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Member Since 2008
Rona Oran
Research Scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Professional Experience
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Research Scientist
2018 - Present
Education
University of Michigan Ann Arbor
Doctorate
2014
Current Roles
Member
Space Physics and Aeronomy Fred L. Scarf Award Committee
Publications
A Post‐Launch Summary of the Science of NASA's Psyche Mission
Astronomical observations indicate that asteroid (16) Psyche is a large, high‐density (likely >3,400 kg·m−3), metal‐...
February 27, 2024
Mass loading of the solar wind by a sungrazing comet
August 06, 2014
Modeling solar wind mass‐loading in the vicinity of the Sun ...
January 13, 2014
AGU Abstracts
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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Volunteer Experience
2023 - 2025
Member
Space Physics and Aeronomy Fred L. Scarf Award Committee
2023 - 2023
Member
Space Physics and Aeronomy Fred L. Scarf Award Committee
2021 - 2021
Member
Space Physics and Aeronomy Fred L. Scarf Award Committee
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