Phil Nicholson

Professor
Astronomy · CAS

Phil Nicholson serves as Professor in Astronomy at Cornell University.

Recent Papers (42)
2021-10-01
Spin Dynamics of Extrasolar Giant Planets in Planet–Planet Scattering
Dong LaiProfessor, Astronomy · CAS
2021-08-27
Kronoseismology V: A panoply of waves in Saturn’s C ring driven by high-order internal planetary oscillations
2021-03-18
The Saturn Ring Skimmer Mission Concept: The next step to explore Saturn’s rings, atmosphere, interior and inner magnetosphere
2019-07-06
Occultation observations of Saturn's rings with Cassini VIMS
2019-01-26
Axisymmetric density waves in Saturn’s rings
2018-12-20
Kronoseismology. IV. Six Previously Unidentified Waves in Saturn’s Middle C Ring
2018-09-15
The Cassini VIMS archive of Titan: From browse products to global infrared color maps
2018-04-24
Mapping polar atmospheric features on Titan with VIMS: From the dissipation of the northern cloud to the onset of a southern polar vortex
2018-01-10
Innocent Bystanders: Orbital Dynamics of Exomoons During Planet–Planet Scattering
2018-01-09
Spatial variations in the dust-to-gas ratio of Enceladus’ plume
2017-10-01
What Confines the Rings of Saturn?
2017-04-28
The Canada–France Ecliptic Plane Survey (CFEPS)—High-latitude Component
2017-02-17
Dynamical phenomena at the inner edge of the Keeler gap
2016-02-16
Saturn’s icy satellites investigated by Cassini-VIMS. IV. Daytime temperature maps
2016-01-21
The B-ring’s surface mass density from hidden density waves: Less than meets the eye?
2015-12-07
AN ATLAS OF BRIGHT STAR SPECTRA IN THE NEAR-INFRARED FROM CASSINI-VIMS
2015-12-03
The weather report from IRC+10216: evolving irregular clouds envelop carbon star
2015-12-01
THE TRANSIT TRANSMISSION SPECTRUM OF A COLD GAS GIANT PLANET
Philip D. NicholsonProfessor, Astronomy · CAS
2015-11-10
How Janus’ orbital swap affects the edge of Saturn’s A ring?
2015-05-29
Meridional variation in tropospheric methane on Titan observed with AO spectroscopy at Keck and VLT
Alexander G. HayesProfessor, Astronomy · CAS
2015-03-25
High angular resolution stellar imaging with occultations from the Cassini spacecraft – II. Kronocyclic tomography
2015-03-19
Orbital instability of close-in exomoons in non-coplanar systems
2014-10-12
Titan’s atmosphere as observed by Cassini/VIMS solar occultations: CH4, CO and evidence for C2H6 absorption
Philip D. NicholsonProfessor, Astronomy · CAS
2014-09-16
Evidence of Titan’s climate history from evaporite distribution
2014-08-28
More Kronoseismology with Saturn's rings
2014-06-04
EXPLORING OVERSTABILITIES IN SATURN'S A RING USING TWO STELLAR OCCULTATIONS
2013-08-24
The smallest particles in Saturn’s A and C Rings
2013-08-17
The vertical structure of the F ring of Saturn from ring-plane crossings
2013-06-18
High-angular-resolution stellar imaging with occultations from the Cassini spacecraft – I. Observational technique
2013-06-11
KRONOSEISMOLOGY: USING DENSITY WAVES IN SATURN'S C RING TO PROBE THE PLANET'S INTERIOR
2013-03-11
THE RADIAL DISTRIBUTION OF WATER ICE AND CHROMOPHORES ACROSS SATURN'S SYSTEM
2013-01-18
DYNAMICAL INSTABILITIES IN HIGH-OBLIQUITY SYSTEMS
2012-10-29
Connections between spectra and structure in Saturn’s main rings based on Cassini VIMS data
2012-07-07
Saturn’s icy satellites and rings investigated by Cassini–VIMS: III – Radial compositional variability
2012-06-12
THE RESONANT TRANS-NEPTUNIAN POPULATIONS
2012-03-05
The brightening of Saturn’s F ring
2011-09-15
THE CANADA-FRANCE ECLIPTIC PLANE SURVEY—FULL DATA RELEASE: THE ORBITAL STRUCTURE OF THE KUIPER BELT
2011-03-08
The Christiansen Effect in Saturn’s narrow dusty rings and the spectral identification of clumps in the F ring
2009-12-10
THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE CASSINI DIVISION
2006-10-09
Unravelling Temporal Variability in Saturn's Spiral Density Waves: Results and Predictions
2006-09-29
The CFEPS Kuiper Belt Survey: Strategy and presurvey results
2002-06-01
Evidence for an Extended Scattered Disk