Selected Publications
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- J. L. Margot, B. Gladman, T. Yang. Quantitative Criteria for Defining Planets. Planetary Science Journal 5, 2024.
- J. L. Margot, M. G. Li, P. Pinchuk, N. Myhrvold, L. Lesyna, and 75 co-authors. A Search for Technosignatures Around 11,680 Stars with the Green Bank Telescope at 1.15--1.73 GHz. Astronomical Journal 166, 2023.
- E. Whittaker, J. L. Margot, A. L. H. Lam, N. Myhrvold. Thermal Models of Asteroids with Two-band Combinations of Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer Cryogenic Data. Planetary Science Journal 4, 2023.
- A. L. H. Lam, J. L. Margot, E. Whittaker, N. Myhrvold. Determination of 1929 Asteroid Rotation Periods from WISE Data. Planetary Science Journal 4, 2023.
- N. Myhrvold, P. Pinchuk, J. L. Margot. Analysis of four-band WISE observations of asteroids. Planetary Science Journal 3, 2022.
- P. Pinchuk and J. L. Margot. A Machine-Learning-Based Direction-of-Origin Filter for the Identification of Radio Frequency Interference in the Search for Technosignatures. Astronomical Journal 163, 2022.
- J. L. Margot, D. B. Campbell, J. D. Giorgini, J. S. Jao, L. G. Snedeker, F. D. Ghigo, A. Bonsall. Spin state and moment of inertia of Venus. Nature Astronomy 5, 2021.
- J. L. Margot. A Data-Taking System for Planetary Radar Applications. J. Astronomical Instrumentation 10, 2021.
- J. L. Margot, P. Pinchuk, R. Geil, and 37 co-authors. A Search for Technosignatures Around 31 Sun-like Stars with the Green Bank Telescope at 1.15-1.73 GHz. Astronomical Journal 161, 55, 2021.
- S. P. Naidu and 12 co-authors. Radar Observations and a Physical Model of Binary Near-Earth Asteroid 65803 Didymos, Target of the DART Mission. Icarus 348, 2020.
- A. H. Greenberg, J. L. Margot, A. K. Verma, P. A. Taylor, S. E. Hodge. Yarkovsky Drift Detections for 247 Near-Earth Asteroids. Astronomical Journal 159, 92, 2020.
- B. A. Campbell, D. B. Campbell, L. Carter, J. Chandler, J. L. Margot, G. Morgan, M. Nolan, P. Perrilat, J. Whitten. The Mean Rotation Rate of Venus from 29 Years of Earth-Based Radar Observations. Icarus 332, 19, 2019.
- P. Pinchuk, J. L. Margot, and 17 co-authors. A search for technosignatures from TRAPPIST-1, LHS 1140, and 10 planetary systems in the Kepler field with the Green Bank Telescope at 1.15-1.73 GHz. Astronomical Journal 157, 122, 2019.
- A. K. Verma and J. L. Margot. Expected Precision of Europa Clipper Gravity Measurements. Icarus 314, 34, 2018.
- J. L. Margot and 16 co-authors. A search for technosignatures from 14 planetary systems in the Kepler field with the Green Bank Telescope at 1.15-1.73 GHz. Astronomical Journal 155, 209, 2018.
- J. L. Margot, S. A. Hauck, II, E. Mazarico, S. Padovan, S. J. Peale. Mercury's Internal Structure. In Mercury - The View after MESSENGER (S. C. Solomon, B. J. Anderson, L. R. Nittler, eds.), CUP, in press.
- A. K. Verma, J. L. Margot, A. H. Greenberg. Prospects of Dynamical Determination of General Relativity Parameter β and Solar Quadrupole Moment J2☉ with Asteroid Radar Astronomy. Astrophysical Journal 845, 166, 2017.
- A. H. Greenberg, J. L. Margot, A. K. Verma, P. A. Taylor, S. P. Naidu, M. Brozovic, L. A. M. Benner. Asteroid 1566 Icarus's size, shape, orbit, and Yarkovsky drift from radar observations. Astronomical Journal 153, 108, 2017.
- D. M. Hastings, D. Ragozzine, D. C. Fabrycky, L. D. Burkhart, C. Fuentes, J. L. Margot, M. E. Brown, M. Holman. The Short Rotation Period of Hi'iaka, Haumea's Largest Satellite. Astronomical Journal 152, 195, 2016.
- S. P. Naidu, L. A. M. Benner, J. L. Margot, M. W. Busch, P. A. Taylor. Capabilities of Earth-based Radar Facilities for Near-Earth Asteroid Observations. Astronomical Journal 152, 99, 2016.
- A. K. Verma and J. L. Margot. Mercury's gravity, tides, and spin from MESSENGER radio science data. Mercury's gravity, tides, and spin from MESSENGER radio science data. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 121, 2016.
- J. L. Margot. A Quantitative Criterion for Defining Planets. Astronomical Journal 150, 185, 2015.
- J. L. Margot, P. Pravec, P. Taylor, B. Carry, S. Jacobson. Asteroid Systems: Binaries, Triples, and Pairs. In Asteroids IV (eds P. Michel, F. DeMeo, W. Bottke) University of Arizona Press, 355, 2015.
- A. H. Greenberg and J. L. Margot. Improved Algorithms for Radar-Based Reconstruction of Asteroid Shapes. Astronomical Journal 150, 114, 2015.
- J. L. Margot. Insufficient Evidence of Purported Lunar Effect on Pollination in Ephedra. Journal of Biological Rhythms 30, 454, 2015.
- S. P. Naidu, J. L. Margot, P. A. Taylor, M. C. Nolan, M. W. Busch, L. A. M. Benner, M. Brozovic, J. D. Giorgini, J. S. Jao, C. Magri. Radar Imaging and Characterization of Binary Near-Earth Asteroid (185851) 2000 DP107. Astronomical Journal 150, 54, 2015.
- J. L. Margot. No Evidence of Purported Lunar Effect on Hospital Admission Rates or Birth Rates. Nursing Research 64, 168, 2015.
- S. Padovan, M. A. Wieczorek, J. L. Margot, N. Tosi, S. C. Solomon. Thickness of the crust of Mercury from geoid-to-topography ratios. Geophysical Research Letters 42, 1029, 2015.
- S. P. Naidu and J. L. Margot. Near-Earth Asteroid Satellite Spins Under Spin-Orbit Coupling. Astronomical Journal 149, 80, 2015.
- S. Padovan, J. L. Margot, S. A. Hauck, II, W. B. Moore, S. C. Solomon. The tides of Mercury and possible implications for its interior structure. Journal of Geophysical Research 119, 850, 2014.
- S. P. Naidu, J. L. Margot, M. W. Busch, P. A. Taylor, M. C. Nolan, M. Brozovic, L. A. M. Benner, J. D. Giorgini, C. Magri. Radar Imaging and Physical Characterization of Near-Earth Asteroid (162421) 2000 ET70. Icarus 226, 323, 2013.
- J. Fang and J. L. Margot Are Planetary Systems Filled to Capacity? A Study Based on Kepler Results. Astrophysical Journal 767, 115, 2013.
- J. Fang and J. L. Margot Architecture of Planetary Systems Based on Kepler Data: Number of Planets and Coplanarity. Astrophysical Journal 761, 92, 2012.
- J. L. Margot, S. J. Peale, S. C. Solomon, S. A. Hauck II, F. D. Ghigo, R. F. Jurgens, M. Yseboodt, J. D. Giorgini, S. Padovan, D. B. Campbell. Mercury's moment of inertia from spin and gravity data. Journal of Geophysical Research 117, E00L09, 2012.
- J. Fang, J. L. Margot, P. Rojo. Orbits, Masses, and Evolution of Main Belt Triple (87) Sylvia. Astronomical Journal 144, 70, 2012.
- C. R. Nugent, J. L. Margot, S. R. Chesley, and D. Vokrouhlicky. Detection of Semi-Major Axis Drifts in 54 Near-Earth Asteroids: New Measurements of the Yarkovsky Effect. Astronomical Journal 144, 60, 2012.
- J. Fang and J. L. Margot. Predicting Planets in Kepler Multi-Planet Systems. Astrophysical Journal 751, 23, 2012.
- J. Fang and J. L. Margot. The Role of Kozai Cycles in Near-Earth Binary Asteroids. Astronomical Journal 143, 59, 2012.
- J. Fang and J. L. Margot. Binary Asteroid Encounters with Terrestrial Planets: Timescales and Effects. Astronomical Journal 143, 25, 2012.
- J. Fang and J. L. Margot. Near-Earth Binaries and Triples: Origin and Evolution of Spin-Orbital Properties. Astronomical Journal 143, 24, 2012.
- J. Fang, J. L. Margot, M. Brozovic, M. C. Nolan, L. A. M. Benner, P. A. Taylor. Orbits of near-Earth asteroid triples 2001 SN263 and 1994 CC: properties, origin, and evolution. Astronomical Journal 141, 154-, 2011.
- P. A. Taylor and J. L. Margot. Binary Asteroid Systems: Tidal End States and Estimates of Material Properties Icarus 212, 661-, 2011.
- P. A. Taylor and J. L. Margot. Tidal Evolution of Close Binary Asteroid Systems. Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy 108, 315-338, 2010.
- J. L. Margot and J. D. Giorgini. Probing general relativity with radar astrometry in the inner solar system. Relativity in Fundamental Astronomy: Dynamics, Reference Frames, and Data Analysis, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, IAU Symposium 261, pp. 183-188, 2010.
- J. L. Margot. A Mercury orientation model including non-zero obliquity and librations. Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy 105, pp. 329-336, 2009.
- J. L. Margot, S. J. Peale, R. F. Jurgens, M. A. Slade, I. V. Holin. Large longitude libration of Mercury reveals a molten core. Science 316, pp. 710-714, 2007.
- P. A. Taylor, J. L. Margot, D. Vokrouhlicky, D. J. Scheeres, P. Pravec, S. C. Lowry, A. Fitzsimmons, M. C. Nolan, S. J. Ostro, L. A. M. Benner, J. D. Giorgini, C. Magri. Spin Rate of Asteroid (54509) 2000 PH5 Increasing due to the YORP Effect. Science 316, pp. 274-277, 2007.
- M. Yseboodt and J. L. Margot. Evolution of Mercury's Obliquity. Icarus 181, pp. 327-337, 2006.
- J. L. Margot and M. E. Brown. A Low-Density M-type Asteroid in the Main Belt. Science 300, pp. 1939-1942, 2003.
- J. L. Margot, M. C. Nolan, L. A. M. Benner, S. J. Ostro, R. F. Jurgens, J. D. Giorgini, M. A. Slade, and D. B. Campbell. Binary Asteroids in the Near-Earth Object Population. Science 296, pp. 1445-1448, 2002.
- J. L. Margot, D. B. Campbell, R. F. Jurgens, and M. A. Slade. Digital elevation models of the Moon from Earth-based radar interferometry. IEEE Trans. Geoscience and Remote Sensing 38, pp. 1122--1133, 2000.
- J. L. Margot, D. B. Campbell, R. F. Jurgens, and M. A. Slade. Topography of the Lunar Poles from Radar Interferometry: A Survey of Cold Trap Locations. Science 284, pp. 1658-1660, 1999.
- J. L. Margot, D. B. Campbell, R. F. Jurgens, and M. A. Slade. The topography of Tycho Crater. J. Geophys. Res. 104, E5, pp. 11875-11882, 1999.