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Example of measurements of the cliff region and...

Example of measurements of the cliff region and the smooth patch area using the SBMT sof...

J. L. Rizos et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 5

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Same region as shown in Figure 1(c), but from a...

Same region as shown in Figure 1(c), but from a different perspective, fully centered on...

J. L. Rizos et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 5

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(a) Example of an SDN image in which shadows ca...

(a) Example of an SDN image in which shadows caused by the convex shape of the smooth pa...

J. L. Rizos et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 5

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Global views of comet 9P/Tempel 1 from differen...

Global views of comet 9P/Tempel 1 from different perspectives, providing overall context...

J. L. Rizos et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 5

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(a) Diagram showing the smooth patch surface as...

(a) Diagram showing the smooth patch surface as seen by NavCam where we establish a rela...

J. L. Rizos et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 5

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Visible and infrared observations of comet 9P/T...

Visible and infrared observations of comet 9P/Tempel 1 from four selected regions (red s...

J. L. Rizos et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 5

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Anaglyphs to visualize the three-dimensional st...

Anaglyphs to visualize the three-dimensional structure of the large smooth patch. These ...

J. L. Rizos et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 5

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Simulation of flow evolution over the surface o...

Simulation of flow evolution over the surface of 9P/Tempel 1. Panel (#1) shows the initi...

J. L. Rizos et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 5

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Stardust-NExT image 30035 centered on the large...

Stardust-NExT image 30035 centered on the large smooth patch on the nucleus of comet 9P/...

J. L. Rizos et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 5

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Total cumulative solar insolation (J m−2) after...

Total cumulative solar insolation (J m−2) after a complete orbit of 9P/Tempel 1. An obse...

J. L. Rizos et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 5

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Same as Figure 10, but with the shape model reo...

Same as Figure 10, but with the shape model reoriented to match the viewing geometry of ...

J. L. Rizos et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 5

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Data from W. H. Ip et al. (2016) showing the pa...

Data from W. H. Ip et al. (2016) showing the past orbital evolution of 9P/Tempel 1 over ...

J. L. Rizos et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 5

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(a) 30036 SDN NavCam image projected onto the 9...

(a) 30036 SDN NavCam image projected onto the 9P/Tempel 1 shape model. (b) Same as (a) b...

J. L. Rizos et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 5

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Stardust-NExT image 30039 showing the northern ...

Stardust-NExT image 30039 showing the northern hemisphere of Tempel 1 (opposite to the s...

J. L. Rizos et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 5

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A net accumulation of dust material across one ...

A net accumulation of dust material across one orbital period. An image is placed next t...

J. L. Rizos et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 5

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Deconvolved HRI image 9000909 showing the equat...

Deconvolved HRI image 9000909 showing the equatorial face of Tempel 1. The orange arrow ...

J. L. Rizos et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 5

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Left: blink comparison between the SDN NavCam i...

Left: blink comparison between the SDN NavCam image 30036 and the DI ITS image 5070405_9...

J. L. Rizos et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 5

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Left: gravitational flow simulation focused on ...

Left: gravitational flow simulation focused on the southern hemisphere. The seed is plac...

J. L. Rizos et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 5

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Left: completeness-corrected OB-star LF from th...

Left: completeness-corrected OB-star LF from the ALS III catalog (blue circles with 1σ P...

Paolo Padoan and Mark Gieles, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1003 2

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Schematic illustration of the mass growth and l...

Schematic illustration of the mass growth and luminosity mapping assumed in the classica...

Paolo Padoan and Mark Gieles, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1003 2

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Constraint on the massive-star growth-law param...

Constraint on the massive-star growth-law parameters α and τ0 (see Equation (2)) from th...

Paolo Padoan and Mark Gieles, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1003 2

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Schematic mapping between stellar growth tracks...

Schematic mapping between stellar growth tracks in the luminosity–time plane and the obs...

Paolo Padoan and Mark Gieles, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1003 2

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Summary of the full 5D constraints from the joi...

Summary of the full 5D constraints from the joint fit of the OB-star and embedded-source...

Paolo Padoan and Mark Gieles, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1003 2

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Detected rotational emission lines of CH3OH tow...

Detected rotational emission lines of CH3OH toward NIRS3. The green lines indicate the o...

Arijit Manna et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 6

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Comparison of the abundances of detected N-bear...

Comparison of the abundances of detected N-bearing molecules relative to CH3OH (top pane...

Arijit Manna et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 6

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