Planetary and Space Science

Papers
(The TQCC of Planetary and Space Science is 4. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)
ArticleCitations
Role of 26Al and impact-generated atmosphere in the early thermal evolution, differentiation, and volatile-rich core of Mars38
The case for a Themis asteroid family spacecraft mission30
An analysis of possible asteroids flyby for the ESA JUICE mission30
Editorial Board29
Corrigendum to “Effects of stealth CME to ion energisation at ionospheric altitudes of Mars” [Planet. Space Sci. 234 (2023) 105721]26
Influence of low orbit design and strategies for gravity field recovery of Europa24
In-flight radiometric calibration of the ExoMars TGO Colour and Stereo Surface Imaging System22
Turbulence for extraterrestrial aviation: Gust specification for Dragonfly's powered flights20
Editorial Board19
Structural study of graben within the Margaritifer Terra region of Mars17
Three dimensional (3-D) density structures for the lunar mascons beneath impact basins and its implication for the evolution of the moon16
Exploring Venus subsurface: Analysis of geological targets and their properties16
The evolution of Nirgal Vallis (Mars) based on morphometric results: does tectonics play a role?16
The effectiveness of microwave heating as an ISRU extraction technique on different arrangements of icy lunar regolith15
Maximizing the velocity deflection of asteroid Didymos using the Whale Optimization Algorithm15
Absolute calibration of the Colour and Stereo Surface Imaging System (CaSSIS)15
Editorial Board14
Using engineering cameras on mars rovers and landers to retrieve atmospheric dust optical depth14
On ore-bearing asteroid remnants in lunar craters14
A comprehensive semigray climate model14
Titan's surface bearing strength: Contact force models for the Dragonfly rotorcraft lander14
Europa’s structural conditions for the existence of subsurface ocean and the absence of metallic core-driven magnetic field14
An inorganic silicate simulant to represent the interior of enceladus14
Physical properties and average atomic numbers of chondrules using computed tomography13
On structural properties of Comet 67/P dust particles collected in situ by ROSETTA/COSIMA from observations of electrical fragmentation13
Performance evaluation of pansharpening for planetary exploration: A case study on the implementation of TGO CaSSIS with MRO HiRISE12
Impact cratering at the lunar Ina irregular mare patch (IMP): Experimental evidence for the nature of impacts into porous basaltic substrate and outstanding questions12
A study of very high resolution visible spectra of Titan: Line characterisation in visible CH<12
Editorial Board11
Microbial abundance across a salinity and mineralogical transect in the Ntwetwe Pan of Botswana: A terrestrial analogue for playa deposits on Mars11
Retrieval of the ground dielectric permittivity by planetary GPR accommodated on a rover: Application to the estimation of the reflectors' depth by the WISDOM/ExoMars radar11
System design and laboratory tests of an autonomous seismic station for space applications11
A free and open-source solution for Rietveld refinement of XRD data from the CheMin instrument onboard the Mars rover Curiosity11
Characterizing heterogeneities in the subsurface with an ultra-wideband GPR: Application to WISDOM, the GPR of the Rosalind Franklin ExoMars mission11
Analytic rock abundance distributions and their application to spacecraft landing hazards11
Nonlinear regression multivariate model for first order resonant periodic orbits and error analysis10
The InSight Mars lander's meteor search10
Comparative analysis of photometric parameters over Apollo landing sites from Terrain Mapping Camera (Chandrayaan-1/2) and lab measured data10
Open-set mineral identification from CRISM hyperspectral data10
Practical exogeoconservation of Mars: Lessons from the Mars Desert Research Station, Utah10
Chondrules from the ordinary chondrite Itawa Bhopji (L3-5): Noble gases and nitrogen10
LatHyS global hybrid simulation of the BepiColombo second Venus flyby10
Editorial Board10
Dynamical regimes of two eccentric and mutually inclined giant planets10
Mapping the spatial distributions of oxide abundances and Mg# on the lunar surface using multi-source data and a new ensemble learning algorithm9
Meteoroid ablation simulations with ESA’s SCARAB software9
Modeling the interstellar dust detections by DESTINY+9
Stochastic simulation of orbital uncertainty of potentially hazardous asteroids observed in one appearance9
Viscosity contrasts in the Venus mantle from tidal deformations8
Thermal extraction of water ice from the lunar surface II - vapor yields for an improved regolith model8
Editorial Board8
Independent identification of meteor showers from the EDMOND and the search for their parent bodies8
Spectrophotometric properties of materials from the Mars Science Laboratory at Gale crater: 1. Bradbury Landing to Cooperstown8
Lunar simulant behaviour in molten fluoride salt for ISRU applications8
Preface for special issue on the Colour and Stereo Surface Imaging System (CaSSIS) at Mars8
Photogrammetric 3D reconstruction of Apollo 17 Station 6: From boulders to lunar rock samples integrated into virtual reality8
Re-calibration of Mars Global Surveyor Thermal Emission Spectrometer spectra. 1. Methodology and re-derived data products: Aerosol opacities and surface emissivities8
Orbital evolution and possible parent asteroids of 40 instrumentally observed meteorites8
Localization of cosmic gamma-ray bursts in interplanetary space with MGNS/BepiColombo and HEND/Mars Odyssey experiments8
Recent Chemo-morphological coma evolution of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko7
The refractory-to-ice ratio in comet 67P: Implications on the composition of the comet-forming region of the protoplanetary disk7
Spectral reflectance properties of minerals exposed to martian surface conditions: Implications for spectroscopy-based mineral detection on Mars7
Geological history of Theia Mons, Beta Regio plume, Venus: Recognition of two main magmatic centers for flows, radiating dyke swarms and triple junction rifting7
Development of Shalbatana Vallis (Mars) by dry volcanic processes7
A lunar soil classification system for space resource utilization7
Effect of work function on dust charging and dynamics on airless celestial body7
Character and spatial distribution of mineralogy at the lunar south polar region7
A novel methodology to estimate pre-atmospheric dynamical conditions of small meteoroids7
Preparing for the 2061 return of Halley’s comet. A rendezvous mission with an innovative imaging system7
Utilization of the Voronoï tessellation for improved planetary age determination: A case study of a large rampart crater in Thaumasia Planum (Mars)7
Optimal choice of closest approach distance for a comet flyby: Application to the Comet Interceptor mission7
Terrestrial demonstrator for a low-temperature carbothermal reduction process on lunar regolith simulant: Design and AIV activities6
Clay mineralogy in west Chryse Planitia, Mars: Comparison with present and future landing sites6
Analysis of the relation of hydrogen distribution and topographic roughness in the lunar south polar region6
3D porosity, flow, and transport characteristics of two L chondrites reveal wet accretion-related cosmic web-like porosity6
Geological history of the Atira Mons large shield volcano, Beta Regio, Venus.6
Decoupled and coupled moons’ ephemerides estimation strategies application to the JUICE mission6
The equilibrium vapor pressures of ammonia and oxygen ices at outer solar system temperatures6
Precision in planetary exploration: Crater detection with residual U-Net34/50 and matching template algorithm6
Experimental investigation of an optimised tribocharger design for space resource utilisation6
Precious and structural metals on asteroids6
Editorial Board6
Assessing the survival of carbonaceous chondrites impacting the lunar surface as a potential resource6
Orbit dissimilarity criteria in meteor showers: A comparative review6
Meteors observations by the orbital telescope TUS5
Infalling of nano-dust because of air drag on Uranus5
Formation of hematite spherules from metallic spherules by oxidative hydrothermal alteration: Implications for hematite spherules on Martian surface5
Block-optimized FDAFT feature matching for lunar landing navigation and positioning: Validation with Chang'E−6 data5
Editorial Board5
Optical monitoring of the dust environment at lunar surface exploration sites5
Editorial Board5
NGIMS/MAVEN observations of longitudinal structures in the Martian thermosphere5
The Luna structure, India: A probable impact crater formed by an iron bolide5
Surface morphology inside the PSR area of lunar polar crater Shoemaker in comparison with that of the sunlit areas5
Power attenuation of Martian rovers and landers solar panels due to dust deposition5
The five largest satellites of Uranus: Astrometric observations spread over 29 years at the Pico dos Dias Observatory5
Effects of stealth CME to ion energisation at ionospheric altitudes of Mars5
Characteristics of convective vortices and dust devils at gale crater on Mars during MY335
A new shergottite martian meteorite analog system (SAS) for alteration experiments5
Laboratory reflectance spectra of enstatite and oldhamite mixtures for comparison with Earth-based reflectance spectra of asteroid 2867 Šteins and Mercury5
Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks: Dust properties5
Removal of straylight from ExoMars NOMAD-UVIS observations4
Families of periodic orbits about Lagrangian points L1, L2 and L3 with continuation method4
Phobos and Mars orbit as a base for asteroid exploration and mining4
Strategies for safely landing on Venusian tesserae4
Clustering analysis of high spatial resolution spectra of asteroid (162173) Ryugu from Hayabusa2/NIRS34
Porous dust particles in astrophysics and their thermal properties4
Demonstration of the low-temperature carbothermal process for producing oxygen from lunar regolith: Terrestrial test campaign4
On the stability and phase behavior of Titan's subsurface liquid columns4
Coupled mineralogical and nano-mechanical characterization of calcium sulfate veins in Martian analog rocks: Implications for Mars sample return drilling strategies4
Groundwater at the southern pole of the Moon via the gravity strike angles: IM-1 and Artemis4
Fractionation of heavier species in the hydrogen atmosphere. Asymptotic approach4
Application of deep learning and spectral deconvolution for estimating mineral abundances of zeolite, Mg-sulfate and montmorillonite mixtures and its implications for Mars4
Preliminary spectroscopic investigation of a potential Mars analog site: Lake Bagno dell’Acqua, Pantelleria, Italy4
A shocked lithic clast with compositionally contrasting melt domains in the impact melt breccia-a first report from the Dhala impact structure, India4
Laboratory IR spectroscopy of soils from Apollo 14, 15, and 16: Spectral parameters and maturity4
Editorial Board4
Editorial Board4
Comet P/2003 T12 (SOHO): A possible fragment of comet 169P/NEAT?4
Lava filling history of the herodotus crater on the aristarchus plateau: Insights from remote sensing observations4
Impact of dust loading on ozone, winds and heating rates in the atmosphere of mars: Seasonal variability, climatology and SPICAM observations4
Numerical experiments on the hydrodynamic structure of a barchan dune constrained by dense atmospheres: Comparative applications to Venus and Titan4
Astrometry and photometry of potentially hazardous asteroid (276033) 2002 AJ1294
A CaSSIS and HiRISE map of the Clay-bearing Unit at the ExoMars 2022 landing site in Oxia Planum4
Synthesizing lunar regolith-geopolymer emulating lunar positive temperature regime4
Photogeological analysis of ShadowCam images of the permanently shadowed floor of lunar crater Shoemaker4
Structural analysis and evolution of large Venusian coronae: Insights from low-angle faults at coronae rims4
Simulation of dust activities in the southern high latitudes of Mars4
Mapping the surface composition of Europa with SUDA4
Investigation of magnetic field signals during vortex-induced pressure drops at InSight4
About the magnetic barrier of Venus4
Astrometric performance of the five major uranian satellites using a narrow-band Methane filter4
Physical properties of the slow-rotating near-Earth asteroid (2059) Baboquivari from one apparition4
Martian soil-analogue VI-M1 for large-scale geotechnical experiments4
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