Dr. Alex Patthoff
Senior Scientist
Currently resides in California
Targets of Interest: Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto, Enceladus, Dione, Rhea, Iapetus, Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, Oberon, Triton
Disciplines/Techniques: Geological Mapping, Tectonics, Structural Geology, Tidal Stress, Surface Processes
Main interests: Icy moons of the outer solar system, tectonics, geologic mapping, surface processes, tidal stresses, structural geology
Active Projects
Tectonic history, thermal evolution, and interior structure of the Uranian satellites Miranda and Ariel
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Institutional PI
NASA
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Solar System Workings Program
External Partners (1)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Ongoing activity at Enceladus: A search Through Time
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Principal Investigator
NASA
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Cassini Data Analysis Program
External Partners (3)
Raytheon
JPL
USGS
Building a Global Geologic Map of Dione: Contributing to a Comparative Planetological Framework for Ocean Worlds
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Institutional PI
NASA
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Planetary Data Archiving, Restoration, and Tools Program
External Partners (1)
Smithsonian Institution
Are Io’s Volcanoes Controlled by Tidal Forces?
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Institutional PI
NASA
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Solar System Workings Program
External Partners (1)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
