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List of Publications Patrick A. Taylor Contact Lunar and Planetary Institute Office: 281-486-2146 Information Universities Space Research Association Mobile: 443-254-7368 3600 Bay Area Blvd. [email protected] Houston, TX 77058 USA www.naic.edu/∼ptaylor ORCID: 0002-2493-943X Refereed Taylor, P.A., E.G. Rivera-Valent´ın,L.A.M. Benner, S.E. Marshall, A.K. Virkki, F.C.F. Publications Venditti, L.F. Zambrano-Marin, S.S. Bhiravarasu, B. Aponte-Hernandez, C. Rodriguez Sanchez-Vahamonde, and J.D. Giorgini, Arecibo Radar Observations of Near-Earth As- teroid (3200) Phaethon During the 2017 Apparition, Planetary and Space Science 167, 1-8, 2019. Taylor, P.A. and J.L. Margot, Tidal End States of Binary Asteroid Systems with a Nonspherical Component, Icarus 229, 418-422, 2014. Taylor, P.A., and J.L. Margot, Binary Asteroid Systems: Tidal End States and Esti- mates of Material Properties, Icarus 212, 661-676, 2011. Taylor, P.A., and J.L. Margot, Tidal Evolution of Close Binary Asteroid Systems, Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy 108, 315-338, 2010. Taylor, P.A., J.L. Margot, D. Vokrouhlick´y,D.J. Scheeres, P. Pravec, S.C. Lowry, A. Fitzsimmons, M.C. Nolan, S.J. Ostro, L.A.M. Benner, J.D. Giorgini, and C. Magri, Spin Rate of Asteroid (54509) 2000 PH5 Increasing Due to the YORP Effect, Science 316, 274-277, 2007. Virkki, A.K., S.E. Marshall, F.C.F. Venditti, L.F. Zambrano-Marin, D.C. Hickson, A. McGilvray, P.A. Taylor, and 23 colleagues, Arecibo Planetary Radar Observations of Near-Earth Asteroids: 2017 December - 2019 December, submitted. Shepard, M.K., K. de Kleer, S. Cambioni, P.A. Taylor, A.K. Virkki, E.G. Rivera- Valent´ın,C. Rodriguez Sanchez-Vahamonde, L.F. Zambrano-Marin, C. Magri, D. Dun- ham, J. Moore, and M. Camarca, Asteroid 16 Psyche: Shape, Features, and Global Map, Planetary Science Journal, 2, 125, 2021. Brozovic, M., and 19 colleagues (including P.A. Taylor), Arecibo Radar Astrometry of the Galilean Satellites from 1999-2016 , Astronomical Journal 159, 149, 2020. Greenberg, A.H., J.L. Margot, A.K. Verma, P.A. Taylor, and S.E. Hodge, Measure- ment of Yarkovsky Drift Rates for 247 Near-Earth Asteroids, Astronomical Journal 159, 92, 2020. Rozek, A., S.C. Lowry, M.C. Nolan, P.A. Taylor, and 22 colleagues, Shape Model and Spin-State Analysis of PHA Contact Binary (85990) 1999 JV6 from Combined Radar and Optical Observations, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 631, A149, 2019. Bhiravarasu, S.S., E.G. Rivera-Valent´ın, P.A. Taylor, L.F. Zambrano-Marin, B. Aponte- Hernandez, and S.E. Marshall, Arecibo Radar Observations of Dwarf Planet 1 Ceres During the 2018 Apparition, Research Notes of the AAS 2, 232, 2018. Shepard, M.K., B. Timerson, D.J. Scheeres, L.A.M. Benner, J.D. Giorgini, E.S. Howell, C. Magri, M.C. Nolan, A. Springmann, P.A. Taylor and A.K. Virkki, A Revised Shape Model of Asteroid 216 Kleopatra, Icarus 311, 197-209, 2018. Howell, E.S., C. Magri, R.J. Vervack, Jr., M.C. Nolan, P.A. Taylor, Y.R. Fernandez, M.D. Hicks, J.M. Somers, K.J. Lawrence, A.S. Rivkin, S.E. Marshall, and J.L. Crow- ell, SHERMAN - A Shape-Based Thermophysical Model II. Application to 8567 (1996 HW1), Icarus 303, 220-233, 2018. Brozovic, M., and 17 colleagues (including P.A. Taylor), Goldstone and Arecibo Radar Observations of (99942) Apophis in 2012-2013 , Icarus 300, 115-128, 2018. Lawrence, K.J., L.A.M. Benner, M. Brozovic, S.J. Ostro, J.S. Jao, J.D. Giorgini, M.A. Slade, R.F. Jurgens, M.C. Nolan, E.S. Howell, and P.A. Taylor, Arecibo and Goldstone Radar Images of Near-Earth Asteroid (469896) 2005 WC1, Icarus 300, 12-20, 2018. Marshall, S.E., E.S. Howell, C. Magri, R.J. Vervack, Jr., D.B. Campbell, Y.R. Fernan- dez, M.C. Nolan, J.L. Crowell, M.D. Hicks, K.J. Lawrence, and P.A. Taylor, Thermal Properties and an Improved Shape Model for Near-Earth Asteroid (162421) 2000 ET70, Icarus 292, 22-35, 2017. Brozovic, M., and 19 colleagues (including P.A. Taylor), Goldstone Radar Evidence for Short-Axis Non-Principal-Axis Rotation of Near-Earth Asteroid (214869) 2007 PA8, Icarus 286, 314-329, 2017. Greenberg, A.H., J.L. Margot, A.K. Verma, P.A. Taylor, S.P. Naidu, M. Brozovic, and L.A.M. Benner, Asteroid 1566 Icarus' Size, Shape, Orbit, and Yarkovsky Drift from Radar Observations, Astronomical Journal 153, 3, 2017. Shepard, M.K., J.E. Richardson, P.A. Taylor, and 19 colleagues, Radar Observations and Shape Model of Asteroid 16 Psyche, Icarus 281, 388-403, 2017. Reddy, V., and 13 colleagues (including P. A. Taylor), Physical Characterization of 2-meter Diameter Near-Earth Asteroid 2015 TC25: A Possible Boulder from E-type Asteroid (44) Nysa, Astronomical Journal 152, 6, 2016. Naidu, S.P., L.A.M. Benner, J.L. Margot, M.W. Busch, and P.A. Taylor, Capabilities of Earth-Based Radar Facilities for Near-Earth Asteroid Observations, Astronomical Journal 152, 99, 2016. Benner, L.A.M., M.W. Busch, J.D. Giorgini, P.A. Taylor, and J.L. Margot, Radar Observations of Near-Earth and Main-Belt Asteroids, in Asteroids IV , Eds. P. Michel, F.E. DeMeo, and W.F. Bottke, University of Arizona Press, 2015. Margot, J.L., P. Pravec, P.A. Taylor, B. Carry, and S.A. Jacobson, Asteroid Systems: Binaries, Triples, and Pairs, in Asteroids IV , Eds. P. Michel, F.E. DeMeo, and W.F. Bottke, University of Arizona Press, 2015. Naidu, S.P., J.L. Margot, P.A. Taylor, M.C. Nolan, M.W. Busch, L.A.M. Benner, M. Brozovic, J.D. Giorgini, J.S. Jao, and C. Magri, Radar Imaging and Characterization of the Binary Near-Earth Asteroid (185851) 2000 DP107, Astronomical Journal 150, 54, 2015. Becker, T.M., E.S. Howell, M.C. Nolan, C. Magri, P. Pravec, P.A. Taylor, and 13 colleagues, Physical Modeling of Triple Near-Earth Asteroid (153591) 2001 SN263 from Radar and Optical Light Curve Observations, Icarus 248, 499-515, 2015. Shepard, M.K., P.A. Taylor, and 14 colleagues, A Radar Survey of M- and X-Class Asteroids. III. Insights into Their Composition, Hydration State, and Structure, Icarus 245, 38-55, 2015. Chesley, S.R., and 15 colleagues (including P.A. Taylor), Orbit and Bulk Density of the OSIRIS-REx Target Asteroid (101955) Bennu, Icarus 235, 5-22, 2014. Naidu, S.P., J.L. Margot, M.W. Busch, P.A. Taylor, M.C. Nolan, M. Brozovic, L.A.M. Benner, J.D. Giorgini, and C. Magri, Radar Imaging and Physical Characterization of Near-Earth Asteroid (162421) 2000 ET70, Icarus 226, 323-335, 2013. Brozovic, M., L.A.M. Benner, P.A. Taylor, and 20 colleagues, Radar and Optical Observations and Physical Modeling of Triple Near-Earth Asteroid (136617) 1994 CC , Icarus 216, 241-256, 2011. Shepard, M.K., A.W. Harris, P.A. Taylor, B.E. Clark, M. Ockert-Bell, M.C. Nolan, E.S. Howell, C. Magri, J.D. Giorgini, and L.A.M. Benner, Radar Observations of As- teroids 64 Angelina and 69 Hesperia, Icarus 215, 547-551, 2011. Magri, C., E.S. Howell, M.C. Nolan, P.A. Taylor, and 22 colleagues, Radar and Photo- metric Observations and Shape Modeling of Contact Binary Near-Earth Asteroid (8567) 1996 HW1, Icarus 214, 210-227, 2011. Meech, K.J., and 196 colleagues (including P.A. Taylor), EPOXI: Comet 103P/Hartley 2 Observations From a Worldwide Campaign, Astrophysical Journal 734, L1, 2011. Harmon, J.K., M.C. Nolan, E.S. Howell, J.D. Giorgini, and P.A. Taylor, Radar Ob- servations of Comet 103P/Hartley 2 , Astrophysical Journal 734, L2, 2011. Busch, M.W., S.J. Ostro, L.A.M. Benner, M. Brozovic, J.D. Giorgini, J.S. Jao, D.J. Scheeres, C. Magri, M.C. Nolan, E.S. Howell, P.A. Taylor, J.L. Margot, and W. Brisken, Radar Observations and the Shape of Near-Earth Asteroid 2008 EV5, Icarus 212, 649-660, 2011. Fang, J., J.L. Margot, M. Brozovic, M.C. Nolan, L.A.M. Benner, and P.A. Taylor, Orbits of Near-Earth Asteroid Triples 2001 SN263 and 1994 CC: Properties, Origin, and Evolution, Astronomical Journal 141, 154-168, 2011. Benner, L.A.M., S.J. Ostro, C. Magri, M.C. Nolan, E.S. Howell, J.D. Giorgini, J.L. Margot, M.W. Busch, M.K. Shepard, P.A. Taylor, and R.F. Jurgens, Near-Earth Asteroid Surface Roughness Depends on Compositional Class, Icarus 198, 294-304, 2008. Petit, J.-M., J.J. Kavelaars, B.J. Gladman, J.L. Margot, P.D. Nicholson, R.L. Jones, J.W. Parker, M.L.N. Ashby, A. Campo Bagatin, P. Benavidez, J. Coffey, P. Rousselot, O. Mousis, and P.A. Taylor, The Extreme Kuiper Belt Binary 2001 QW322, Science 322, 432-434, 2008. Lowry, S.C., A. Fitzsimmons, P. Pravec, D. Vokrouhlick´y,H. Boehnhardt, P.A. Taylor, J.L. Margot, A. Gal´ad,M. Irwin, J. Irwin, and P. Kusnir´ak, Direct Detection of the Asteroidal YORP Effect, Science 316, 272-274, 2007. Ipatov, S.I., J.C. Mather, and P.A. Taylor, Migration of Interplanetary Dust Astro- dynamics, Space Missions, and Chaos, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1019, 2004. Ipatov, S.I., J.C. Mather, and P.A. Taylor, Migration of Asteroidal Dust, Proceedings of the New Trends in Astrodynamics and Applications Conference, 2003. Manuscripts in Reddy, V., and 24 colleagues (including P.A. Taylor, Near-Earth Asteroid (66391) Preparation Moshup (1999 KW4) Observing Campaign: Results from a Global Planetary Defense Characterization Exercise, submitted.
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