Member Since 1979
Dave J. Stevenson
California Institute of Technology
Professional Experience
California Institute of Technology
2012 - Present
Education
Doctorate
1976
Honors & Awards
Publications
The Fuzzy Cores of Jupiter and Saturn
New interior models of Jupiter and Saturn suggest that both planets have “fuzzy cores.” These cores should be viewed as central regions...
April 04, 2024
Gravity Field of Ganymede After the Juno Extended Mission
December 14, 2022
Dynamo Simulations of Jupiter's Magnetic Field: The Role of ...
November 15, 2022
AGU Abstracts
Constraints on Europa’s Sub-Surface Ice from Juno Microwave Radiometer Observations
JUNO’S MULTI-INSTRUMENT VIEW OF IO, EUROPA, AND GANYMEDE II ORAL
planetary sciences | 12 december 2024
Steven Levin, Zhimeng Zhang, Scott J. Bolton, Shan...
In September of 2022, the Microwave Radiometer (MWR) on the Juno spacecraft collected 5 minutes of data from within a few hundred km of Europa. The ob...
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Observations of the Spatial and Power Distributions of Io’s Hotspot-Sourced Heat Flux
JUNO’S MULTI-INSTRUMENT VIEW OF IO, EUROPA, AND GANYMEDE I POSTER
planetary sciences | 11 december 2024
Michael Sowell, David J. Stevenson
The Jovian moon Io is the most volcanically-active body in the Solar System, and these volcanic sources source over half of Io’s total heat flux. Rece...
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A Primordial Venus Moon Might Explain the Planet's Slow Rotation
FORMATION AND EVOLUTION OF TERRESTRIAL PLANETS: FROM DUST TO HABITABLE WORLDS POSTER
planetary sciences | 09 december 2024
Mira Menezes, David J. Stevenson
Earth's slow rotation period (24 hours) arose because of the tidal recession of the Moon.A more typical formation period for large bodies forming from...
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Volunteer Experience
2004 - 2006
Chair
Honors and Recognition Committee
2002 - 2003
President
Planetary Sciences Executive Committee
2000 - 2001
President-Elect
Planetary Sciences Executive Committee
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