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A comet is an icy small Solar System body that, when passing close to theSun, heats up and begins to outgas, displaying a visible atmosphere or coma, and sometimes also a tail. These phenomena are due to the effects of solar radiation and the solar wind upon the nucleus of the comet. Comet nuclei range from a few hundred metres to tens of kilometres across and are composed of loose collections of ice, dust, and small rocky particles. The coma and tail are much larger and, if sufficiently bright, may be seen from the Earth without the aid of a telescope. Comets have been observed and recorded since ancient times by many cultures.

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Name Missions & Mission Experience Targets Techniques Major Facilities & Instrument Development
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Susan Benecchi 		HST, New Horizons Charon, Comets, Dwarf planets, Kuiper Belt, Pluto, Trans-Neptunian objects Astrometry, Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Ground-based observing, Photometry, Space-based observing Cerro Tololo, Gemini, IRTF, Kitt Peak
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Roger Clark 		Cassini, Chandrayaan 1 (India), Europa Clipper, Galileo, Mars Global Surveyor, Mars Observer, MRO ** Instrument Co-Investigator, Mission Co-Investigator Asteroids, Ceres, Comets, Dwarf planets, Earth, Exoplanets, Icy satellites, Interplanetary Dust, Io, Jupiter, Kuiper Belt, Mars, Mercury, Moon, Neptune, Planetary rings, Pluto, Saturn, Small satellites, Titan, Uranus, Venus, Vesta Geology, Ground-based observing, Mapping, Mineralogy, Numerical modeling, Photometry, Remote sensing, Space-based observing, Spectroscopy
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Miguel de Val-Borro 		HST, Kepler, Rosetta, Spitzer ** Data archive Asteroids, Comets, Enceladus, Exoplanets, Ganymede, Kuiper Belt, Neptune Astrobiology, Astrometry, Atmospheres, Ground-based observing, Photometry, Remote sensing, Space-based observing, Spectroscopy ALMA, IRTF, Keck Observatory, Kitt Peak, SMT, SOFIA ** Cameras, FTIR, Imaging spectrometers, Spectrometers
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Robert Gaskell 		Cassini, Dawn, MESSENGER, OSIRIS-REx, Rosetta, Voyager Asteroids, Comets, Earth, Icy satellites, Io, Mars, Mercury, Moon, Small satellites, Vesta Shape modeling
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Amara Graps 		Cassini, Dawn, Galileo, IRAS, New Horizons, Rosetta, Ulysses, Voyager ** Calibration/Test planning, Data archive, Data validation, Instrument operations, Mission science team, Requirements generation and flow down, Science operations Asteroids, Ceres, Comets, Dwarf planets, Enceladus, Icy satellites, Interplanetary Dust, Io, Io torus, Jupiter, Meteorites, Moon, Planetary rings, Saturn, Small satellites, Solar particles/Solar wind, Uranus, Vesta Astrobiology, Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Ground-based observing, Magnetospherics, Numerical modeling, Photometry, Remote sensing, Shape modeling, Space-based observing, Volcanism IRTF, Palomar ** Cameras, Dust counter
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Tommy Grav 		NEOWISE Asteroids, Comets, Icy satellites, Jupiter, Kuiper Belt, Neptune, Saturn, Small satellites, Uranus Ground-based observing, Numerical modeling, Photometry, Space-based observing
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Bill Hartmann 		Mariner 9 Asteroids, Comets, Earth, Mars, Meteorites, Moon, Small satellites Crater Counting, Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Ground-based observing, Volcanism
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Henry Hsieh 		Asteroids, Comets, Interplanetary Dust, Small satellites Astrobiology, Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Ground-based observing, Numerical modeling, Photometry, Space-based observing, Spectroscopy
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Jian-Yang Li 		Chang'E 2 (China), Dawn, Deep Impact, EPOXI, HST, OSIRIS-REx, Stardust-NExT ** Calibration/Test planning, Data archive, Data validation, Mission science team, Science operations Asteroids, Ceres, Comets, Dwarf planets, Interplanetary Dust, Small satellites, Vesta Ground-based observing, Mapping, Photometry, Remote sensing, Space-based observing, Thermal modeling ALMA, Gemini, Palomar
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Eva Lilly 		Asteroids, Comets, Kuiper Belt Astrometry, Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Photometry Gemini, Keck Observatory, Pan-STARRS
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Jim McElwaine 		Asteroids, Ceres, Comets, Earth, Icy satellites, Mars, Moon, Planetary rings, Pluto, Small satellites, Titan, Vesta Shape modeling, Radar, Numerical modeling, Geomorphology
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Jamie Molaro 		OSIRIS-REx Asteroids, Ceres, Comets, Enceladus, Europa, Icy satellites, Moon Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Field Work, Geomorphology, Numerical modeling, Thermal modeling
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Jeff Morgenthaler 		GALEX, Sounding Rockets Comets, Earth, Europa, Gas giants, Io, Io torus, Jupiter, Solar particles/Solar wind Aeronomy, Astrometry, Atmospheres, Calorimetry, Ground-based observing, Photometry, Space-based observing, Spectroscopy, X-ray spectroscopy Kitt Peak ** Imaging spectrometers, Spectrometers, X-ray spectrometers
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Beatrice Mueller 		Asteroids, Comets, Trans-Neptunian objects Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Ground-based observing, Photometry Cerro Tololo, Kitt Peak
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Robert Nelson 		Cassini, Voyager Asteroids, Comets, Dwarf planets, Exoplanets, Icy satellites, Io, Mercury, Moon, Small satellites, Titan Photometry, Remote sensing, Spectroscopy
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David O'Brien 		Dawn Asteroids, Ceres, Comets, Dwarf planets, Exoplanets, Icy satellites, Small satellites, Vesta Astrobiology, Numerical modeling, Remote sensing
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Thomas Prettyman 		Dawn, Lunar Prospector, Mars Odyssey ** Calibration/Test planning, Data archive, Data validation, Electronics design, Flight Software, Instrument operations, Instrument PI, Mission Co-Investigator, Mission science team, Requirements generation and flow down Asteroids, Ceres, Comets, Dwarf planets, Earth, Mars, Mercury, Meteorites, Moon, Small satellites, Venus, Vesta Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Geology, Mapping, Neutron detectors, Numerical modeling, Remote sensing, Shape modeling, Space-based observing
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James Richardson Jr. 		Deep Impact, EPOXI ** Mission science team Asteroids, Comets, Icy satellites, Moon Geomorphology, Impacts, Numerical modeling, Radar Arecibo
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Nalin Samarasinha 		Asteroids, Comets, Kuiper Belt Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Ground-based observing, Numerical modeling, Remote sensing Cerro Tololo, Kitt Peak
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Sarah Sonnett 		NEOWISE Asteroids, Comets, Dwarf planets, Trans-Neptunian objects Astrobiology, Astrometry, Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Ground-based observing, Numerical modeling, Photometry, Shape modeling, Space-based observing, Spectroscopy, Thermal Emission Spectroscopy Kitt Peak ** Cameras
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Jordan Steckloff 		Cassini, EPOXI, Stardust-NExT Asteroids, Ceres, Charon, Comets, Dwarf planets, Icy satellites, Kuiper Belt, Mercury, Moon, Pluto, Small satellites, Titan, Trans-Neptunian objects, Vesta Celestial Mechanics, Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Numerical modeling, Thermal modeling
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Mark Sykes 		Dawn, IRAS, Spitzer ** Data archive, Mission Co-Investigator, Mission science team Asteroids, Ceres, Charon, Comets, Dwarf planets, Interplanetary Dust, Pluto, Small satellites, Vesta Ground-based observing, Photometry, Radiometry, Remote sensing, Space-based observing IRTF
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Pasquale Tricarico 		Dawn ** Spacecraft navigation Asteroids, Ceres, Comets, Vesta Astrometry, Celestial Mechanics, Gravity, Numerical modeling, Planetary Interiors, Shape modeling, Thermal modeling
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Stu Weidenschilling 		Asteroids, Comets, Exoplanets, Meteorites, Small satellites, Trans-Neptunian objects High-Throughput Computing (HTC), Numerical modeling
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John Weirich 		OSIRIS-REx Asteroids, Comets, Earth, Moon, Small satellites Geology, Mineralogy, Shape modeling
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Paul Weissman 		Galileo, Rosetta Asteroids, Comets, Kuiper Belt, Small satellites Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Ground-based observing, Numerical modeling, Photometry, Remote sensing, Space-based observing
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Xiao-Duan Zou 		Chang'E 1 (China), Chang'E 2 (China), Chang'E 3 (China), OSIRIS-REx ** Calibration/Test planning, Data archive, Data validation, Mission science team, Science operations Asteroids, Comets, Moon Crater Counting, Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Geology, Geomorphology, Impacts, Mapping, Photometry, Remote sensing, Shape modeling, Spectroscopy Cameras, Imaging spectrometers, Spectrometers

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