Brent Buffington

605 total citations
32 papers, 304 citations indexed

About

Brent Buffington is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Aerospace Engineering and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Brent Buffington has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 304 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 23 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 4 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in Brent Buffington's work include Astro and Planetary Science (31 papers), Planetary Science and Exploration (18 papers) and Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies (14 papers). Brent Buffington is often cited by papers focused on Astro and Planetary Science (31 papers), Planetary Science and Exploration (18 papers) and Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies (14 papers). Brent Buffington collaborates with scholars based in United States and Japan. Brent Buffington's co-authors include Stefano Campagnola, Nathan Strange, Anastassios E. Petropoulos, Try Lam, John C. Smith, W. M. Folkner, Ryan S. Park, Gene Lee, B. G. Bills and Timothy McElrath and has published in prestigious journals such as Geophysical Research Letters, Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics and Space Science Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Brent Buffington

30 papers receiving 292 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Brent Buffington United States 12 262 184 23 15 9 32 304
Try Lam United States 11 225 0.9× 199 1.1× 10 0.4× 7 0.5× 6 0.7× 22 284
Brent W. Barbee United States 11 297 1.1× 252 1.4× 17 0.7× 3 0.2× 7 0.8× 61 374
Nickolaos Mastrodemos United States 8 143 0.5× 88 0.5× 12 0.5× 6 0.4× 4 0.4× 13 186
Jason Stauch United States 7 221 0.8× 80 0.4× 13 0.6× 40 2.7× 5 0.6× 15 287
Christopher C. DeBoy United States 7 110 0.4× 71 0.4× 13 0.6× 5 0.3× 22 2.4× 18 148
S. Pete Worden United States 11 217 0.8× 97 0.5× 10 0.4× 4 0.3× 10 1.1× 34 316
Aaron J. Rosengren United States 13 452 1.7× 321 1.7× 4 0.2× 29 1.9× 9 1.0× 40 513
Emiliano Ortore Italy 12 278 1.1× 365 2.0× 43 1.9× 4 0.3× 7 0.8× 45 467
K. Reh United States 9 193 0.7× 88 0.5× 5 0.2× 13 0.9× 4 0.4× 41 240
Tomoaki Toda Japan 8 154 0.6× 56 0.3× 21 0.9× 18 1.2× 43 4.8× 25 223

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Fields of papers citing papers by Brent Buffington

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Brent Buffington

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Campagnola, Stefano, et al.. (2025). Europa Clipper Mission Design, Mission Plan, and Navigation. Space Science Reviews. 221(1). 2 indexed citations
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Campagnola, Stefano, et al.. (2025). Europa Clipper Mission Design: Analysis of Probability of Impact Requirements. The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences. 72(3).
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Buffington, Brent, et al.. (2022). Europa Clipper Mission: System Integration Review Report. 2022 IEEE Aerospace Conference (AERO). 1–15. 3 indexed citations
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Buffington, Brent, et al.. (2019). Europa Clipper Mission: Preliminary Design Report. 1–24. 12 indexed citations
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Campagnola, Stefano, et al.. (2019). Tour Design Techniques for the Europa Clipper Mission. Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics. 42(12). 2615–2626. 33 indexed citations
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Lam, Try, Brent Buffington, & Stefano Campagnola. (2018). A Robust Mission Tour for NASA’s Planned Europa Clipper Mission. 15 indexed citations
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Anderson, Rodney L., Stefano Campagnola, & Brent Buffington. (2018). Analysis of Petal Rotation Trajectory Characteristics. Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics. 41(4). 827–840. 5 indexed citations
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Buffington, Brent, et al.. (2017). Europa mission update: Beyond payload selection. 1–12. 17 indexed citations
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Lam, Try, et al.. (2015). The Europa mission: multiple Europa flyby trajectory design trades and challenges. 11 indexed citations
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Park, Ryan S., B. G. Bills, Brent Buffington, et al.. (2015). Improved detection of tides at Europa with radiometric and optical tracking during flybys. Planetary and Space Science. 112. 10–14. 19 indexed citations
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Buffington, Brent. (2014). Trajectory Design Concept for the Proposed Europa Clipper Mission (Invited). AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference. 20 indexed citations
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Buffington, Brent, et al.. (2014). Preliminary Maneuver Analysis for the Europa Clipper Multiple-Flyby Mission. AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference. 3 indexed citations
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Buffington, Brent. (2014). Trajectory Design for the Europa Clipper Mission Concept. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 13 indexed citations
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Pappalardo, R. T., D. A. Senske, L. M. Prockter, et al.. (2013). Science from the Europa Clipper Mission Concept: Exploring the Habitability of Europa. European Planetary Science Congress. 3 indexed citations
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Buffington, Brent, Stefano Campagnola, & Anastassios E. Petropoulos. (2012). Europa Multiple-Flyby Trajectory Design. AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference. 18 indexed citations
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Park, Ryan S., S. W. Asmar, Brent Buffington, et al.. (2011). Detecting tides and gravity at Europa from multiple close flybys. Geophysical Research Letters. 38(24). n/a–n/a. 21 indexed citations
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Yam, Chit Hong, Diane C. Davis, James M. Longuski, Kathleen C. Howell, & Brent Buffington. (2009). Saturn Impact Trajectories for Cassini End-of-Mission. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets. 46(2). 353–364. 12 indexed citations
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Buffington, Brent, et al.. (2005). Cassini-Huygens maneuver experience: first year of Saturn tour. 7 indexed citations
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Buffington, Brent, et al.. (2005). Cassini - Huygens maneuver experience : cruise and arrival at Saturn. 6 indexed citations
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Buffington, Brent, Nathan Strange, & Rodica Ionasescu. (2005). Addition of a low altitude Tethys flyby to the nominal Cassini tour. 6 indexed citations

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