Shane Byrne

Assistant Professor, Planetary Sciences

LPL @ University of Arizona



Interested in the crater-ice Science paper published 9/25/2009?


Byrne, S., and 17 colleagues, Distribution of Mid-Latitude Ground-Ice on Mars from New Impact Craters, Science, 325, 1674, 2009.

See the press-release material that was made available to the media for the 9/25/2009 Science paper.

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I am interested in surface processes on planetary bodies throughout the solar system, especially those processes which affect, or are driven by, planetary ices. Mostly I investigate the formation and modification of the martian polar ice deposits. Currently, I am also working on concentration of volatiles in the polar craters of the Moon and Mercury and on the possibility of surface frosts on large asteroids such as Ceres.


shane@lpl.arizona.edu


The background image is of Phoebe, a moon of Saturn. It was acquired by the Cassini spacecraft in June of 2004. See here for the original image and more info.