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Rona Oran
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Lunar Crustal Magnetization from Impact-Generated Plasma Amplification of the Ancient Lunar Dynamo
AGU 2024
geomagnetism, paleomagnetism and electromagnetism | 11 december 2024
Isaac Narrett, Rona Oran, Yuxi Chen, Katarina Milj...
Spacecraft magnetometry and paleomagnetic measurements of Apollo samples provide evidence that the Moon had a magnetic field billions of years ago. Be...
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The Magnetometer on the Psyche Mission: Initial in-flight performance assessment and implications to the science objectives
AGU 2024
planetary sciences | 11 december 2024
Jose M. Merayo, Benjamin P. Weiss, Jodie B. Ream, ...
The hypothesis that asteroid (16) Psyche formed from the core of a differentiated planetesimal is one of the objectives of the Psyche mission (launche...
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A Post‐Launch Summary of the Science of NASA's Psyche Mission
AGU ADVANCES
27 february 2024
Steven D. Dibb, Erik I. Asphaug, James F. Bell, Ri...

Astronomical observations indicate that asteroid (16) Psyche is a large, high‐density (likely >3,400 kg·m−3), metal‐...

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The limits of particle trapping: implications for moons, asteroids, and the ancient Earth and Mars
UNDERSTANDING PLANETARY MAGNETOSPHERIC PROCESSES THROUGHOUT THE SOLAR SYSTEM AND BEYOND I ORAL
spa-magnetospheric physics | 12 december 2023
Rona Oran, Raluca Ilie, Benjamin P. Weiss
Planetary environments and their interaction with the host star give rise to a myriad of magnetospheric plasma populations that may impact the planet'...
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The Psyche Magnetometry Investigation
NASA'S PSYCHE MISSION: EXPLORATION OF A METAL WORLD III ORAL
planetary sciences | 14 december 2022
Jose M. Merayo, Benjamin P. Weiss, Jodie B. Ream, ...
The objective of the Psyche Magnetometry Investigation is to test the hypothesis that asteroid (16) Psyche formed from the core of a differentiated pl...
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Expected particle radiation around magnetized small bodies and implications to mission design
NASA'S PSYCHE MISSION: EXPLORATION OF A METAL WORLD III ORAL
planetary sciences | 14 december 2022
Rona Oran, Benjamin P. Weiss, Maria de Soria-Santa...
Energetic charged particles trapped in radiation belts around magnetized bodies are hazardous to orbiting spacecraft. To date, radiation belts have be...
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Magnetic gradiometry techniques developed for the Psyche Magnetometry Investigation
NASA'S PSYCHE MISSION: EXPLORATION OF A METAL WORLD II POSTER
planetary sciences | 13 december 2022
Jodie B. Ream, Benjamin P. Weiss, Rona Oran, Carol...
A key goal of NASAs Psyche mission is to determine whether the asteroid (16) Psyche formed from a planetary core. The Magnetometry Investigation will ...
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Maximum Energies of Trapped Particles Around Magnetized Planets and Small Bodies
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
12 july 2022
Rona Oran, Benjamin P. Weiss, Maria de Soria-Santa...

Energetic charged particles trapped in planetary radiation belts are hazardous to spacecraft. Planned missions to iron‐rich asteroids with po...

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