · T. Bertrand, F. Forget, O. M. Umurhan et al.2018 · 74 citationsarXiv
Planetary Spectrum Generator: an accurate online radiative transfer suite for atmospheres, comets, small bodies and exoplanets1803.02008v4 · Geronimo L. Villanueva, Michael D. Smith, Silvia Protopapa et al.2018 · 328 citationsJournal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, ISSN: 0022-4073, Vol: 217, Page: 86-104, 2018
On the rotation period and shape of the hyperbolic asteroid 1I/`Oumuamua (2017) U1 from its lightcurve1711.01402v2 · Matthew M. Knight, Silvia Protopapa, Michael S.P. Kelley et al.2017 · 71 citationsarXiv
Near-UV OH Prompt Emission in the Innermost Coma of 103P/Hartley 21709.08931v1 · Fiorangela La Forgia, Dennis Bodewits, Michael F. A'Hearn et al.2017 · 6 citationsarXiv
Solar system science with the Wide-Field InfraRed Survey Telescope (WFIRST)1709.02763v3 · B.J. Holler, S.N. Milam, J.M. Bauer et al.2017 · 2 citationsarXiv
The 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko observation campaign in support of the Rosetta mission.28554971 · Snodgrass, C, A'Hearn, M F, Aceituno, F et al.2017 · 41 citationsPhilosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences. 2017;375(2097)
The formation of Charon's red poles from seasonally cold-trapped volatiles.27626378 · Grundy, W M, Cruikshank, D P, Gladstone, G R et al.2017 · 60 citationsNature. 2016;539(7627):65-68
Polarimetry of comets 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, 74P/Smirnova-Chernykh, and 152P/Helin-Lawrence1606.05192v1 · A. Stinson, S. Bagnulo, G.P. Tozzi et al.2016 · 14 citationsarXiv
Pluto's global surface composition through pixel-by-pixel Hapke modeling of New Horizons Ralph/LEISA data1604.08468v2 · S. Protopapa, W. M. Grundy, D.C. Reuter et al.2016 · 123 citationsarXiv
Inflight Radiometric Calibration of New Horizons' Multispectral Visible Imaging Camera (MVIC)1603.08940v1 · C.J.A. Howett, A.H. Parker, C.B. Olkin et al.2016 · 22 citationsarXiv
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