Philip D. Nicholson

Affiliations: 
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States 
Area:
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Website:
https://astro.cornell.edu/philip-d-nicholson
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Bio:

Nicholson, Philip David 1. Tidal synchronization of the rotation of early main sequence stars in close binaries. 2. The rings of Uranus : results of the 1978 April 10 occultation. 3. On the resonance theory of the rings of Uranus. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology (1979).

Mean distance: 4658.33
 

Parents

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Peter Martin Goldreich grad student 1978 Caltech
 (1. Tidal synchronization of the rotation of early main sequence stars in close binaries. 2. The rings of Uranus : results of the 1978 April 10 occultation. 3. On the resonance theory of the rings of Uranus.)

Children

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Colleen A. McGhee grad student 2000 Cornell
Britt R. Scharringhausen grad student 2007 Cornell
Matthew M. Hedman research scientist 2004-2011 Cornell
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French RG, McGhee-French CA, Nicholson PD, et al. (2020) Unusual One-Armed Density Waves in the Cassini Division of Saturn's Rings Icarus. 339: 113600
Jerousek RG, Colwell JE, Hedman MM, et al. (2020) Saturn's C ring and Cassini division: Particle sizes from Cassini UVIS, VIMS, and RSS occultations Icarus. 344: 113565
Nicholson PD, Ansty T, Hedman MM, et al. (2020) Occultation observations of Saturn's rings with Cassini VIMS Icarus. 344: 113356
Tiscareno MS, Nicholson PD, Cuzzi JN, et al. (2019) Close-range remote sensing of Saturn's rings during Cassini's ring-grazing orbits and Grand Finale. Science (New York, N.Y.). 364
Buratti BJ, Thomas PC, Roussos E, et al. (2019) Close Cassini flybys of Saturn's ring moons Pan, Daphnis, Atlas, Pandora, and Epimetheus. Science (New York, N.Y.)
Iess L, Militzer B, Kaspi Y, et al. (2019) Measurement and implications of Saturn's gravity field and ring mass. Science (New York, N.Y.)
French RG, McGhee-French CA, Nicholson PD, et al. (2019) Kronoseismology III: Waves in Saturn's inner C ring Icarus. 319: 599-626
Mouélic SL, Cornet T, Rodriguez S, et al. (2019) The Cassini VIMS archive of Titan: From browse products to global infrared color maps Icarus. 319: 121-132
Ciarniello M, Filacchione G, D’Aversa E, et al. (2019) Cassini-VIMS observations of Saturn’s main rings: II. A spectrophotometric study by means of Monte Carlo ray-tracing and Hapke’s theory Icarus. 317: 242-265
Hong Y, Raymond SN, Nicholson PD, et al. (2018) Innocent Bystanders: Orbital Dynamics of Exomoons During Planet–Planet Scattering The Astrophysical Journal. 852: 85
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