
Dr. Eric Palmer
Senior Scientist
Currently resides in AZ
Targets of Interest: Icy satellites, Moon, Vesta
Missions: Cassini, Dawn, OSIRIS-Rex
Mission Roles: Data archive
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
Past Projects
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

Project Team

Relation between Cold Traps and Putative Ice Deposits
NASA Discovery Data Analysis Program
Principal Investigator

Project Team

Catalog of Saturnian Satellite Shape Models
NASA Planetary Data Archiving, Restoration, and Tools Program
Principal Investigator
