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Experts on Trans-Neptunian objects

Name	Missions & Mission Experience	Targets	Techniques	Major Facilities & Instrument Development
Susan Benecchi	HST, New Horizons	Charon, Comets, Dwarf planets, Kuiper Belt, Pluto, Trans-Neptunian objects	Astrometry, Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Ground-based observing, Photometry, Space-based observing	Cerro Tololo, Gemini, IRTF, Kitt Peak
Jeffrey Kargel	Cassini, Galileo, Mars Global Surveyor, Mars Observer, Mars Odyssey, Mars Pathfinder, Mars Polar Lander, MESSENGER, MSL, New Horizons, Voyager ** Mission science team	Asteroids, Ceres, Earth, Enceladus, Europa, Icy satellites, Io, Mars, Mercury, Pluto, Titan, Trans-Neptunian objects, Venus	Astrobiology, Climate, Field Work, Geochemistry, Geology, Geomorphology, Remote sensing
Beatrice Mueller		Asteroids, Comets, Trans-Neptunian objects	Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Ground-based observing, Photometry	Cerro Tololo, Kitt Peak
Kirby Runyon	LRO, MRO, New Horizons ** Mission operations, Mission science team, Requirements generation and flow down	Asteroids, Charon, Dwarf planets, Earth, Icy satellites, Io, Kuiper Belt, Mars, Moon, Pluto, Titan, Trans-Neptunian objects, Venus	Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Field Work, Geology, Geomorphology, Impacts, Mapping, Remote sensing, Volcanism	Cameras
Stephen Schwartz	Hayabusa2 (Japan), OSIRIS-REx ** Instrument Co-Investigator, Mission Co-Investigator, Mission science team	Asteroids, Comets, Deimos, Icy satellites, Interplanetary Dust, Kuiper Belt, Phobos, Planetary rings, Trans-Neptunian objects	Celestial Mechanics, Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Impacts, Numerical modeling, Photometry
Amanda Sickafoose		Asteroids, Charon, Dwarf planets, Interplanetary Dust, Kuiper Belt, Moon, Planetary rings, Pluto, Trans-Neptunian objects	Astrometry, Atmospheres, Ground-based observing, Numerical modeling, Photometry, Space-based observing, Spectroscopy	Cerro Tololo, Gemini, IRTF, Kitt Peak, SOFIA ** Cameras, Dust counter, Imaging spectrometers, Spectrometers
Sarah Sonnett	NEOWISE	Asteroids, Comets, Dwarf planets, Trans-Neptunian objects	Astrobiology, Astrometry, Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Ground-based observing, Numerical modeling, Photometry, Shape modeling, Space-based observing, Spectroscopy, Thermal Emission Spectroscopy	Kitt Peak ** Cameras
Jordan Steckloff	Cassini, EPOXI, Stardust-NExT	Asteroids, Ceres, Charon, Comets, Dwarf planets, Icy satellites, Kuiper Belt, Mercury, Moon, Pluto, Small satellites, Titan, Trans-Neptunian objects, Vesta	Celestial Mechanics, Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Numerical modeling, Thermal modeling
Kathryn Volk		Asteroids, Comets, Exoplanets, Kuiper Belt, Trans-Neptunian objects	Celestial Mechanics, Ground-based observing	Kitt Peak, LBT
Stu Weidenschilling		Asteroids, Comets, Exoplanets, Meteorites, Small satellites, Trans-Neptunian objects	High-Throughput Computing (HTC), Numerical modeling

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