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Flow chart of the SB generative process. The ma...

Flow chart of the SB generative process. The main ViT takes the partially generated patc...

Matthew Repasky et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 6

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In panel (a), illumination directions are defin...

In panel (a), illumination directions are defined using a Fibonacci lattice across the s...

Matthew Repasky et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 6

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A large area (19.2 × 19.2 km) is reconstructed ...

A large area (19.2 × 19.2 km) is reconstructed using 37 rendered images (corresponding t...

Matthew Repasky et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 6

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In panel (a), the correlation between predictio...

In panel (a), the correlation between prediction uncertainty and MAE is visualized, with...

Matthew Repasky et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 6

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Evaluation metrics computed on 1024 validation ...

Evaluation metrics computed on 1024 validation dataset patches throughout each phase of ...

Matthew Repasky et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 6

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Missing data in rendered images emulates realis...

Missing data in rendered images emulates realistic observation patterns in NAC optical i...

Matthew Repasky et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 6

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Elevation error of single-sample reconstruction...

Elevation error of single-sample reconstructions on the 9171 test dataset patches from t...

Matthew Repasky et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 6

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The final fine-tuned SB model is applied to fiv...

The final fine-tuned SB model is applied to five DEMs patches (96 × 96 pixels at 20 mpp)...

Matthew Repasky et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 6

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The same large area as in Figure 10 (again assu...

The same large area as in Figure 10 (again assuming it is located at 0°E, 40°N) is recon...

Matthew Repasky et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 6

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Diffusion models (panel (a)) link a data-genera...

Diffusion models (panel (a)) link a data-generating distribution (high-resolution DEMs) ...

Matthew Repasky et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 6

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A region within the Faustini Rim A candidate la...

A region within the Faustini Rim A candidate landing region for the upcoming Artemis mis...

Matthew Repasky et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 6

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The SB method for topography SR transforms a pr...

The SB method for topography SR transforms a priori low-resolution topography into high-...

Matthew Repasky et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 6

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Measurements of the dust and CO2 gas emission i...

Measurements of the dust and CO2 gas emission in 450P’s coma. The left two panels displa...

Charles A. Schambeau et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 6

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The time evolution of the (a) subsolar surface ...

The time evolution of the (a) subsolar surface temperature, (b) radial profile of nucleu...

Charles A. Schambeau et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 6

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The reflectance spectrum of 450P (black open ci...

The reflectance spectrum of 450P (black open circles with gray 1σ error bars) is compare...

Charles A. Schambeau et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 6

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A close-up of the continuum-subtracted JWST spe...

A close-up of the continuum-subtracted JWST spectrum of 450P centered on the CO2 emissio...

Charles A. Schambeau et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 6

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The evolution of 450P’s perihelion distance (q,...

The evolution of 450P’s perihelion distance (q, blue curve) and semimajor axis (a, gold/...

Charles A. Schambeau et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 6

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The continuum-subtracted JWST spectrum (black l...

The continuum-subtracted JWST spectrum (black line) for the spectral ranges where H2O (l...

Charles A. Schambeau et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 6

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Wavelength-integrated image panels of 450P extr...

Wavelength-integrated image panels of 450P extracted from the JWST NIRSpec IFU datacube ...

Charles A. Schambeau et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 6

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Left: the spectrum of Centaur 450P at RH = 7.16...

Left: the spectrum of Centaur 450P at RH = 7.16 au obtained with JWST NIRSpec on 2023 Se...

Charles A. Schambeau et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 6

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Gemini-N GMOS images of 450P. The top left and ...

Gemini-N GMOS images of 450P. The top left and top middle panels display the recovery im...

Charles A. Schambeau et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 6

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450P’s orbital history is visualized with this ...

450P’s orbital history is visualized with this diagram. The Centaur had a close approach...

Charles A. Schambeau et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 6

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Normalized radial surface brightness profiles o...

Normalized radial surface brightness profiles of the Gemini-N 450P images on 2022 August...

Charles A. Schambeau et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 6

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Left: the same as Figure 3, but for the incompr...

Left: the same as Figure 3, but for the incompressible velocity-mode spectrum, ...

James R. Beattie, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1004 1

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The ratio between the 2D nonlinear timescale, t...

The ratio between the 2D nonlinear timescale, tnl = 1/(k⊥ut), and the 3D vortex stretchi...

James R. Beattie, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1004 1

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