Mitchell Gordon

Rings Research in the Next Decade

Published in AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts

The study of planetary ring systems is a key component of planetary science for several reasons: 1) The evolution and current states of planets and their satellites are affected in many ways by rings, while 2) conversely, properties of planets and moons and other solar system populations are revealed by their effects on rings; 3) highly structured ...

Color of the Saturn E ring

Published in Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society

Possible satellites of Saturn

Published in IAU Circular

The Next Generation PDS Archive Data Standards”, PV 2009 conference: Ensuring Long-Term Preservation and Adding Value to...

The Planetary Data System (PDS) data standards were developed in the late 1980’s to define the concepts and terms needed for archiving science data in the planetary science domain. Even though the data standards were innovative for their time, ambiguity has crept in after almost two decades of use and has caused significant problems for PDS operati...

PDS and NASA Tournament Laboratory Progress in Engaging Developers to Provide New Access to the Nation s Planetary Data

F ring strands at closest approach with PrometheusPresented to the Rio de Janeiro International workshop on planetary sc...

Report on ring compression studies using MATRA chip simulator Report to the Flight Data Systems and Calibration Working ...