Merton E. Davies
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Merton E. Davies's Degrees
- PhD Astronomy California Institute of Technology
- Masters Physics California Institute of Technology
- Bachelors Physics California Institute of Technology
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Merton E. Davies was a pioneer of America's space program, first in earth reconnaissance and later in planetary exploration and mapping. He graduated from Stanford University in 1938 and worked for the Douglas Aircraft corporation in the 1940s. He worked as a member of RAND Corporation after it split off from Douglas in 1948 and for the remainder of his career.
Merton E. Davies's Published Works
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Published Works
- A New Look at the Saturn System: The Voyager 2 Images (1982) (777)
- Encounter with saturn: voyager 1 imaging science results. (1981) (719)
- The Jupiter System Through the Eyes of Voyager 1 (1979) (656)
- Voyager 2 at Neptune: Imaging Science Results (1989) (522)
- Report of the IAU Working Group on Cartographic Coordinates and Rotational Elements of the Planets and Satellites (1980) (496)
- Evidence for a subsurface ocean on Europa (1998) (486)
- The Galilean Satellites and Jupiter: Voyager 2 Imaging Science Results (1979) (431)
- The Clementine Mission to the Moon: Scientific Overview (1994) (370)
- Voyager 2 in the Uranian System: Imaging Science Results (1986) (365)
- Report of the IAU/IAG Working Group on Cartographic Coordinates and Rotational Elements of the Planets and Satellites: 2000 (2002) (255)
- Early views of the martian surface from the Mars Orbiter Camera of Mars Global Surveyor. (1998) (226)
- Galileo Encounter with 951 Gaspra: First Pictures of an Asteroid (1992) (205)
- Galileo's First Images of Jupiter and the Galilean Satellites (1996) (153)
- Mercury's Surface: Preliminary Description and Interpretation from Mariner 10 Pictures (1974) (138)
- Galileo Photometry of Asteroid 951 Gaspra (1994) (120)
- Bulk density of asteroid 243 Ida from the orbit of its satellite Dactyl (1995) (118)
- First Images of Asteroid 243 Ida (1994) (114)
- The Shape of Gaspra (1994) (114)
- The Galileo Solid-State Imaging experiment (1992) (113)
- Mariner 6 and 7 television pictures: preliminary analysis. (1969) (108)
- Discovery and physical properties of Dactyl, a satellite of asteroid 243 Ida (1995) (103)
- Mariner 9 Television Reconnaissance of Mars and Its Satellites: Preliminary Results (1972) (100)
- Venus: Atmospheric Motion and Structure from Mariner 10 Pictures (1974) (98)
- Images from Galileo of the Venus Cloud Deck (1991) (92)
- The Shape of Ida (1996) (87)
- Lunar Impact Basins and Crustal Heterogeneity: New Western Limb and Far Side Data from Galileo (1992) (81)
- Galileo Observations of Europa's Opposition Effect (1998) (71)
- Television experiment for Mariner Mars 1971 (1970) (67)
- Voyager imaging experiment (1977) (66)
- The shape of Io from Galileo limb measurements (1998) (62)
- The Discovery and Orbit of 1993 (243)1 Dactyl (1996) (62)
- Inflight performance characteristics, calibration, and utilization of the Galileo solid state imaging camera (1997) (57)
- Report of the IAU/IAG/COSPAR Working Group on Cartographic Coordinates and Rotational Elements of the Planets and Satellites: 1994 (1995) (57)
- Lunar coordinates in the regions of the Apollo landers (2000) (49)
- Discovery of Grooves on Gaspra (1994) (49)
- Phoebe: Voyager 2 observations (1983) (48)
- Surface Coordinates and Cartography of Mercury. (1975) (45)
- A Unified Lunar Control Network (1985) (44)
- A unified lunar control network: The near side (1987) (44)
- The Control Networks of the Galilean Satellites and Implications for Global Shape (1998) (41)
- Galileo Multispectral Imaging of the North Polar and Eastern Limb Regions of the Moon (1994) (41)
- Coordinates of features on the Galilean satellites (1980) (40)
- Saturn's small satellites: Voyager imaging results (1983) (36)
- The control networks of Mimas and Enceladus (1983) (34)
- The rotation period, direction of the north pole, and geodetic control network of Venus (1992) (33)
- Mariner 9 Areographic Coordinate System (1973) (33)
- Amalthea: Voyager imaging results (1981) (31)
- Martian surface coordinates (1973) (29)
- The Direction of the North Pole and the Control Network of Asteroid 951 Gaspra (1994) (26)
- The Venus Gravity Field and Other Geodetic Parameters (1997) (25)
- A revised control network for Mercury (1999) (25)
- Dactyl: Galileo Observations of Ida's Satellite (1996) (24)
- The 1997 Spring Regression of the Martian South Polar Cap: Mars Orbiter Camera Observations (1999) (23)
- Report of the IAU/IAG/COSPAR Working Group on Cartographic Coordinates and Rotational Elements of the Planets and Satellites: 1985 (1986) (20)
- The control networks of Tethys and Dione (1983) (18)
- Preliminary imaging results from the second Mercury encounter (1975) (18)
- Rand's role in the evolution of balloon and satellite observation systems and related U.S. space technology (1988) (18)
- The unified lunar control network: 1994 version (1994) (18)
- IAU Nomenclature for albedo features on the planet mercury (1978) (17)
- The 1982 Control Network of Mars (1983) (17)
- A preliminary control net of Mars (1971) (16)
- Mariner 10 Pictures of Mercury: First Results (1974) (16)
- Mariner 6 television pictures: first report. (1969) (16)
- Triton's distorted atmosphere. (1996) (14)
- The Direction of the North Pole and the Control Network of Asteroid 243 Ida (1996) (14)
- Hyperion: 13-day rotation from Voyager data (1984) (13)
- The control network of Iapetus (1984) (13)
- The control network of Rhea (1983) (12)
- The control networks of the satellites of Uranus (1987) (12)
- Control networks for the Galilean satellites, November 1979 (1979) (12)
- Control Net of Mars: February 1978. (1978) (12)
- The Prime Meridian of Mars and the Longitudes of the Viking Landers (1977) (11)
- The Control Network of Triton (1991) (11)
- Lunar impact basins and crustal heterogeneity. A view of the western limb and farside from the first Galileo-Earth-Moon encounter (1992) (11)
- Mariner 7 television pictures: first report. (1969) (11)
- Planetary Contamination II: Soviet and U.S. Practices and Policies (1967) (10)
- Report of the IAU Working Group on Cartographic Coordinates and Rotational Elements of the Planets and Satellites: 1982 (1983) (10)
- Imaging of Mercury and Venus from a flyby (1971) (9)
- Photogrammetric measurements of Olympus Mons on Mars (1974) (9)
- Control Networks for the Galilean Satellites (1979) (8)
- Coordinates of features on the mariner 6 and 7 pictures of Mars (1972) (8)
- Global Digital Image Mosaics of Mars: Assessment of Geodetic Accuracy (2001) (8)
- The new Martian nomenclature of the International Astronomical Union (1975) (7)
- A New Controlled Albedo Map of Mercury (1997) (7)
- The control net of Mars: May 1977 (1978) (7)
- Imaging of Venus from Galileo: Early results and camera performance (1992) (6)
- Mars DIM: The Next Generation (1999) (6)
- Space Politics. (Book Reviews: The Russian Space Bluff. The Inside Story of the Soviet Drive to the Moon) (1973) (6)
- Status of the RAND-USGS Control Network of Mars (1999) (6)
- The Clementine Mission: Initial Results from lunar mapping (1994) (6)
- Mercator photomap of Mars (1971) (5)
- Space photography and the exploration of Mars. (1970) (5)
- A MOLA-controlled RAND-USGS Control Network for Mars (2002) (5)
- The Soviet Union's Zond 5: Is It Also a Planetary Spacecraft? (1968) (5)
- Report of the IAU/IAG/COSPAR working group on cartographic coordinates and rotational elements of the planets and satellites: 1988 (1989) (5)
- Television observations from Mariners 6 and 7 (1969) (5)
- Mariner 6 and 7 Television Pictures: Preliminary Analysis (1971) (4)
- An Improved RAND-USGS Control Network and Size Determination for Io (2001) (4)
- Mercury's Polar Regions: Locations of Radar Anomalies (Ice) (1996) (4)
- A comparison of u.s. And soviet efforts to explore Mars. (1966) (4)
- Orientale and South Pole-Aitken Basins:Preliminary Galileo Imaging Results (1991) (3)
- Control Point Measurements on Mariner 10 Pictures of Mercury (1976) (3)
- The view from space : photographic exploration of the planets (1971) (2)
- Planetary cartography in the next decade (1984 - 1994). (1984) (2)
- A unified lunar control network: April 1991 (1991) (2)
- Phoebe: A preliminary control network and rotational elements (1989) (2)
- Lunar maria and related deposits: Preliminary Galileo imaging results (1991) (2)
- Revised Positional Information for Mercurian Polar Craters (1998) (2)
- Physical Study of Planets and Satellites (1982) (2)
- The Control Net of Mercury: November 1976 (1976) (1)
- MJS imaging experiment: Mariner Jupiter-Saturn mission definition phase (1972) (1)
- Global shape and regional topography of Io: first Galileo results (1997) (1)
- Detente in space. (1976) (1)
- Mariner 9 control net of Mars: May 1974 (1974) (1)
- Mariner 9 control net of Mars, August 1972 (1972) (1)
- Control Networks of the Galilean Satellites: Solutions for Size and Shape (1997) (1)
- Mariner 9 control net Mars, June 1973 (1973) (1)
- Galileo/SSI Observations of 243 Ida (1993) (1)
- Television observations of Mercury by Mariner 10 (1974) (1)
- The Galileo Solid State Imaging Experiment and Performance of the Camera at Earth-Moon Encounter (1991) (1)
- Imaging of Venus from Galileo: Early Results (1990) (1)
- Photogrammetric analysis of Galileo SSI images: the local and global topography of Ganymede and Io (1997) (0)
- The control networks fo the satellites of Jupiter. (1987) (0)
- Mapping the Galilean Satellites - io Europa Ganymede Callisto (1980) (0)
- The control net of Mars - May 1977. [from Viking lander spacecraft radio tracking data] (1978) (0)
- Filtering chaotic time series (1994) (0)
- Orientale and South Pole-Aitken Basins on the Moon: Preliminary Galileo Imaging Results (1991) (0)
- The control network of Mars: October 1986 (1985) (0)
- The control networks of the satellites of Jupiter (1985) (0)
- The control network of Rhea. [surface feature coordinates for satellite mapping] (1983) (0)
- Handbook of Soviet manned space flight: Vol. 48, Science and Technology Series, 1980, 446 pp., hard cover $45, soft cover $35). Nicholas L. Johnson, American Astronautical Society Publications (1981) (0)
- A Family of Recoverable Reconnaissance Satellites (1957) (0)
- Galileo EM-2 contributions to the lunar control network (1993) (0)
- THE SOVIET PLANETARY MISSIONS (1966) (0)
- Atlas of Mercury : prepared for the Office of Space Sciences, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (1978) (0)
- Grand Tour outer planet missions definition phase. Part 2: Minutes of meetings and official correspondence (1972) (0)
- The control network of Mars: April 1991 (1991) (0)
- Television Equipment for Mariner Mars 1971 (1970) (0)
- Images of the Venus cloud deck from Galileo. (1991) (0)
- Geodesy and cartography. [of planet Mars surface] (1992) (0)
- Geodetic control networks of the satellites of Jupiter and Saturn (1985) (0)
- The Clementine Mission science return at the Moon and Geographos (1993) (0)
- Geodetic control net (1977) (0)
- Control point measurements on Mariner 9 pictures (1973) (0)
- Voyager imaging experiment. [for planetary reconnaissance] (1977) (0)
- The control network of Mercury: April 1991 (1991) (0)
- Cartographic Processing of the Galileo SSI Data: an Update on the Production of Global Mosaics of the Galilean Satellites (1998) (0)
- Color Variations on the Surface of Gaspra. (1992) (0)
- Reference Coordinate Systems of the Moon and Plants (invited paper) (1987) (0)
- Lunar Figure from Calementine (1994) (0)
- Amathea: analysis of the Voyager imaging data. (1980) (0)
- IS ZOND 5 DESIGNED FOR PLANETARY MISSIONS AS WELL AS LUNAR (1968) (0)
- The Mars eolian environment: Perspectives from Mars Orbiter Camera high resolution images (2009) (0)
- Venus' Rotation Period and Pole Direction (1992) (0)
- Lunar Exploration by Photography from a Space Vehicle (1960) (0)
- Clementine Global Geodetic/Cartographic Accuracy (1994) (0)
- The Preliminary Geodetic Control Network of Venus (1991) (0)
- Magellan Preliminary Report on the Rotation Period, the Direction of the North Pole, and the Geodetic Control Network of Venus (1991) (0)
- Galileo Views of the South Polar Region of the Moon (1991) (0)
- The Clementine Mission to Geographos, A Near-Earth Asteroid (1994) (0)
- Grand Tour outer planet missions definition phase. Part 1: Quantitative imaging of the outer planets and their satellites (1972) (0)
- Gaspra's shape and surface features: Comparison to small satellites (1992) (0)
- The spin vector of Venus determined from Magellan data (1992) (0)
- Control Networks of the Galilean Satellites - A Progress Report (1997) (0)
- Space Politics: The Russian Space Bluff . The Inside Story of the Soviet Drive to the Moon. Leonid Vladimirov. Translated from the Russian by David Floyd. Dial, New York, 1973. ii, 190 pp. $5.95. (1973) (0)
- Improved coordinates of features in the vicinity of the Viking lander site on Mars (1980) (0)
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