NAI
Karen Meech
University of Hawaii, Honolulu
Current Projects
- Serial Measurements of the Volatile Composition of Comet D/2012 S1 (ISON) between 1.2 and 0.34 AU from the Sun — 2015 NAI
- The Variability of Carbon Monoxide Abundances Among Oort Cloud Comets — 2014 NAI
- Solar System Volatile Distributions – Icy Bodies — 2014 NAI
- Solar System Volatile Distributions – Icy Bodies — 2014 NAI
- Solar System Volatile Distributions – Icy Bodies — 2014 NAI
- Alteration of Asteroid Surfaces, Martian Meteorites and Terrestrial Rocks — 2013 NAI
- Infrared Detections of Hypervolatiles in Distant Comets - Implications for Chemical Taxonomy — 2013 NAI
- Solar System Volatile Distributions – Icy Bodies — 2013 NAI
- Origin of Earth’s Water — 2013 NAI
- The Chemical Composition of Comets — 2012 NAI
- Establishing the Source of Earth’s Water — 2012 NAI
- Main Belt Comets and Water in the Outer Asteroid Belt — 2012 NAI
- Forces Important for Astrobiology: Collisions and Sublimation in the Main Belt — 2012 NAI
- Main Belt Comets — 2011 NAI
- Habitability of Water-Rich Environments, Task 5: Evaluate the Habitability of Small Icy Satellites and Minor Planets — 2011 NAI
- Measurements of Primitive Water — 2011 NAI
- Small Body Missions — 2011 NAI
- Comet Activity and Composition — 2011 NAI
- Stardust NExT and EPOXI Mission Observing Coordination — 2010 NAI
- Main Belt Comet Characterization — 2010 NAI
- Comparative Icy Bodies Studies Data Access Framework — 2010 NAI
- Icy Blue Trans-Neptunian Objects — 2010 NAI
- PanSTARRS MBC Stamp Server and Searching for Main Belt Comets — 2010 NAI
- D/H Measurements in Samples From Mantle Hotspots — 2010 NAI
- Bioastronomy 2007 Meeting Proceedings — 2010 NAI
- Solar System Icy Body Thermal Modeling and Evolutionary Pathways — 2010 NAI
- Nordic-UHNAI Astrobiology Summer School - Iceland 2009 — 2009 NAI
- MBC Mission Development — 2009 NAI
- Bioastronomy 2007 Meeting Proceedings — 2009 NAI
- Light Curve of Main Belt Comet 176P/LINEAR — 2009 NAI
- Distant Comet Activity — 2009 NAI
- Analytical and Theoretical Studies on Origin of Earth's Oceans and Atmosphere — 2009 NAI
- Comet Kopff Thermal Modelling — 2009 NAI
- Keck Astrochemistry Laboratory — 2009 NAI
- Recovery of Comet 85p/Boethin for the Deep Impact Extended Mission — 2008 NAI
- A Search for Primordial Water From Deep in the Earth's Mantle — 2008 NAI
- A Search for Main Belt Comets in Pan-Starrs 1 — 2008 NAI
- Searching for Water and Organic Material in the Outer Solar System — 2006 NAI
- The Deep Impact Mission and Astrobiology — 2006 NAI
- D/H Studies - Origin of Earth's Water — 2006 NAI
- Search for Evidence for the Presence of Aqueous Alteration at the Surface of Minor Bodies of the Outer Solar System — 2006 NAI
- Deep Impact Target Characterization — 2005 NAI
- Astrobiology Winter School — 2005 NAI
- Searching for Water and Organic Material in the Outer Solar System — 2005 NAI
- Kuiper Belt Orbital Studies — 2005 NAI
- Cometary Water and Volatile Abundances — 2005 NAI
- Cometary Water and Volatile Abundances — 2004 NAI
- Post Doc Recruitment - Water and Its Relation to Life in the Universe — 2004 NAI
- UH NAI Visiting Faculty Scholars Program — 2004 NAI
- University of Hawaii Facilities Infrastructure — 2004 NAI
- Development of an Intelligent Telescope Scheduler — 2004 NAI
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NAI Project Collaborators
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Publications
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A’Hearn, M. F., Feaga, L. M., Keller, H. U., Kawakita, H., Hampton, D. L., Kissel, J., … Wellnitz, D. D. (2012). COMETARY VOLATILES AND THE ORIGIN OF COMETS. The Astrophysical Journal, 758(1), 29. doi:10.1088/0004-637x/758/1/29
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Belton, M. J. S., Meech, K. J., Chesley, S., Pittichová, J., Carcich, B., Drahus, M., … Zhao, H. (2011). Stardust-NExT, Deep Impact, and the accelerating spin of 9P/Tempel 1. Icarus, 213(1), 345–368. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2011.01.006
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Bowell, E. L. G., Meech, K. J., Williams, I. P., Boss, A., Courtin, R., Gustafson, B. Å. S., … Witt, A. N. (2010). DIVISION III: PLANETARY SYSTEMS SCIENCE. Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 6(T27B), 158–167. doi:10.1017/s174392131000493x
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Delsanti, A., Merlin, F., Guilbert-Lepoutre, A., Bauer, J., Yang, B., & Meech, K. J. (2010). Methane, ammonia, and their irradiation products at the surface of an intermediate-size KBO?. A&A, 520, A40. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201014296
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Hainaut, O. R., Kleyna, J., Sarid, G., Hermalyn, B., Zenn, A., Meech, K. J., … Yang, B. (2012). P/2010 A2 LINEAR. A&A, 537, A69. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201118147
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Hsieh, H. H., Meech, K. J., & Pittichová, J. (2011). MAIN-BELT COMET 238P/READ REVISITED. The Astrophysical Journal, 736(1), L18. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/736/1/l18
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Lisse, C. M., Fernandez, Y. R., Reach, W. T., Bauer, J. M., A’Hearn, M. F., Farnham, T. L., … Snodgrass, C. D. (2009). Spitzer Space Telescope Observations of the Nucleus of Comet 103P/Hartley 2. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 121(883), 968–975. doi:10.1086/605546
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Meech, K. J., A’Hearn, M. F., Adams, J. A., Bacci, P., Bai, J., Barrera, L., … Ziffer, J. E. (2011). EPOXI : COMET 103P/HARTLEY 2 OBSERVATIONS FROM A WORLDWIDE CAMPAIGN. The Astrophysical Journal, 734(1), L1. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/734/1/l1
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Meech, K. J., Pittichová, J., Bar-Nun, A., Notesco, G., Laufer, D., Hainaut, O. R., … Pitts, M. (2009). Activity of comets at large heliocentric distances pre-perihelion. Icarus, 201(2), 719–739. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2008.12.045
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Meech, K. J., Pittichová, J., Yang, B., Zenn, A., Belton, M. J. S., A’Hearn, M. F., … Zhao, H. (2011). Deep Impact, Stardust-NExT and the behavior of Comet 9P/Tempel 1 from 1997 to 2010. Icarus, 213(1), 323–344. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2011.02.016
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Meech, K., Valsecchi, G., Bowell, E. L., Bockelee-Morvan, D., Boss, A., Cellino, A., … Zhu, J. (2011). DIVISION III: PLANETARY SYSTEMS SCIENCES. Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 7(T28A), 125–137. doi:10.1017/s1743921312002700
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Mumma, M. J., Bonev, B. P., Villanueva, G. L., Paganini, L., DiSanti, M. A., Gibb, E. L., … Magee-Sauer, K. (2011). TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL ASPECTS OF GAS RELEASE DURING THE 2010 APPARITION OF COMET 103P/HARTLEY 2. The Astrophysical Journal, 734(1), L7. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/734/1/l7
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Paganini, L., Mumma, M. J., Bonev, B. P., Villanueva, G. L., DiSanti, M. A., Keane, J. V., & Meech, K. J. (2012). The formation heritage of Jupiter Family Comet 10P/Tempel 2 as revealed by infrared spectroscopy. Icarus, 218(1), 644–653. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2012.01.004
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Walter, M., Baross, J., Coustenis, A., Horner, J., Kress, M., Meech, K., … Woolf, N. (2011). Message from the Executive Council of the Astrobiology Society: The First Year. Astrobiology, 11(1), 75–75. doi:10.1089/ast.2011.1050
See Project See Project - Bauer, J.M., Stevenson, R., Kramer, E.A., Mainzer, A.K., Grav, T., Masiero, J.R., Fernandez, Y.R., Lisse, C.M., Meech, K.J. & Weissman, P.R. (2012). WISE/NEOWISE Comets: Nucleii and CO/CO2 Emission. Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society, 44. See Project
- Cochran, A.L., Meech, K.J. & Weaver, H.A. (2009). Goals and Priorities for the Study of Comets in the Next Decade (2011 – 2020). Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting Abstracts. See Project
- Fernandez, Y.R., Lisse, C.M., Reach, W.T., Bauer, J.M., A’Hearn, M.F., Farnham, T.L., Groussin, O., Belton, M.J.S., Meech, K.J. & Snodgrass, C. (2009). Spitzer Space Telescope Observations of the Nucleus and Trail of Comet 103P/Hartley 2. See Project
- Haghighipour, N., Meech, K. & Mottl, M. (2009). The Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey, Science White Papers. Science White Papers, 108. See Project
- Kleyna, J., Hainaut, O.R. & Meech, K.J. (2012, Submitted). P/2010 A2 LINEAR II: Dynamical Dust Modeling. Astron. Astrophys. See Project
- Meech, K., Pittichova, J. & Moskovitz, N. (2010). UH2.2M Reduced 9P/TEMPEL 1 Images/astrometry V1.0. NASA Planetary Data System, DI/EAR-C-I0034-3-UH22M-TMPL1-V1.0: 8004. See Project
- Meech, K.J. & Mottl, M.J. (2008). Origin of Earth’s water – current key issues. ABSCICON 2008. Santa Clara CA. See Project
- Meech, K.J., Hainaut, O., Weaver, H.A., Snodgrass, C., Pittichova, J., Pittichova, J., Riesen, T., Vilas, F., A’Hearn, M.F., Licandro, J., Gulbis, A. & Lowry, S. (2009). Characterization of the Nucleus of 103P/Hartley 2 for the EPOXI Mission. See Project
- Meech, K.J., Irvine, W.M., Meech, K.J., Keane, J.V., Mumma, M.J., Siefert, J.L. & Werthimer, D.J. (2009). Overview of the Bioastronomy 2007 Meeting. The 9th Bioastronomy conference. See Project
- Meech, K.J., Keane, J.V., Mumma, M.J., Siefert, J.L., Werthimer, D.J., Meech, K.J., Keane, J.V., Mumma, M.J., Siefert, J.L. & Werthimer, D.J. (2009). Bioastronomy 2007: Molecules, Microbes and Extraterrestrial Life. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series. See Project
- Meech, K.J., Pittichová, J. & Delsanti, A. (2009). The Earth-Based Deep Impact Observing Program. See Project
- Meech, K.J., R., H.O., Bauer, J.M., Fernandez, Y. & Gulbis, A.A.S. (2012). Carbon Dioxide in Comets – 65P/Gunn and 74P/Smirnova-Chernykh. Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society, 44. See Project
- Mottl, M.J., Glazer, B.T., Kaiser, R.I. & Meech, K.J. (2007). Water and Astrobiology. Chemie der Erde, 67: 253-282. See Project
- Mumma, M.J., Bonev, B.P., DiSanti, M.A., Paganini, L., Villanueva, G.L., Radeva, Y.L., Gibb, E.L., Magee-Sauer, K., Keane, J.V. & Meech, K.J. (2010). Comet 103P/Hartley. IAU Circ (9180): 1 See Project
- Sarid, G., Prialnik, D. & Meech, K.J. (2012, Under Revision). Survival of Ice in Main Belt Comets – A Parameter Study. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. See Project
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Email:
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Discipline
Comets, early solar system
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