Greg Black

Research Scientist

Curriculum Vitae

B.S. Physics, MIT.

Ph.D. Astronomy, Cornell.

Recent Teaching

ASTR 1210: Introduction to the Sky and the Solar System.

ASTR 347: Science and Controversy in Astronomy.

ASTR 451: Introduction to Astrophysics

Research Interests

Planetary science: icy moons and rings of the outer Solar System; near Earth asteroids; radar interferometry techiques; rotation states.

Publications

• "Ground-based radar observations of Titan: 2000-2008", Icarus, 2011.

• Op-Ed on Pluto's planet status, Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg, VA, May 2010.

• "Radar measurements of Mercury's north pole at 70 cm wavelength", Icarus, 209, p. 224, 2010.

• "Arecibo radar observations of Rhea, Dione, Tethys, and Enceladus", Icarus, 191, p. 702, 2007.

• "Cassini RADAR observations of Enceladus, Tethys, Dione, Rhea, Iapetus, Hyperion, and Phoebe", Icarus, 183, p. 479, 2006.

• "Radar imaging of Saturn's rings", Icarus, 117, p. 32, 2005.

• "Radar Detection of Iapetus", Science, 304, p. 553, 2004.

• "Radar Evidence for Liquid Surfaces on Titan", Science, 302, p. 431, 2003.

• "Planetary Radar Astronomy", ASP Conference Proceedings, 278, p. 271-290, 2002.

• "Icy Galilean Satellites: 70 cm Radar Results from Arecibo", Icarus, 151, p. 160, 2001.

• "Icy Galilean Satellites: Modeling Radar Reflectivities as a Coherent Backscatter Effect", Icarus, 151, p. 167, 2001.

• "On a Possible Rotation State of (433) Eros", Icarus, 140, p. 239, 1999.

• "Hyperion: Rotational dynamics", Icarus, 117, p. 149, 1995.

Abstracts

• Radar Images of the Ice Deposits at Mercury's North Pole at 70-cm Wavelength", BAAS 41, #35.07, 2009

• Surface Properties of Titan from Arecibo/GBT Radar Observations", BAAS 40, #31.17, 2008

• Arecibo Radar Observations Of Enceladus, Tethys, Dione, And Rhea, BAAS 38, #72.02, 2006

• Radar-Interferometric Asteroid Imaging Using a Flexible Software Correlator", BAAS 37, p. 1155, 2005