| Deep impact: excavating comet Tempel 1 MF A'Hearn, MJS Belton, WA Delamere, J Kissel, KP Klaasen, ... science 310 (5746), 258-264, 2005 | 857 | 2005 |
| EPOXI at comet Hartley 2 MF A’Hearn, MJS Belton, WA Delamere, LM Feaga, D Hampton, J Kissel, ... Science 332 (6036), 1396-1400, 2011 | 479 | 2011 |
| A ballistics analysis of the Deep Impact ejecta plume: Determining Comet Tempel 1's gravity, mass, and density JE Richardson, HJ Melosh, CM Lisse, B Carcich Icarus 191 (2), 176-209, 2007 | 282 | 2007 |
| The global effects of impact-induced seismic activity on fractured asteroid surface morphology JE Richardson Jr, HJ Melosh, RJ Greenberg, DP O'Brien Icarus 179 (2), 325-349, 2005 | 209 | 2005 |
| Impact-induced seismic activity on Asteroid 433 Eros: A surface modification process JE Richardson, HJ Melosh, R Greenberg science 306 (5701), 1526-1529, 2004 | 161 | 2004 |
| Cratering saturation and equilibrium: A new model looks at an old problem JE Richardson Icarus 204 (2), 697-715, 2009 | 136 | 2009 |
| Shape, density, and geology of the nucleus of Comet 103P/Hartley 2 PC Thomas, MF A’Hearn, J Veverka, MJS Belton, J Kissel, KP Klaasen, ... Icarus 222 (2), 550-558, 2013 | 133 | 2013 |
| Radar observations and shape model of asteroid 16 Psyche MK Shepard, J Richardson, PA Taylor, LA Rodriguez-Ford, A Conrad, ... Icarus 281, 388-403, 2017 | 123 | 2017 |
| The nucleus of Comet 9P/Tempel 1: Shape and geology from two flybys P Thomas, M A’hearn, MJS Belton, D Brownlee, B Carcich, B Hermalyn, ... Icarus 222 (2), 453-466, 2013 | 110 | 2013 |
| Return to comet Tempel 1: overview of Stardust-NExT results J Veverka, K Klaasen, M A’Hearn, M Belton, D Brownlee, S Chesley, ... Icarus 222 (2), 424-435, 2013 | 87 | 2013 |
| Hyperion's sponge-like appearance PC Thomas, JW Armstrong, SW Asmar, JA Burns, T Denk, B Giese, ... Nature 448 (7149), 50-53, 2007 | 78 | 2007 |
| Re-examining the main asteroid belt as the primary source of ancient lunar craters DA Minton, JE Richardson, CI Fassett Icarus 247, 172-190, 2015 | 64 | 2015 |
| The equilibrium size-frequency distribution of small craters reveals the effects of distal ejecta on lunar landscape morphology DA Minton, CI Fassett, M Hirabayashi, BA Howl, JE Richardson Icarus 326, 63-87, 2019 | 59 | 2019 |
| Impact-seismic investigations of the InSight mission I Daubar, P Lognonné, NA Teanby, K Miljkovic, J Stevanović, J Vaubaillon, ... Space Science Reviews 214, 1-68, 2018 | 59 | 2018 |
| Impact cratering theory and modeling for the Deep Impact mission: From mission planning to data analysis JE Richardson, HJ Melosh, NA Artemeiva, E Pierazzo Space Science Reviews 117, 241-267, 2005 | 54 | 2005 |
| Craters on asteroids: Reconciling diverse impact records with a common impacting population DP O'Brien, R Greenberg, JE Richardson Icarus 183 (1), 79-92, 2006 | 51 | 2006 |
| Investigating the combined effects of shape, density, and rotation on small body surface slopes and erosion rates JE Richardson, TJ Bowling Icarus 234, 53-65, 2014 | 49 | 2014 |
| Heterogeneous impact transport on the Moon YH Huang, DA Minton, M Hirabayashi, JR Elliott, JE Richardson, ... Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 122 (6), 1158-1180, 2017 | 45 | 2017 |
| Titan's surface and rotation: new results from Voyager 1 images J Richardson, RD Lorenz, A McEwen Icarus 170 (1), 113-124, 2004 | 41 | 2004 |
| Rotationally induced surface slope-instabilities and the activation of CO2 activity on comet 103P/Hartley 2 JK Steckloff, K Graves, M Hirabayashi, HJ Melosh, JE Richardson Icarus 272, 60-69, 2016 | 38 | 2016 |
David MintonProfessor of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Purdue UniversityVerified email at purdue.edu
