Jason W. Barnes

Ph.D. in Planetary Science, 2004 University of Arizona
B.S. in Astronomy, 1998 California Institute of Technology
now at
NASA Ames Research Center

Research:

    My research involves both observational and theoretical studies of planetary geology and planetary physics. I have investigated the surface geomorphology and spectral characteristics of the surface of Saturn's moon Titan using infrared spectral mapping. The rotating movie seen at upper right is one that I created using data from Cassini's T8 and T9 flybys of Titan mapping the 5-micron atmospheric window to red, the 2-micron window to green, and the 1.3-micron window to blue. I also studied the prospects for characterizing transiting extrasolar giant planets' oblateness, rings, and moons. Below Titan in the upper right is the visualization of a hypothetical transiting ringed extrasolar planet.



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