S. P. Synnott

2.5k total citations
71 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

S. P. Synnott is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Aerospace Engineering and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, S. P. Synnott has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 43 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 4 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in S. P. Synnott's work include Astro and Planetary Science (59 papers), Planetary Science and Exploration (31 papers) and Space Satellite Systems and Control (27 papers). S. P. Synnott is often cited by papers focused on Astro and Planetary Science (59 papers), Planetary Science and Exploration (31 papers) and Space Satellite Systems and Control (27 papers). S. P. Synnott collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and France. S. P. Synnott's co-authors include L. A. Morabito, J. K. Campbell, W. M. Owen, S. A. Collins, P. N. Kupferman, Shyam Bhaskaran, C. F. Yoder, Robert A. Jacobson, B. A. Smith and R. M. Vaughan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

S. P. Synnott

70 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Peers

S. P. Synnott
W. M. Owen United States
C. H. Acton United States
P. W. Chodas United States
Daniel Hestroffer France
Robert W. Farquhar United States
Peter G. Antreasian United States
Davide Farnocchia United States
C. Veillet United States
F. Mignard France
D. Koschny Netherlands
W. M. Owen United States
S. P. Synnott
Citations per year, relative to S. P. Synnott S. P. Synnott (= 1×) peers W. M. Owen

Countries citing papers authored by S. P. Synnott

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Fields of papers citing papers by S. P. Synnott

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of S. P. Synnott

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of S. P. Synnott. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of S. P. Synnott based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with S. P. Synnott. S. P. Synnott is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Chesley, Steven R., et al.. (2005). The Mass of Asteroid 10 Hygiea. 3 indexed citations
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Bhaskaran, Shyam, et al.. (2000). The Deep Space 1 autonomous navigation system - A post-flight analysis. 42 indexed citations
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Bhaskaran, Shyam, et al.. (2000). Using Autonomous Navigation for Interplanetary Missions: The Validation of Deep Space 1 AutoNav. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 11 indexed citations
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Yeomans, D. K., Jean‐Pierre Barriot, David Dunham, et al.. (1997). The NEAR Spacecraft's Flyby of Asteroid 253 Mathilde. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 1 indexed citations
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Bhaskaran, Shyam, Joseph E. Riedel, & S. P. Synnott. (1996). <title>Autonomous optical navigation for interplanetary missions</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 2810. 32–43. 16 indexed citations
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Owen, W. M., et al.. (1992). Masses and Densities of Pluto and Charon Determined from HST Observations. 24. 1 indexed citations
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Owen, W. M., et al.. (1992). Deep-space navigation applications of improved ground-based optical astrometry. Telecommunications and Data Acquisition Progress Report. 110. 118. 1 indexed citations
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Owen, W. M., et al.. (1992). Systems analysis for ground-based optical navigation. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 111. 23–40. 1 indexed citations
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Jacobson, Robert A., J. K. Campbell, A. H. Taylor, & S. P. Synnott. (1991). The masses of Uranus and its satellites from earthbased astrometric observations and Voyager navigation data.. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 23(3). 1255–1256. 1 indexed citations
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Jacobson, Robert A., S. P. Synnott, & J. K. Campbell. (1989). The orbits of the satellites of Mars from spacecraft and earthbased observations. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 225(2). 548–554. 16 indexed citations
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Ribak, Erez N., et al.. (1988). Beam combination in a multi-telescope, monolithic interferometer.. 29. 1105–1116. 1 indexed citations
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Yoder, C. F., S. P. Synnott, & H. Salo. (1987). Masses of Saturn's Coorbiting Satellites. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 19. 896. 2 indexed citations
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Bills, B. G. & S. P. Synnott. (1987). Planetary geodesy. Reviews of Geophysics. 25(5). 833–839. 8 indexed citations
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Owen, W. M. & S. P. Synnott. (1987). Orbits of the ten small satellites of Uranus. The Astronomical Journal. 93. 1268–1268. 23 indexed citations
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Gaskell, R. W. & S. P. Synnott. (1986). Large Scale Topography of Io. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 18(3). 522–523. 2 indexed citations
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Woolf, N. J., S. P. Synnott, & James B. Breckinridge. (1984). AM. 01 UV Spectro-Interferometry from the Shuttle Bay. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 16. 747. 2 indexed citations
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Synnott, S. P.. (1984). Orbits of the small inner satellites of Jupiter. Icarus. 58(2). 178–181. 10 indexed citations
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Stone, E. C. & S. P. Synnott. (1980). Satellites of Jupiter. IAUC. 3470. 1. 1 indexed citations
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Morabito, L. A., S. P. Synnott, P. N. Kupferman, & S. A. Collins. (1979). Discovery of Currently Active Extraterrestrial Volcanism. Science. 204(4396). 972–972. 176 indexed citations
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Jones, J. B., et al.. (1977). Voyager navigation strategy and accuracy. 1 indexed citations

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