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, DART, DAWN, Lunar Vertex, OSIRIS-REx
Instruments: Cameras, Imaging Spectrometers, Laser Altimeter, 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
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
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
Principal Investigator
