Tag: O.J. Tucker

INSIGHT INTO PLUTO’S ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE FROM MOLECULAR KINETIC MODELS O.J. Tucker, University of Michigan June 24, 2014, 1:00 pm, NIA, Rm 141 Abstract: In July of 2015 the New Horizons (NH) spacecraft will encounter the Pluto-¬‐Charon system providing scientists with an opportunity to evaluate ideas about Pluto’s atmospheric structure. Recently, the direct simulation Monte Carlo…