Current Grants

• Combining thermal and radar observations of near-Earth asteroids
• Water and OH on Primitive Bodies: Expanding the Frontier
• Volatiles, Regolith and Thermal Investigations Consortium for Exploration and Science (VORTICES)
• In the Eye of the Storm: Inner coma remote sensing of three Jupiter Family Comets

Current Spacecraft Involvement

• OSIRIS-REx Science Team Member - Visible and Infrared Spectroscopy

Current Graduate Students

Student Collaborations/Advising

• Mary Hinkle (University of Central Florida)

Undergraduates

• Collin Lewin (University of Arizona, Space Grant)

Former Students

• Jenna Crowell (University of Central Florida)
• Sean Marshall (Cornell University)
• Kiana McFadden (University of Arizona)

Former Postdocs

• Jenna Jones

Based on Google Scholar and NASA ADS: NASA ADS Author search: Ellen S. Howell

Recent refereed publications: Years 2019 through June 2024

Zambrano-Marin, Luisa Fernanda, Howell, Ellen S., Marshall, Sean E., Giorgini, Jon, & Venditti, Flaviane C. F. 2024, Icarus. The Fastest Rotators: Near-Earth Asteroids Observed with the Arecibo Planetary Radar System 

Rivkin, Andrew S., Thomas, Cristina A., Wong, Ian, Rozitis, Benjamin, de León, Julia, Holler, Bryan, Milam, Stefanie N., Howell, Ellen S., Hammel, Heidi B., Arredondo, Anicia, Brucato, John R., Epifani, Elena M., Ieva, Simone, La Forgia, Fiorangela, Lucas, Michael P., Lucchetti, Alice, Pajola, Maurizio, Poggiali, Giovanni, Sunshine, Jessica N., & Trigo-Rodríguez, Josep M. 2023, The Planetary Science Journal. Near to Mid-infrared Spectroscopy of (65803) Didymos as Observed by JWST: Characterization Observations Supporting the Double Asteroid Redirection Test

Clark, B. E., Sen, A., Zou, X. -D., DellaGiustina, D. N., Sugita, S., Sakatani, N., Thompson, M., Trang, D., Tatsumi, E., Barucci, M. A., Barker, M., Campins, H., Morota, T., Lantz, C., Hendrix, A. R., Vilas, F., Keller, L., Hamilton, V. E., Kitazato, K., Sasaki, S., Matsuoka, M., Nakamura, T., Praet, A., Ferrone, S. M., Hiroi, T., Kaplan, H. H., Bottke, W. F., Li, J. -Y., Le Corre, L., Molaro, J. L., Ballouz, R. -L., Hergenrother, C. W., Rizk, B., Burke, K. N., Bennett, C. A., Golish, D. R., Howell, E. S., Becker, K., Ryan, A. J., Emery, J. P., Fornasier, S., Simon, A. A., Reuter, D. C., Lim, L. F., Poggiali, G., Michel, P., Delbo, M., Barnouin, O. S., Jawin, E. R., Pajola, M., Riu, L., Okada, T., Deshapriya, J. D. P., Brucato, J. R., Binzel, R. P., & Lauretta, D. S. 2023, Icarus. Overview of the search for signs of space weathering on the low-albedo asteroid (101955) Bennu

Myers, Samuel A., Howell, Ellen S., Magri, Christopher, Vervack, Ronald J., Fernández, Yanga R., Marshall, Sean E., & Taylor, Patrick A. 2023, The Planetary Science Journal. Constraining the Limitations of NEATM-like Models: A Case Study with Near-Earth Asteroid (285263) 1998 QE2

Hinkle, M. L., Howell, E. S., Fernández, Y. R., Magri, C., Vervack, R. J., Marshall, S. E., Crowell, J. L., & Rivkin, A. S. 2022, Icarus. The global thermophysical properties of (433) Eros

Lejoly, C., Harris, W., Samarasinha, N., Mueller, B. E. A., Howell, E., Bodnarik, J., Springmann, A., Kareta, T., Sharkey, B., Noonan, J., Bedin, L. R., Bosch, J. -G., Brosio, A., Bryssinck, E., de Vanssay, J. -B., Hambsch, F. -J., Ivanova, O., Krushinsky, V., Lin, Z. -Y., Manzini, F., Maury, A., Moriya, N., Ochner, P., & Oldani, V. 2022, The Planetary Science Journal. Radial Distribution of the Dust Comae of Comets 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdus̆áková and 46P/Wirtanen

Pravec, P., Thomas, C. A., Rivkin, A. S., Scheirich, P., Moskovitz, N., Knight, M. M., Snodgrass, C., de León, J., Licandro, J., Popescu, M., Thirouin, A., Föhring, D., Chandler, C. O., Oldroyd, W. J., Trujillo, C. A., Howell, E. S., Green, S. F., Thomas-Osip, J., Sheppard, S. S., Farnham, T. L., Mazzotta Epifani, E., Dotto, E., Ieva, S., Dall'Ora, M., Kokotanekova, R., Carry, B., & Souami, D. 2022, The Planetary Science Journal. Photometric Observations of the Binary Near-Earth Asteroid (65803) Didymos in 2015-2021 Prior to DART Impact

Rivkin, Andrew S., Emery, Joshua P., Howell, Ellen S., Kareta, Theodore, Noonan, John W., Richardson, Matthew, Sharkey, Benjamin N. L., Sickafoose, Amanda A., Woodney, Laura M., Cartwright, Richard J., Lindsay, Sean, & Mcclure, Lucas T. 2022, The Planetary Science Journal. The Nature of Low-albedo Small Bodies from 3 μm Spectroscopy: One Group that Formed within the Ammonia Snow Line and One that Formed beyond It

Springmann, Alessondra, Harris, Walter M., Ryan, Erin L., Lejoly, Cassandra, Howell, Ellen S., Mueller, Beatrice E. A., Samarasinha, Nalin H., Woodney, Laura M., & Steckloff, Jordan K. 2022, The Planetary Science Journal. Repeating Gas Ejection Events from Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdušáková

Virkki, Anne K., Marshall, Sean E., Venditti, Flaviane C. F., Zambrano-Marín, Luisa F., Hickson, Dylan C., McGilvray, Anna, Taylor, Patrick A., Rivera-Valentín, Edgard G., Devogèle, Maxime, Franco Díaz, Eframir, Bhiravarasu, Sriram S., Aponte Hernández, Betzaida, Rodriguez Sánchez-Vahamonde, Carolina, Nolan, Michael C., Perillat, Phil, Cabrera, Israel, González, Elliot, Padilla, Daniel, Negrón, Victor, Marrero, Juan, Lebrón, Johbany, Bagué, Adrian, Jiménez, Francisco, López-Oquendo, Andy, Repp, Daniel, McGlasson, Riley A., Presler-Marshall, Brynn, Howell, Ellen S., Margot, Jean-Luc, & Prabhu Desai, Sanjana 2022, The Planetary Science Journal. Arecibo Planetary Radar Observations of Near-Earth Asteroids: 2017 December-2019 December

Zambrano-Marin, Luisa Fernanda, Howell, Ellen S., Taylor, Patrick A., Marshall, Sean E., Devogèle, Maxime, Virkki, Anne K., Hickson, Dylan C., Rivera-Valentín, Edgard G., Venditti, Flaviane C. F., & Giorgini, Jon D. 2022, The Planetary Science Journal. Radar and Optical Characterization of Near-Earth Asteroid 2019 OK

Zegmott, Tarik J., Lowry, S. C., Rożek, A., Rozitis, B., Nolan, M. C., Howell, E. S., Green, S. F., Snodgrass, C., Fitzsimmons, A., & Weissman, P. R. 2021, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Detection of the YORP effect on the contact binary (68346) 2001 KZ66 from combined radar and optical observations

Praet, A., Barucci, M. A., Clark, B. E., Kaplan, H. H., Simon, A. A., Hamilton, V. E., Emery, J. P., Howell, E. S., Lim, L. F., Zou, X. -D., Li, J. -Y., Reuter, D. C., Merlin, F., Deshapriya, J. D. P., Fornasier, S., Hasselmann, P. H., Poggiali, G., Ferrone, S., Brucato, J. R., Takir, D., Cloutis, E., Connolly, H. C., Fulchignoni, M., & Lauretta, D. S. 2021, Icarus. Hydrogen abundance estimation and distribution on (101955) Bennu

DellaGiustina, D. N., Kaplan, H. H., Simon, A. A., Bottke, W. F., Avdellidou, C., Delbo, M., Ballouz, R.-L., Golish, D. R., Walsh, K. J., Popescu, M., Campins, H., Barucci, M. A., Poggiali, G., Daly, R. T., Le Corre, L., Hamilton, V. E., Porter, N., Jawin, E. R., McCoy, T. J., Connolly, H. C., Garcia, J. L. R., Tatsumi, E., de Leon, J., Licandro, J., Fornasier, S., Daly, M. G., Al Asad, M. M., Philpott, L., Seabrook, J., Barnouin, O. S., Clark, B. E., Nolan, M. C., Howell, E. S., Binzel, R. P., Rizk, B., Reuter, D. C., Lauretta, D. S. 2021, Nature Astronomy Exogenic basalt on asteroid (101955) Bennu

Scheeres, D.J., McMahon, J.W., French, A.S. et al. The dynamic geophysical environment of (101955) Bennu based on OSIRIS-REx measurements. Nat Astron 3, 352–361 (2019).

Walsh, K.J., Jawin, E.R., Ballouz, RL. et al. Craters, boulders and regolith of (101955) Bennu indicative of an old and dynamic surface. Nat. Geosci. 12, 242–246 (2019).

Hirabayashi, Masatoshi, Nakano, Ryota, Tatsumi, Eri, Walsh, Kevin J., Barnouin, Olivier S., Michel, Patrick, Hartzell, Christine M., Britt, Daniel T., Sugita, Seiji, Watanabe, Sei-ichiro, Bottke, William F., Scheeres, Daniel J., Ballouz, Ronald-Louis, Cho, Yuichiro, Morota, Tomokatsu, Howell, Ellen S., & Lauretta, Dante S. 2020, Icarus. Spin-driven evolution of asteroids' top-shapes at fast and slow spins seen from (101955) Bennu and (162173) Ryugu

DellaGiustina, D. N., Burke, K. N., Walsh, K. J., Smith, P. H., Golish, D. R., Bierhaus, E. B., Ballouz, R. -L., Becker, T. L., Campins, H., Tatsumi, E., Yumoto, K., Sugita, S., Deshapriya, J. D. Prasanna, Cloutis, E. A., Clark, B. E., Hendrix, A. R., Sen, A., Al Asad, M. M., Daly, M. G., Applin, D. M., Avdellidou, C., Barucci, M. A., Becker, K. J., Bennett, C. A., Bottke, W. F., Brodbeck, J. I., Connolly, H. C., Delbo, M., de Leon, J., Drouet d'Aubigny, C. Y., Edmundson, K. L., Fornasier, S., Hamilton, V. E., Hasselmann, P. H., Hergenrother, C. W., Howell, E. S., Jawin, E. R., Kaplan, H. H., Le Corre, L., Lim, L. F., Li, J. Y., Michel, P., Molaro, J. L., Nolan, M. C., Nolau, J., Pajola, M., Parkinson, A., Popescu, M., Porter, N. A., Rizk, B., Rizos, J. L., Ryan, A. J., Rozitis, B., Shultz, N. K., Simon, A. A., Trang, D., Van Auken, R. B., Wolner, C. W. V., & Lauretta, D. S. 2020, Science. Variations in color and reflectance on the surface of asteroid (101955) Bennu

Barnouin, O. S., Daly, M. G., Palmer, E. E., Gaskell, R. W., Weirich, J. R., Johnson, C. L., Al Asad, M. M., Roberts, J. H., Perry, M. E., Susorney, H. C. M., Daly, R. T., Bierhaus, E. B., Seabrook, J. A., Espiritu, R. C., Nair, A. H., Nguyen, L., Neumann, G. A., Ernst, C. M., Boynton, W. V., Nolan, M. C., Adam, C. D., Moreau, M. C., Rizk, B., Drouet D'Aubigny, C. Y., Jawin, E. R., Walsh, K. J., Michel, P., Schwartz, S. R., Ballouz, R. -L., Mazarico, E. M., Scheeres, D. J., McMahon, J. W., Bottke, W. F., Sugita, S., Hirata, N., Hirata, N., Watanabe, S. -I., Burke, K. N., Dellagiustina, D. N., Bennett, C. A., Lauretta, D. S., Osiris-Rex Team, Highsmith, D. E., Small, J., Vokrouhlický, D., Bowles, N. E., Brown, E., Donaldson Hanna, K. L., Warren, T., Brunet, C., Chicoine, R. A., Desjardins, S., Gaudreau, D., Haltigin, T., Millington-Veloza, S., Rubi, A., Aponte, J., Gorius, N., Lunsford, A., Allen, B., Grindlay, J., Guevel, D., Hoak, D., Hong, J., Schrader, D. L., Bayron, J., Golubov, O., Sánchez, P., Stromberg, J., Hirabayashi, M., Hartzell, C. M., Oliver, S., Rascon, M., Harch, A., Joseph, J., Squyres, S., Richardson, D., Emery, J. P., McGraw, L., Ghent, R., Binzel, R. P., Asad, M. M. Al, Johnson, C. L., Philpott, L., Susorney, H. C. M., Cloutis, E. A., Hanna, R. D., Connolly, H. C., Ciceri, F., Hildebrand, A. R., Ibrahim, E. -M., Breitenfeld, L., Glotch, T., Rogers, A. D., Clark, B. E., Ferrone, S., Thomas, C. A., Campins, H., Fernandez, Y., Chang, W., Cheuvront, A., Trang, D., Tachibana, S., Yurimoto, H., Brucato, J. R., Poggiali, G., Pajola, M., Dotto, E., Epifani, E. Mazzotta, Crombie, M. K., Lantz, C., Izawa, M. R. M., de Leon, J., Licandro, J., Garcia, J. L. Rizos, Clemett, S., Thomas-Keprta, K., van Wal, S., Yoshikawa, M., Bellerose, J., Bhaskaran, S., Boyles, C., Chesley, S. R., Elder, C. M., Farnocchia, D., Harbison, A., Kennedy, B., Knight, A., Martinez-Vlasoff, N., Mastrodemos, N., McElrath, T., Owen, W., Park, R., Rush, B., Swanson, L., Takahashi, Y., Velez, D., Yetter, K., Thayer, C., Adam, C., Antreasian, P., Bauman, J., Bryan, C., Carcich, B., Corvin, M., Geeraert, J., Hoffman, J., Leonard, J. M., Lessac-Chenen, E., Levine, A., McAdams, J., McCarthy, L., Nelson, D., Page, B., Pelgrift, J., Sahr, E., Stakkestad, K., Stanbridge, D., Wibben, D., Williams, B., Williams, K., Wolff, P., Hayne, P., Kubitschek, D., Barucci, M. A., Deshapriya, J. D. P., Fornasier, S., Fulchignoni, M., Hasselmann, P., Merlin, F., Praet, A., Bierhaus, E. B., Billett, O., Boggs, A., Buck, B., Carlson-Kelly, S., Cerna, J., Chaffin, K., Church, E., Coltrin, M., Daly, J., Deguzman, A., Dubisher, R., Eckart, D., Ellis, D., Falkenstern, P., Fisher, A., Fisher, M. E., Fleming, P., Fortney, K., Francis, S., Freund, S., Gonzales, S., Haas, P., Hasten, A., Hauf, D., Hilbert, A., Howell, D., Jaen, F., Jayakody, N., Jenkins, M., Johnson, K., Lefevre, M., Ma, H., Mario, C., Martin, K., May, C., McGee, M., Miller, B., Miller, C., Miller, G., Mirfakhrai, A., Muhle, E., Norman, C., Olds, R., Parish, C., Ryle, M., Schmitzer, M., Sherman, P., Skeen, M., Susak, M., Sutter, B., Tran, Q., Welch, C., Witherspoon, R., Wood, J., Zareski, J., Arvizu-Jakubicki, M., Asphaug, E., Audi, E., Ballouz, R. -L., Bandrowski, R., Becker, K. J., Becker, T. L., Bendall, S., Bennett, C. A., Bloomenthal, H., Blum, D., Boynton, W. V., Brodbeck, J., Burke, K. N., Chojnacki, M., Colpo, A., Contreras, J., Cutts, J., D'Aubigny, C. Y. Drouet, Dean, D., Dellagiustina, D. N., Diallo, B., Drinnon, D., Drozd, K., Enos, H. L., Enos, R., Fellows, C., Ferro, T., Fisher, M. R., Fitzgibbon, G., Fitzgibbon, M., Forelli, J., Forrester, T., Galinsky, I., Garcia, R., Gardner, A., Golish, D. R., Habib, N., Hamara, D., Hammond, D., Hanley, K., Harshman, K., Hergenrother, C. W., Herzog, K., Hill, D., Hoekenga, C., Hooven, S., Howell, E. S., Huettner, E., Janakus, A., Jones, J., Kareta, T. R., Kidd, J., Kingsbury, K., Balram-Knutson, S. S., Koelbel, L., Kreiner, J., Lambert, D., Lauretta, D. S., Lewin, C., Lovelace, B., Loveridge, M., Lujan, M., Maleszewski, C. K., Malhotra, R., Marchese, K., McDonough, E., Mogk, N., Morrison, V., Morton, E., Munoz, R., Nelson, J., Nolan, M. C., Padilla, J., Pennington, R., Polit, A., Ramos, N., Reddy, V., Riehl, M., Rizk, B., Roper, H. L., Salazar, S., Schwartz, S. R., Selznick, S., Shultz, N., Smith, P. H., Stewart, S., Sutton, S., Swindle, T., Tang, Y. H., Westermann, M., Wolner, C. W. V., Worden, D., Zega, T., Zeszut, Z., Bjurstrom, A., Bloomquist, L., Dickinson, C., Keates, E., Liang, J., Nifo, V., Taylor, A., Teti, F., Caplinger, M., Bowles, H., Carter, S., Dickenshied, S., Doerres, D., Fisher, T., Hagee, W., Hill, J., Miner, M., Noss, D., Piacentine, N., Smith, M., Toland, A., Wren, P., Bernacki, M., Munoz, D. Pino, Watanabe, S. -I., Sandford, S. A., Aqueche, A., Ashman, B., Barker, M., Bartels, A., Berry, K., Bos, B., Burns, R., Calloway, A., Carpenter, R., Castro, N., Cosentino, R., Donaldson, J., Dworkin, J. P., Cook, J. Elsila, Emr, C., Everett, D., Fennell, D., Fleshman, K., Folta, D., Gallagher, D., Garvin, J., Getzandanner, K., Glavin, D., Hull, S., Hyde, K., Ido, H., Ingegneri, A., Jones, N., Kaotira, P., Lim, L. F., Liounis, A., Lorentson, C., Lorenz, D., Lyzhoft, J., Mazarico, E. M., Mink, R., Moore, W., Moreau, M., Mullen, S., Nagy, J., Neumann, G., Nuth, J., Poland, D., Reuter, D. C., Rhoads, L., Rieger, S., Rowlands, D., Sallitt, D., Scroggins, A., Shaw, G., Simon, A. A., Swenson, J., Vasudeva, P., Wasser, M., Zellar, R., Grossman, J., Johnston, G., Morris, M., Wendel, J., Burton, A., Keller, L. P., McNamara, L., Messenger, S., Nakamura-Messenger, K., Nguyen, A., Righter, K., Queen, E., Bellamy, K., Dill, K., Gardner, S., Giuntini, M., Key, B., Kissell, J., Patterson, D., Vaughan, D., Wright, B., Gaskell, R. W., Le Corre, L., Li, J. -Y., Molaro, J. L., Palmer, E. E., Siegler, M. A., Tricarico, P., Weirich, J. R., Zou, X. -D., Ireland, T., Tait, K., Bland, P., Anwar, S., Bojorquez-Murphy, N., Christensen, P. R., Haberle, C. W., Mehall, G., Rios, K., Franchi, I., Rozitis, B., Beddingfield, C. B., Marshall, J., Brack, D. N., French, A. S., McMahon, J. W., Scheeres, D. J., Jawin, E. R., McCoy, T. J., Russell, S., Killgore, M., Bottke, W. F., Hamilton, V. E., Kaplan, H. H., Walsh, K. J., Bandfield, J. L., Clark, B. C., Chodas, M., Lambert, M., Masterson, R. A., Daly, M. G., Freemantle, J., Seabrook, J. A., Barnouin, O. S., Craft, K., Daly, R. T., Ernst, C., Espiritu, R. C., Holdridge, M., Jones, M., Nair, A. H., Nguyen, L., Peachey, J., Perry, M. E., Plescia, J., Roberts, J. H., Steele, R., Turner, R., Backer, J., Edmundson, K., Mapel, J., Milazzo, M., Sides, S., Manzoni, C., May, B., Delbo', M., Libourel, G., Michel, P., Ryan, A., Thuillet, F., & Marty, B. 2020, Nature Geoscience. Author Correction: Shape of (101955) Bennu indicative of a rubble pile with internal stiffness

Hergenrother, C. W., Maleszewski, C., Li, J. -Y., Pajola, M., Chesley, S. R., French, A. S., Davis, A. B., Pelgrift, J. Y., Leonard, J. M., Shelly, F., Liounis, A. J., Becker, K., Balram-Knutson, S. S., Garcia, R., Kareta, T. R., Adam, C., Alkiek, K., Bos, B. J., Brozović, M., Burke, K. N., Christensen, E., Clark, B. E., DellaGiustina, D. N., Drouet d'Aubigny, C., Farnocchia, D., Howell, E. S., Jacobson, R. A., Kidd, J. N., Lessac-Chenen, E. J., Melikyan, R., Nolan, M. C., Park, R. S., Selznick, S., Rizk, B., & Lauretta, D. S. 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research (Planets). Photometry of Particles Ejected From Active Asteroid (101955) Bennu

Lewin, Collin D., Howell, Ellen S., Vervack, Ronald J., Fernández, Yanga R., Magri, Christopher, Marshall, Sean E., Crowell, Jenna L., & Hinkle, Mary L. 2020, The Astronomical Journal. Near-infrared Spectral Characterization of Solar-type Stars in the Northern Hemisphere

Barucci, M. A., Hasselmann, P. H., Praet, A., Fulchignoni, M., Deshapriya, J. D. P., Fornasier, S., Merlin, F., Clark, B. E., Simon, A. A., Hamilton, V. E., Emery, J. P., Howell, E. S., Brucato, J. R., Cloutis, E. A., Zou, X. D., Li, J. -Y., Michel, P., Ferrone, S., Poggiali, G., Reuter, D. C., DellaGiustina, D. N., & Lauretta, D. S. 2020, Astronomy and Astrophysics. OSIRIS-REx spectral analysis of (101955) Bennu by multivariate statistics

Takir, Driss, Kareta, Theodore, Emery, Joshua P., Hanuš, Josef, Reddy, Vishnu, Howell, Ellen S., Rivkin, Andrew S., & Arai, Tomoko 2020, Nature Communications. Near-infrared observations of active asteroid (3200) Phaethon reveal no evidence for hydration

Kaplan, Hannah H., Hamilton, Victoria E., Howell, Ellen S., Scott Anderson, F., Barrucci, M. Antonella, Brucato, John, Burbine, Thomas H., Clark, Beth E., Cloutis, Ed A., Connolly, Harold C., Dotto, Elisabetta, Emery, Joshua P., Fornasier, Sonia, Lantz, Cateline, Lim, Lucy F., Merlin, Frederic, Praet, Alice, Reuter, Dennis C., Sandford, Scott A., Simon, Amy A., Takir, Driss, & Lauretta, Dante S. 2020, Meteoritics and Planetary Science. Visible-near infrared spectral indices for mapping mineralogy and chemistry with OSIRIS-REx

Busch, Michael W., Ostro, Steven J., Benner, Lance A. M., Brozovic, Marina, Giorgini, Jon D., Jao, Joseph, Scheeres, Daniel J., Magri, Christopher, Nolan, Michael C., Howell, Ellen S., Taylor, Patrick A., Margot, Jean-Luc, & Brisken, Walter 2019, Icarus. Corrigendum to "Radar observations and the shape of near-Earth asteroid 2008 EV5" [ICARUS 212 (2011) 649-660]

Rożek, A., Lowry, S. C., Nolan, M. C., Taylor, P. A., Benner, L. A. M., Fitzsimmons, A., Zegmott, T. J., Weissman, P. R., Green, S. F., Rozitis, B., Snodgrass, C., Smythe, W. D., Hicks, M. D., Howell, E. S., Virkki, A. K., Aponte-Hernandez, B., Rivera-Valentín, E. G., Rodriguez-Ford, L. A., Zambrano-Marin, L. F., Brozović, M., Naidu, S. P., Giorgini, J. D., Snedeker, L. G., Jao, J. S., & Ghigo, F. D. 2019, Astronomy and Astrophysics. Shape model and spin-state analysis of PHA contact binary (85990) 1999 JV6 from combined radar and optical observations

Virkki, A., Zubko, E., Nolan, M. C., Howell, E. S., Benner, L. A. M., & Harmon, J. K. 2019, Icarus. Decimeter-scale particle characterization in the coma of 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 using dual-wavelength radar observations

Rivkin, Andrew S., Howell, Ellen S., & Emery, Joshua P. 2019, Journal of Geophysical Research (Planets). Infrared Spectroscopy of Large, Low-Albedo Asteroids: Are Ceres and Themis Archetypes or Outliers?

Lauretta, D. S., Dellagiustina, D. N., Bennett, C. A., Golish, D. R., Becker, K. J., Balram-Knutson, S. S., Barnouin, O. S., Becker, T. L., Bottke, W. F., Boynton, W. V., Campins, H., Clark, B. E., Connolly, H. C., Drouet D'Aubigny, C. Y., Dworkin, J. P., Emery, J. P., Enos, H. L., Hamilton, V. E., Hergenrother, C. W., Howell, E. S., Izawa, M. R. M., Kaplan, H. H., Nolan, M. C., Rizk, B., Roper, H. L., Scheeres, D. J., Smith, P. H., Walsh, K. J., Wolner, C. W. V., & Osiris-Rex Team 2019, Nature. The unexpected surface of asteroid (101955) Bennu

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