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Experts on Asteroids

Asteroids are minor planets, especially those of the inner Solar System. The larger ones have also been called planetoids. These terms have historically been applied to any astronomical object orbiting the Sun that did not show the disc of a planet and was not observed to have the characteristics of an activecomet. As minor planets in the outer Solar System were discovered and found to have volatile-based surfaces that resemble those of comets, they were often distinguished from asteroids of the asteroid belt.[1] In this article, the term "asteroid" is restricted to the minor planets of the inner Solar System or co-orbital with Jupiter.

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Name Missions & Mission Experience Targets Techniques Major Facilities & Instrument Development
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Gretchen Benedix 		Asteroids, Mars, Meteorites, Moon Crater Counting, Geology, Mineralogy, Petrology, Spectroscopy
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Roger Clark 		Cassini, Chandrayaan 1 (India), Europa Clipper, Galileo, Mars Global Surveyor, Mars Observer, MRO ** Instrument Co-Investigator, Mission Co-Investigator Asteroids, Ceres, Comets, Dwarf planets, Earth, Exoplanets, Icy satellites, Interplanetary Dust, Io, Jupiter, Kuiper Belt, Mars, Mercury, Moon, Neptune, Planetary rings, Pluto, Saturn, Small satellites, Titan, Uranus, Venus, Vesta Geology, Ground-based observing, Mapping, Mineralogy, Numerical modeling, Photometry, Remote sensing, Space-based observing, Spectroscopy
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Samuel Courville 		Asteroids, Mars, Moon Field Work, Gravity, Numerical modeling, Radar
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Don Davis 		Apollo Asteroids, Moon, Vesta Celestial Mechanics, Ground-based observing, Numerical modeling
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Miguel de Val-Borro 		HST, Kepler, Rosetta, Spitzer ** Data archive Asteroids, Comets, Enceladus, Exoplanets, Ganymede, Kuiper Belt, Neptune Astrobiology, Astrometry, Atmospheres, Ground-based observing, Photometry, Remote sensing, Space-based observing, Spectroscopy ALMA, IRTF, Keck Observatory, Kitt Peak, SMT, SOFIA ** Cameras, FTIR, Imaging spectrometers, Spectrometers
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Deborah Domingue Lorin 		MER, MESSENGER Asteroids, Icy satellites, Mercury, Moon Photometry, Spectroscopy Cameras, Spectrometers
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Robert Gaskell 		Cassini, Dawn, MESSENGER, OSIRIS-REx, Rosetta, Voyager Asteroids, Comets, Earth, Icy satellites, Io, Mars, Mercury, Moon, Small satellites, Vesta Shape modeling
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Rebecca Ghent 		LRO, Mars 2020, OSIRIS-REx Asteroids, Earth, Mars, Mercury, Moon, Venus Remote sensing, Radar, Tectonics, Volcanism, Numerical modeling, Geology, Ground-based observing, Mapping
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Amara Graps 		Cassini, Dawn, Galileo, IRAS, New Horizons, Rosetta, Ulysses, Voyager ** Calibration/Test planning, Data archive, Data validation, Instrument operations, Mission science team, Requirements generation and flow down, Science operations Asteroids, Ceres, Comets, Dwarf planets, Enceladus, Icy satellites, Interplanetary Dust, Io, Io torus, Jupiter, Meteorites, Moon, Planetary rings, Saturn, Small satellites, Solar particles/Solar wind, Uranus, Vesta Astrobiology, Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Ground-based observing, Magnetospherics, Numerical modeling, Photometry, Remote sensing, Shape modeling, Space-based observing, Volcanism IRTF, Palomar ** Cameras, Dust counter
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Jennifer Grier 		Asteroids, Ceres, Mars, Mercury, Moon, Small satellites, Vesta Crater Counting, Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Geology, Remote sensing, Spectroscopy
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Bill Hartmann 		Mariner 9, Mars Express (ESA), Mars Global Surveyor Asteroids, Comets, Earth, Mars, Meteorites, Moon, Small satellites Crater Counting, Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Ground-based observing, Volcanism
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Amanda Hendrix 		Cassini, Galileo, HST, IUE, LRO, Mariner 10, Mariner 9 ** Instrument Co-Investigator, Mission science team, Science operations Asteroids, Callisto, Ceres, Deimos, Enceladus, Europa, Ganymede, Iapetus, Icy satellites, Io, Io torus, Moon, Phobos, Planetary rings, Small satellites, Vesta Photometry, Remote sensing, Space-based observing, Spectroscopy Spectrometers
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Henry Hsieh 		Asteroids, Comets, Interplanetary Dust, Small satellites Astrobiology, Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Ground-based observing, Numerical modeling, Photometry, Space-based observing, Spectroscopy
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Catherine Johnson 		MESSENGER, OSIRIS-REx Asteroids, Earth, Mars, Mercury, Moon, Small satellites, Venus Tectonics, Volcanism, Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Magnetospherics
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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
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Lucille Le Corre 		Cassini, Dawn, Hayabusa 1 (Japan), Hayabusa2 (Japan), OSIRIS-REx ** Calibration/Test planning, Data archive, Science operations Asteroids, Ceres, Dwarf planets, Europa, Icy satellites, Meteorites, Small satellites, Titan, Vesta Geology, Geomorphology, Ground-based observing, Mapping, Mineralogy, Remote sensing, Shape modeling, Space-based observing, Spectroscopy IRTF ** Cameras, Imaging spectrometers, Spectrometers
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Larry Lebofsky 		Asteroids, Ceres, Dwarf planets, Exoplanets, Icy satellites, Meteorites, Moon, Pluto, Small satellites Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Ground-based observing
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Jian-Yang Li 		Chang'E 2 (China), Dawn, Deep Impact, EPOXI, HST, OSIRIS-REx, Stardust-NExT ** Calibration/Test planning, Data archive, Data validation, Mission science team, Science operations Asteroids, Ceres, Comets, Dwarf planets, Interplanetary Dust, Small satellites, Vesta Ground-based observing, Mapping, Photometry, Remote sensing, Space-based observing, Thermal modeling ALMA, Gemini, Palomar
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Eva Lilly 		Asteroids, Comets, Kuiper Belt Astrometry, Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Photometry Gemini, Keck Observatory, Pan-STARRS
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Jim McElwaine 		Asteroids, Ceres, Comets, Earth, Icy satellites, Mars, Moon, Planetary rings, Pluto, Small satellites, Titan, Vesta Shape modeling, Radar, Numerical modeling, Geomorphology
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Scott Mest 		Dawn, LRO, Mars Odyssey, MRO Asteroids, Ceres, Dwarf planets, Mars, Moon, Vesta Remote sensing, Geology, Crater Counting, Geomorphology, Mapping
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Jamie Molaro 		OSIRIS-REx Asteroids, Ceres, Comets, Enceladus, Europa, Icy satellites, Moon Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Field Work, Geomorphology, Numerical modeling, Thermal modeling
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Beatrice Mueller 		Asteroids, Comets, Trans-Neptunian objects Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Ground-based observing, Photometry Cerro Tololo, Kitt Peak
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Carol Neese 		Cassini, Dawn, OSIRIS-REx ** Data archive Asteroids, Ceres, Dwarf planets, Icy satellites, Interplanetary Dust, Kuiper Belt, Meteorites, Pluto, Small satellites, Vesta
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Robert Nelson 		Cassini, Voyager Asteroids, Comets, Dwarf planets, Exoplanets, Icy satellites, Io, Mercury, Moon, Small satellites, Titan Photometry, Remote sensing, Spectroscopy
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Eldar Noe Dobrea 		Dawn, Mars Odyssey, MER, MRO, MSL Asteroids, Ceres, Mars, Moon Astrobiology, Geology, Geomorphology, Mineralogy, Remote sensing, Spectroscopy
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David O'Brien 		Dawn Asteroids, Ceres, Comets, Dwarf planets, Exoplanets, Icy satellites, Small satellites, Vesta Astrobiology, Numerical modeling, Remote sensing
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Thomas Prettyman 		Dawn, Lunar Prospector, Mars Odyssey ** Calibration/Test planning, Data archive, Data validation, Electronics design, Flight Software, Instrument operations, Instrument PI, Mission Co-Investigator, Mission science team, Requirements generation and flow down Asteroids, Ceres, Comets, Dwarf planets, Earth, Mars, Mercury, Meteorites, Moon, Small satellites, Venus, Vesta Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Geology, Mapping, Neutron detectors, Numerical modeling, Remote sensing, Shape modeling, Space-based observing
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James Richardson Jr. 		Deep Impact, EPOXI ** Mission science team Asteroids, Comets, Icy satellites, Moon Geomorphology, Impacts, Numerical modeling, Radar Arecibo
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Nalin Samarasinha 		Asteroids, Comets, Kuiper Belt Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Ground-based observing, Numerical modeling, Remote sensing Cerro Tololo, Kitt Peak
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Juan Sanchez 		Asteroids, Meteorites, Small satellites Spectroscopy, Remote sensing, Photometry, Ground-based observing, Mineralogy
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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 Gemini, IRTF, SOFIA ** Cameras, Dust counter, Imaging spectrometers, Spectrometers
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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
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Joe Spitale 		Cassini, Dawn, Galileo, HST, Voyager ** Calibration/Test planning, Data archive, Data validation, Instrument operations, Mission operations, Requirements generation and flow down, Science operations, Spacecraft navigation Asteroids, Enceladus, Icy satellites, Planetary rings, Small satellites Astrobiology, Astrometry, Celestial Mechanics, Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Ground-based observing, Mapping, Numerical modeling, Photometry, Radiometry, Remote sensing, Shape modeling, Space-based observing, Thermal modeling IRTF ** Cameras, Imaging spectrometers
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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
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Mark Sykes 		Dawn, IRAS, Spitzer ** Data archive, Mission Co-Investigator, Mission science team Asteroids, Ceres, Charon, Comets, Dwarf planets, Interplanetary Dust, Pluto, Small satellites, Vesta Ground-based observing, Photometry, Radiometry, Remote sensing, Space-based observing IRTF
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Ed Tedesco 		IRAS, ISO (ESA), IUE, NEOSSat (Canada), Spitzer Asteroids, Ceres, Pluto, Small satellites, Vesta Ground-based observing, Photometry, Space-based observing
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Bryan Travis 		Asteroids, Ceres, Earth, Icy satellites, Mars Astrobiology, High-Throughput Computing (HTC), Mineralogy, Numerical modeling, Remote sensing, Space-based observing
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Pasquale Tricarico 		Dawn ** Spacecraft navigation Asteroids, Ceres, Comets, Vesta Astrometry, Celestial Mechanics, Gravity, Numerical modeling, Planetary Interiors, Shape modeling, Thermal modeling
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Faith Vilas 		Hayabusa 1 (Japan), Hayabusa2 (Japan), LCROSS, LRO, MESSENGER Asteroids, Dwarf planets, Mercury, Moon, Small satellites Ground-based observing, Remote sensing, Space-based observing, Spectroscopy Cerro Tololo, MMT ** Cameras, Spectrometers
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Ryan Clegg Watkins 		LRO ** Mission science team Asteroids, Moon Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Geology, Mineralogy, Photometry, Remote sensing, Volcanism
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Stu Weidenschilling 		Asteroids, Comets, Exoplanets, Meteorites, Small satellites, Trans-Neptunian objects High-Throughput Computing (HTC), Numerical modeling
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John Weirich 		OSIRIS-REx Asteroids, Comets, Earth, Moon, Small satellites Geology, Mineralogy, Shape modeling
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Paul Weissman 		Galileo, Rosetta Asteroids, Comets, Kuiper Belt, Small satellites Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Ground-based observing, Numerical modeling, Photometry, Remote sensing, Space-based observing
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Linda Welzenbach 		Asteroids, Mars, Moon, Small satellites Petrology, Geology, Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Mineralogy
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Jason Witry 		Asteroids Numerical modeling, Photometry, Shape modeling
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Stephen Wood 		Mars Polar Lander, Phoenix Mars Lander ** Calibration/Test planning, Data archive, Flight Software, Instrument Co-Investigator, Instrument operations, Mission science team, Requirements generation and flow down, Science operations Asteroids, Callisto, Ceres, Earth, Icy satellites, Mars, Mercury, Moon Astrobiology, Atmospheres, Climate, Geomorphology, Laboratory Spectroscopy, Numerical modeling, Radiometry, Remote sensing, Thermal Emission Spectroscopy, Thermal modeling Cameras, FTIR, Imaging spectrometers
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Naoyuki Yamashita 		Dawn, Kaguya (Japan) ** Calibration/Test planning, Data archive, Data validation, Instrument operations, Mission science team Asteroids, Ceres, Mars, Moon, Vesta Gamma-ray spectroscopy, Neutron spectroscopy, Numerical modeling, Remote sensing Gamma-ray detectors, Neutron detectors
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Xiao-Duan Zou 		Chang'E 1 (China), Chang'E 2 (China), Chang'E 3 (China), OSIRIS-REx ** Calibration/Test planning, Data archive, Data validation, Mission science team, Science operations Asteroids, Comets, Moon Crater Counting, Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Geology, Geomorphology, Impacts, Mapping, Photometry, Remote sensing, Shape modeling, Spectroscopy Cameras, Imaging spectrometers, Spectrometers

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