Dr. Robert H. Brown


Contact:

Lunar and Planetary Lab
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721
Office: Space Sciences 421
Phone: (520) 621-9045
Email: rhb

With LPL since: 1996

Current Projects:

* Solid-state evaporative isotopic fractionation on solar system surfaces
* Study of the composition and geology of Titan's surface using Cassini VIMS
* Study of the composition & geology of Saturn's Icy satellites
* Laboratory studies of ices relevant to the outer solar system
* Volatiles and volatile transport on surfaces in the outer solar system

Current LPL PhD students:
*Eric Palmer

 Current LPL postdocs:

*Jason Soderblom
 

 Classes taught:

* NATS 102
* PtyS 195

 Selected Memberships/Committee Positions:

* Member, AAS/DPS; AGU; IAU
* Member, Editorial Board of Earth, Moon and Planets

Spacecraft involvement:

* Team Leader, Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer  (VIMS), Cassini/Huygens Mission to Saturn.

* Member, New Millenium Deep Space 1 Mission Science Team, MICAS subgroup.

Recent references:

* Identification of liquid ethane in Titan's Ontario Lacus. Brown, R. H., L. A. Soderblom, J. M. Soderblom, R. N. Clark, J. W. Barnes, R. Jaumann, B. J. Buratti, K. H. Baines and P. D. Nicholson (2008). Nature 454, 607-610.

* Palmer, E. E. and R. H. Brown (2007). A possible trace carbon dioxide polar cap on Iapetus, Astrophysical Journal, 666(2), L125-L128.

* Composition and Physical Properties of Enceladus' Surface. Brown et al. (2006). Science, in press.

* Observations in the Saturn System during Approach and Orbital Insertion, with Cassini's Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (VIMS). Brown et al. (2006). A & A, 446, 707-716.

* Cassini Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer observations of Iapetus: Detection of CO2. Buratti et al. (2005). Ap. J., 622, L149-L152.


 
 




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