W. J. Merline
- Astronomy and Astrophysics top 1%
- Atmospheric Science top 5%
- Geophysics top 5%
- Aerospace Engineering top 5%
- Ecology top 10%
- Co-authors
- C. R. ChapmanP. C. ThomasB. L. EnkeD. D. DurdaW. F. BottkeD. C. RichardsonErik AsphaugE. B. Bierhaus
- Topics
- Astro and Planetary Science (91 papers)Planetary Science and Exploration (75 papers)Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (27 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesFranceGermany
In The Last Decade
W. J. Merline
115 papers receiving 2.3k citations
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 60
- Astronomy and Astrophysics 2.4k
- Atmospheric Science 592
- Geophysics 332
- Aerospace Engineering 209
- Ecology 192
Countries citing papers authored by W. J. Merline
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Fields of papers citing papers by W. J. Merline
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W. J. Merline
This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of W. J. Merline. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of W. J. Merline 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 W. J. Merline. W. J. Merline is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.
All Works
| # | Work | Indexed citations |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Basin Formation and Cratering on Mercury Revealed by MESSENGER | 1 |
| 2 | Results from the MESSENGER Imaging Campaign of Comets C/2012 S1 (ISON) and 2P/Encke | 1 |
| 3 | The size and pole of Ceres from nine years of adaptive optics observations at Keck and the VLT | 1 |
| 4 | Pluto's P4 and P5: Latest Results for Pluto's Tiniest Moons | 2 |
| 5 | The Young Inner Plains of Mercury's Rachmaninoff Basin Reconsidered | 4 |
| 6 | The Triaxial Ellipsoid Diameters and Rotational Pole of Asteroid (9) Metis from AO at Gemini and Keck | 1 |
| 7 | 0 | |
| 8 | Reflectance Spectra of Members of Very Young Asteroid Families | 2 |
| 9 | Standard Triaxial Ellipsoid Asteroids from AO Observations | 2 |
| 10 | Small Body Density and Porosity: New Data, New Insights | 21 |
| 11 | Rotation and Morphology of Asteroid 511 Davida | 1 |
| 12 | Variation in Size-Distributions Between Adjacent and Distant Secondary Craters | 2 |
| 13 | Small Craters in the Inner Solar System: Primaries or Secondaries or Both? | 1 |
| 14 | Discovery of binaries among small asteroids in the Koronis dynamical family using the HST Advanced Camera for Surveys | 2 |
| 15 | Discovery of new asteroid binaries (121) Hermione and (1509) Esclangona | 4 |
| 16 | Satellites of Minor Planets | 5 |
| 17 | Galileo Images of Split-Comet Catenae on Ganymede | 3 |
| 18 | NEAR's Encounter with 253 Mathilde: Search for Satellites | 3 |
| 19 | Populations of small craters on Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto: initial Galileo imaging results | 6 |
| 20 | The LPL Extrasolar-Planet-Detection Spectrometer: A New Configuration | 3 |
About W. J. Merline
W. J. Merline is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Atmospheric Science, having authored 120 papers that have together received 2.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Astro and Planetary Science (91 papers), Planetary Science and Exploration (75 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (27 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (2.4k citations), Atmospheric Science (592 citations) and Geophysics (332 citations). W. J. Merline has collaborated with scholars based in United States, France and Germany. Frequent co-authors include C. R. Chapman, P. C. Thomas, B. L. Enke, D. D. Durda, W. F. Bottke, D. C. Richardson, Erik Asphaug, E. B. Bierhaus, J. Joseph and J. Veverka. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and The Astrophysical Journal.
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