Dr. Xiao-Duan Zou
Senior Scientist
Currently resides in Maryland
Targets of Interest: Asteroids, Comets, Moon
Disciplines/Techniques: Crater Counting, Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Geology, Geomorphology, Impacts, Mapping, Photometry, Remote Sensing, Shape Modeling, Spectroscopy
Missions: Chang'E 1, Chang'E 2, Chang'E 3, Chang'E 4, Chang'E 5, OSIRIS-REx, DAWN, DART, Lunar Vertex
Instruments: Cameras, Laser Altimeter, Imaging Spectrometers, Spectrometers
Facilities: ALMA, VLA
Dr. Zou Xiao-Duan(邹小端)'s current research interests are focused on the physical properties of the surface of the Moon, asteroids and cometary nuclei.
Active Projects
Spectrophotometric Modeling and Mapping of Young Geological Features on Ceres
NASA Discovery Data Analysis Program
Principal Investigator
Project Team
Photometric Study of How the Physical Properties of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko Evolve with the Perihelion Passage
NASA Discovery Data Analysis Program
Principal Investigator
Project Team
Lunar Vertex: Exploring the Intersection of Geoscience and Space Plasma Physics
NASA Payloads and Research Investigations on the Surface of the Moon
Institutional PI
External Partners
- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Subsurface thermal photometry of NEOs: Characterizing the regolith
NASA Yearly Opportunities for Research in Planetary Defense
Institutional PI
Project Team
External Partners
- National Radio Astronomy Observatory
