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Bonnie Buratti
Group Supervisor

Education
  • B.S., M.S. in Earth & Planetary Sciences, Mass. Inst. Technology (1976)
  • M.S., PhD. in Astronomy and Space Sciences, Cornell University (1983)
Research Interests
  • Seasonal transport of volatiles on the surfaces of the planets and satellites in the outer Solar System, particularly Io, Pluto, and Triton.
  • The composition, distribution, and nature of dark material in the outer Solar System, and its relationship to similar material in the interstellar medium and in star-forming regions; and to prebiotic material.
  • The microphysical nature of planetary surfaces, and the possible existence of water ice in the permanently shadowed regions of the lunar poles
Projects

Cassini-Huygens Icon Cassini-Huygens
The Cassini-Huygens spacecraft is currently exploring the ringed planet, its mysterious moons, the stunning rings and its complex magnetic environment.

New Horizons Icon New Horizons
New Horizons is the first mission in NASA's New Frontiers program of medium-class planetary missions. It will be the first spacecraft to visit Pluto and its moon Charon.

Professional Experience
  • Jet Propulsion Laboratory (1985 - present)
    • Principal Scientist/Senior Research Scientist
    • Group Supervisor of the Asteroids, Comets, and Satellites Group
  • National Research Council, Resident Research Associate at JPL (1983-1985)
  • The Claremont Colleges, Visiting Professor of Physics and Astronomy (2000-present)
  • Cornell University, Teaching and Research Assistant (1977-1983)
  • MIT, Research Assistant, Department of Physics, and Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences (1972-1976)
  • American Science and Engineering, Associate Scientist, X-ray astronomy group (1974-1976)
  • Maria Mitchell Observatory, NSF summer student researcher (1973)
Selected Awards
  • National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship (1983-1985)
  • JPL Director's Achievement Award (1989)
  • Amer. Assoc. of University Women, Pasadena-Arcadia Chapter, Woman of the Year (1998)
  • NASA Group Achievement Awards:
    • Voyager Photopolarimeter Science, Uranus Encounter (1987)
    • Neptune Encounter (1990)
    • Cassini Launch (1997)
    • Cassini Earth-Venus swingbys (1999)
    • Deep Space 1 Encounter at Braille (1999)
    • Deep Space 1 Encounter at 19P/ Borrelly (2001)
  • NASA Exceptional Achievement Award (2006)
Selected Publications
  1. Buratti, B. J., M. Hicks, K. Tryka, M. Sittig, R. Newburn, 2001. High resolution spectroscopy of Iapetus, Hyperion, Phoebe, Rhea, Dione and D-type asteroids: How are they related? Icarus 155, 375-381.
  2. McConnochie, T.H., B. J. Buratti, J. K. Hillier, and K. A. Tryka, 2002. A search for water ice at the lunar poles with Clementine images. Icarus 156, 335-351.
  3. Soderblom, L. A., T. L. Becker, G. Bennett, D. C. Boice, D. T. Britt, R. H. Brown, B. J. Buratti et al. 2002. Observations of Comet 19P/Borrelly by MICAS aboard Deep Space 1. Science 296, 1087-1091.
  4. Buratti, B. J. and L. L. Johnson 2003. Identification of the lunar flash of 1953 with a fresh crater on the Moon's surface. Icarus 161, 192-197.
  5. Buratti, B. J., J. K. Hillier, A. Heinze, M. Hicks, K. Tryka, J. Mosher, M. Garske, J. Atienza-Rosel, J. Young. 2003. Photometry of Pluto in the last decade and before: Evidence for volatile transport? Icarus 162, 171-182.
  6. Brown, R., K. Baines, G. Bellucci, J-P. Bibring, B. Buratti, et al., 2003. Observations with the Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (VIMS) during Cassini's flyby of Jupiter. Icarus 164, 461-470.
  7. Buratti, B. J., M. D. Hicks, L. A. Soderblom, D. Britt, J. Oberst, J. K. Hillier 2004. Deep Space 1 photometry of the nucleus of Comet 19P/Borrelly. Icarus 167, 16-29.
  8. Buratti, B. J. et al. 2004. 9969 Braille: The Deep Space 1 infrared spectroscopy, geometric albedo, and classification. Icarus 167, 129-135.
  9. Hicks, M. D. and B. J. Buratti 2004. Spectroscopy and filter photometry of Triton from 1997-2000. Icarus, in press.
  10. Britt, D. T., D. C. Boice, B. J. Buratti et al. 2004. The morphology and surface properties of Comet 19P/Borrelly. Icarus 167, 45-53.
  11. B. Buratti et al. 2005. Cassini Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer observations of Iapetus: Discovery of CO2. Ap. J. 622, L149-162.

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