Dr. Eric Palmer
Technology Director and Senior Scientist
Currently resides in Arizona
Targets of Interest: Bennu, DART, Icy Satellites, Moon, Vesta
Disciplines/Techniques: Stereo Photogrammetry
Missions: Cassini, DAWN, Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), Hayabusa2, OSIRIS-REx, Rosetta
Instruments: Geological Image Processing, Imaging Spectrometry
Dr. Eric Palmer is interested in the stability and transport of carbon dioxide on Iapetus, the photolytic generation of carbon dioxide, and the aqueous alteration of the CM chondrites. He is an expert in the application of spectrophotoclinometric technics to the determination of small body topography, shape and surface scattering properties. He has developed navigation software for surface rovers using only a terrain model and the horizon.`
Active Projects
Pyroclastic Eruption Conditions on the Moon and Mercury
NASA Solar System Workings Program
Principal Investigator
Project Team
External Partners
- Smithsonian
- USGS
- JHU/APL
Understanding Radiation Processing and Alteration of Icy Regoliths
NASA Cassini Data Analysis Program
Principal Investigator
Catalog of Saturnian Satellite Shape Models
NASA Planetary Data Archiving, Restoration, and Tools Program
Principal Investigator
Project Team
Renewal for the Cooperative Agreement Notice – The Small Bodies Node of NASA’s Planetary Data System with the Minor Planet Center
NASA Planetary Data System
Principal Investigator
