Publications

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Journal Articles 11

Variation in Lunar Regolith Space Weathering Relative to Latitude and Wavelength

C.D. Waller, Joshua T.S. Cahill, Kurt D. Retherford, et al.. May 2026. Published in Planetary Science Journal. DOI: 10.3847/PSJ/ae5bc0

Elliptical ejecta of asteroid Dimorphos is due to its surface curvature

Masatoshi Hirabayashi, Sabina D. Raducan, Jessica M. Sunshine, ..., C. Dany Waller, et al.. February 2025. Published in Nature Communications. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-56010-w

Calibration and In-flight Performance of DART’s Didymos Reconnaissance and Asteroid Camera for OpNav (DRACO)

Carolyn M. Ernst, R. Terik Daly, Zachary J. Fletcher, ..., C. Dany Waller, et al.. November 2024. Published in The Planetary Science Journal. DOI: 10.3847/psj/ad823a

Radar Circular Polarization Ratio of Near-Earth Asteroids: Links to Spectral Taxonomy and Surface Processes

Edgard G. Rivera-Valentín, Betzaida Aponte-Hernández, Patrick A. Taylor, ..., Dany Waller, et al.. October 2024. Published in The Planetary Science Journal. DOI: 10.3847/PSJ/ad7df1

Science Product Pipelines and Archive Architecture for the DART Mission

C. Dany Waller, Raymond C. Espiritu, Calley Tinsman, et al.. August 2024. Published in The Planetary Science Journal. DOI: 10.3847/PSJ/ad5959

Extended Silicic Volcanism in the Gruithuisen Region—Revisiting the Composition and Thermophysical Properties of Gruithuisen Domes on the Moon

Nandita Kumari, Timothy D. Glotch, Jean-Pierre Williams, ..., Dany Waller, et al.. June 2024. Published in The Planetary Science Journal. DOI: 10.3847/psj/ad4352

Achievement of the Planetary Defense Investigations of the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) Mission

Nancy L. Chabot, Andrew S. Rivkin, Andrew F. Cheng, ..., C. Dany Waller, et al.. February 2024. Published in The Planetary Science Journal. DOI: 10.3847/psj/ad16e6

An Updated Shape Model of Dimorphos from DART Data

R. Terik Daly, Carolyn M. Ernst, Olivier S. Barnouin, ..., Dany C. Waller, et al.. January 2024. Published in The Planetary Science Journal. DOI: 10.3847/psj/ad0b07

Successful kinetic impact into an asteroid for planetary defence

R. Terik Daly, Carolyn M. Ernst, Olivier S. Barnouin, ..., C. Dany Waller, et al.. April 2023. Published in Nature. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-05810-5

Shape Modeling of Dimorphos for the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART)

R. Terik Daly, Carolyn M. Ernst, Olivier S. Barnouin, ..., Dany Waller, et al.. September 2022. Published in The Planetary Science Journal. DOI: 10.3847/psj/ac7523

Ultraviolet and magnetic perspectives at Reiner Gamma and the implications for solar wind weathering

C. D. Waller, J. T. S. Cahill, K.D. Retherford, et al.. August 2022. Published in Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences. DOI: 10.3389/fspas.2022.926018

Conference Proceedings 6

Designing a Network of Environmental Monitoring Stations to Combine Lunar Geophysics and Space Weather Investigations

Dany Waller, Katherine L. Rorschach, Abigail M. Stautberg, et al.. December 2024. In the proceedings of AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. URL: https://agu.confex.com/agu/agu24/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/1680202

Analysis of Space Weathering Trends of Lunar Swirls in Highlands and Mare

Dany Waller, Joshua Cahill, Amanda Hendrix, et al.. October 2023. In the proceedings of 55th Annual Meeting of the Division for Planetary Sciences. URL: https://baas.aas.org/pub/2023n8i101p03/release/1

Magnetic Gradiometry and Ongoing Modeling Efforts for the Lunar Vertex Mission

C. D. Waller, S. K. Vines, B. J. Anderson, et al.. September 2023. In the proceedings of Annual Meeting of the Lunar Exploration Analysis Group. URL: https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/leag2023/pdf/2903.pdf

The Influence of Gravity and Magnetic Fields on Brine Formation and Habitability across the Solar System

P. A. Burke, D. C. Waller. May 2023. In the proceedings of Brines across the Solar System: Ancient and Future Brines. URL: https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/ancientfuturebrines2023/pdf/2012.pdf

Automated Data Processing and Image Quality Analysis for the DART DRACO Instrument

C. D. Waller, R. C. Espiritu, H. Nair, et al.. March 2023. In the proceedings of 54th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. URL: https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2023/pdf/1823.pdf

Solar Wind Compression of the Magnetic Anomaly at Reiner Gamma and Potential Weathering Patterns Observed in the Ultraviolet

C. Dany Waller, Joshua T. S. Cahill, Kurt D. Retherford, et al.. March 2022. In the proceedings of Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. URL: https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2022/pdf/2670.pdf