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Asteroid Scientist; Geophysicist; Computational Physicist
  • B.S., Astronomy & Astrophysics
    2011, Villanova University
  • Minor, Physics
    2011, Villanova University
  • M.S., Astronomy
    2013, University of Maryland, College Park
  • PhD, Astronomy
    2017, University of Maryland, College Park

Dr. Ballouz is a senior professional staff member specializing in granular physics, asteroids, and planetary defense. He works on the dynamical and mechanical surface processes of airless regolith-covered planetary bodies. His expertise includes developing cratering scaling relationships, geophysical modeling, and developing highly-optimized parallelized code to simulate particle collisional dynamics and the interaction of spacecraft with regolith.  He has been a collaborator on space missions to explore small solar System bodies such as NASA’s OSIRIS-REx, JAXA’s Hayabusa 2, and JAXA/ESA’s future Phobos sample-return mission MMX. He is a Co-I on OSIRIS-REx and serves as the deputy lead of the Sample Physical and Thermal Analysis working group. He is a Co-I on the OSIRIS-REx extended mission to Apophis: OSIRIS-APEx.  

As a postdoc on the OSIRIS-REx mission, he discovered and reported on the craters on the boulders on Bennu, which provided a means to evaluate the strength of Bennu’s boulders, the recent dynamical history of Bennu, and properties of the near-Earth meteoroid complex. Ballouz also co-led the reconstruction of the OSIRIS-REx sampling of Bennu, using numerical simulations of the sampling mechanism (TAGSAM) to determine the geotechnical properties of Bennu’s regolith.

 

 

Notable Awards and Leadership

Year(s) Description
2022 Deputy Lead for OSIRIS-REx Sample Physical and Thermal Analysis Working Group. NASA New Frontiers Program.
2022 Surface Processes Working Group Lead for OSIRIS-APEx Extended Mission. NASA New Frontiers Program.
2021 Main belt asteroid (28594) named Ronaldballouz in his honor. International Astronomical Union.
2019 Asteroids in the Age of Hayabusa2 and OSIRIS-REx Workshop: Science Organizing Committee Lead.
2015 Dean's Merit Fellowship. University of Maryland
2013 John Chi-Lin Wang Award for Academic Excellence. University of Maryland.
2011 Cardelli Award for Outstanding Research. Villanova University.

Scholarly Publications

Direct N-body simulations of satellite formation around small asteroids: insights from DART's encounter with the Didymos system

Zenodo, 2024
Harrison Agrusa, Yun Zhang, Derek C Richardson, Petr Pravec, Matija Cuk, Patrick Michel, Ronald-Louis Ballouz, Seth A. Jacobson, D.J. Scheeres, Kevin Walsh, Olivier Barnouin, R. Terik Daly, Eric Palmer, Maurizio Pajola, Alice LUCCHETTI, Filippo Tusberti, Joseph DeMartini, Fabio Ferrari, Alex J. Meyer, Sabina D. Raducan, Paul Sanchez, (2024), Direct N-body simulations of satellite formation around small asteroids: insights from DART's encounter with the Didymos system, Zenodo

Direct N-body simulations of satellite formation around small asteroids: insights from DART's encounter with the Didymos system

Zenodo, 2024
Harrison Agrusa, Yun Zhang, Derek C Richardson, Petr Pravec, Matija Cuk, Patrick Michel, Ronald-Louis Ballouz, Seth A. Jacobson, D.J. Scheeres, Kevin Walsh, Olivier Barnouin, R. Terik Daly, Eric Palmer, Maurizio Pajola, Alice LUCCHETTI, Filippo Tusberti, Joseph DeMartini, Fabio Ferrari, Alex J. Meyer, Sabina D. Raducan, Paul Sanchez, (2024), Direct N-body simulations of satellite formation around small asteroids: insights from DART's encounter with the Didymos system, Zenodo

Seismology of rubble-pile asteroids in binary systems

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2024
D N DellaGiustina, R -L Ballouz, K J Walsh, A G Marusiak, V J Bray, S H Bailey, (2024), Seismology of rubble-pile asteroids in binary systems, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Direct N-body Simulations of Satellite Formation around Small Asteroids: Insights from DART’s Encounter with the Didymos System

The Planetary Science Journal, 2024
Harrison F. Agrusa, Yun Zhang, Derek C. Richardson, Petr Pravec, Matija Ćuk, Patrick Michel, Ronald-Louis Ballouz, Seth A. Jacobson, Daniel J. Scheeres, Kevin Walsh, Olivier Barnouin, R. Terik Daly, Eric Palmer, Maurizio Pajola, Alice Lucchetti, Filippo Tusberti, Joseph V. DeMartini, Fabio Ferrari, Alex J. Meyer, Sabina D. Raducan, Paul Sánchez, (2024), Direct N-body Simulations of Satellite Formation around Small Asteroids: Insights from DART’s Encounter with the Didymos System, The Planetary Science Journal

The geology and evolution of a the Near-Earth binary asteroid system (65803) Didymos.

2023

OSIRIS-APEX: An OSIRIS-REx Extended Mission to Asteroid Apophis

The Planetary Science Journal, 2023
Daniella N. DellaGiustina, Michael C. Nolan, Anjani T. Polit, Michael C. Moreau, Dathon R. Golish, Amy A. Simon, Coralie D. Adam, Peter G. Antreasian, Ronald-Louis Ballouz, Olivier S. Barnouin, Kris J. Becker, Carina A. Bennett, Richard P. Binzel, Brent J. Bos, Richard Burns, Nayessda Castro, Steven R. Chesley, Philip R. Christensen, M. Katherine Crombie, Michael G. Daly, R. Terik Daly, Heather L. Enos, Davide Farnocchia, Sandra Freund Kasper, Rose Garcia, Kenneth M. Getzandanner, Scott D. Guzewich, Christopher W. Haberle, Timothy Haltigin, Victoria E. Hamilton, Karl Harshman, Noble Hatten, Kyle M. Hughes, Erica R. Jawin, Hannah H. Kaplan, Dante S. Lauretta, Jason M. Leonard, Andrew H. Levine, Andrew J. Liounis, Christian W. May, Laura C. Mayorga, Lillian Nguyen, Lynnae C. Quick, Dennis C. Reuter, Edgard Rivera-Valentín, Bashar Rizk, Heather L. Roper, Andrew J. Ryan, Brian Sutter, Mathilde M. Westermann, Daniel R. Wibben, Bobby G. Williams, Kenneth Williams, C. W. V. Wolner, (2023), OSIRIS-APEX: An OSIRIS-REx Extended Mission to Asteroid Apophis, The Planetary Science Journal

Near-zero cohesion and loose packing of Bennu’s near subsurface revealed by spacecraft contact

Science Advances, 2022
Kevin J. Walsh, Ronald-Louis Ballouz, Erica R. Jawin, Chrysa Avdellidou, Olivier S. Barnouin, Carina A. Bennett, Edward B. Bierhaus, Brent J. Bos, Saverio Cambioni, Jr. Harold C. Connolly, Marco Delbo, Daniella N. DellaGiustina, Joseph DeMartini, Joshua P. Emery, Dathon R. Golish, Patrick C. Haas, Carl W. Hergenrother, Huikang Ma, Patrick Michel, Michael C. Nolan, Ryan Olds, Benjamin Rozitis, Derek C. Richardson, Bashar Rizk, Andrew J. Ryan, Paul Sánchez, Daniel J. Scheeres, Stephen R. Schwartz, Sanford H. Selznick, Yun Zhang, Dante S. Lauretta, (2022), Near-zero cohesion and loose packing of Bennu’s near subsurface revealed by spacecraft contact, Science Advances

Seismic resurfacing of asteroid (433) Eros from cratering impact suggests presence of asteroid families in near-Earth space

2022
Ronald-Louis Ballouz, Carolyn Ernst, Olivier Barnouin, Ronald Daly, Daniella DellaGiustina, Benjamin Hyatt, Anna Martin

Spacecraft sample collection and subsurface excavation of asteroid (101955) Bennu

Science, 2022
D. S. Lauretta, C. D. Adam, A. J. Allen, R.-L. Ballouz, O. S. Barnouin, K. J. Becker, T. Becker, C. A. Bennett, E. B. Bierhaus, B. J. Bos, R. D. Burns, H. Campins, Y. Cho, P. R. Christensen, E. C. A. Church, B. E. Clark, Jr. H. C. Connolly, M. G. Daly, D. N. DellaGiustina, C. Y. Drouet d’Aubigny, J. P. Emery, H. L. Enos, S. Freund Kasper, J. B. Garvin, K. Getzandanner, D. R. Golish, V. E. Hamilton, C. W. Hergenrother, H. H. Kaplan, L. P. Keller, E. J. Lessac-Chenen, A. J. Liounis, H. Ma, L. K. McCarthy, B. D. Miller, M. C. Moreau, T. Morota, D. S. Nelson, J. O. Nolau, R. Olds, M. Pajola, J. Y. Pelgrift, A. T. Polit, M. A. Ravine, D. C. Reuter, B. Rizk, B. Rozitis, A. J. Ryan, E. M. Sahr, N. Sakatani, J. A. Seabrook, S. H. Selznick, M. A. Skeen, A. A. Simon, S. Sugita, K. J. Walsh, M. M. Westermann, C. W. V. Wolner, K. Yumoto, (2022), Spacecraft sample collection and subsurface excavation of asteroid (101955) Bennu, Science , https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abm1018

A numerical simulation approach to the crater-scaling relationships in low-speed impacts under microgravity

Icarus, 2022
Onur Çelik, Ronald-Louis Ballouz, Daniel J. Scheeres, Yasuhiro Kawakatsu, (2022), A numerical simulation approach to the crater-scaling relationships in low-speed impacts under microgravity, Icarus

Inferring interiors and structural history of top-shaped asteroids from external properties of asteroid (101955) Bennu

Nature Communications, 2022
Yun Zhang, Patrick Michel, Olivier S. Barnouin, James H. Roberts, Michael G. Daly, Ronald-L. Ballouz, Kevin J. Walsh, Derek C. Richardson, Christine M. Hartzell, Dante S. Lauretta

Anticipated Geological Assessment of the (65803) Didymos–Dimorphos System, Target of the DART–LICIACube Mission

The Planetary Science Journal, 2022
M. Pajola, O. S. Barnouin, A. Lucchetti, M. Hirabayashi, R.-L. Ballouz, E. Asphaug, C. M. Ernst, V. Della Corte, T. Farnham, G. Poggiali, J. M. Sunshine, E. Mazzotta Epifani, N. Murdoch, S. Ieva, S. R. Schwartz, S. Ivanovski, J. M. Trigo-Rodriguez, A. Rossi, N. L. Chabot, A. Zinzi, A. Rivkin, J. R. Brucato, P. Michel, G. Cremonese, E. Dotto, M. Amoroso, I. Bertini, A. Capannolo, A. Cheng, B. Cotugno, M. Dall’Ora, R. T. Daly, V. Di Tana, J. D. P. Deshapriya, I. Gai, P. H. A. Hasselmann, G. Impresario, M. Lavagna, A. Meneghin, F. Miglioretti, D. Modenini, P. Palumbo, D. Perna, S. Pirrotta, E. Simioni, S. Simonetti, P. Tortora, M. Zannoni, G. Zanotti, (2022), Anticipated Geological Assessment of the (65803) Didymos–Dimorphos System, Target of the DART–LICIACube Mission, The Planetary Science Journal

Geologic Context of the OSIRIS-REx Sample Site from High-resolution Topography and Imaging

The Planetary Science Journal, 2022
O. S. Barnouin, E. R. Jawin, R. T. Daly, R.-L. Ballouz, M. G. Daly, J. A. Seabrook, P. Michel, Y. Zhang, C. L. Johnson, K. J. Walsh, M. M. Al Asad, R. Gaskell, J. Weirich, E. Palmer, E. B. Bierhaus, M. C. Nolan, C. W. V. Wolner, D. S. Lauretta, (2022), Geologic Context of the OSIRIS-REx Sample Site from High-resolution Topography and Imaging, The Planetary Science Journal , 3, 4, 75, https://doi.org/10.3847/psj/ac5597

Alignment of fractures on Bennu’s boulders indicative of rapid asteroid surface evolution

Nature Geoscience, 2022
Marco Delbo, Kevin J. Walsh, Christophe Matonti, Justin Wilkerson, Maurizio Pajola, Manar M. Al Asad, Chrysa Avdellidou, Ronald-Louis Ballouz, Carina A. Bennett, Jr. Harold C. Connolly, Daniella N. DellaGiustina, Dathon R. Golish, Jamie L. Molaro, Bashar Rizk, Stephen R. Schwartz, Dante S. Lauretta, (2022), Alignment of fractures on Bennu's boulders indicative of rapid asteroid surface evolution, Nature Geoscience , 15, 6, 453--457, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-022-00940-3

Crater population on asteroid (101955) Bennu indicates impact armouring and a young surface

Nature Geoscience, 2022
E. B. Bierhaus, D. Trang, R. T. Daly, C. A. Bennett, O. S. Barnouin, K. J. Walsh, R.-L. Ballouz, W. F. Bottke, K. N. Burke, M. E. Perry, E. R. Jawin, T. J. McCoy, Jr. H. C. Connolly, M. G. Daly, J. P. Dworkin, D. N. DellaGiustina, P. L. Gay, J. I. Brodbeck, J. Nolau, J. Padilla, S. Stewart, S. Schwartz, P. Michel, M. Pajola, D. S. Lauretta, (2022), Crater population on asteroid (101955) Bennu indicates impact armouring and a young surface, Nature Geoscience , 15, 6, 440--446, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-022-00914-5

Low surface strength of the asteroid Bennu inferred from impact ejecta deposit

Nature Geoscience, 2022
M. E. Perry, O. S. Barnouin, R. T. Daly, E. B. Bierhaus, R.-L. Ballouz, K. J. Walsh, M. G. Daly, D. N. DellaGiustina, M. C. Nolan, J. P. Emery, M. M. Al Asad, C. L. Johnson, C. M. Ernst, E. R. Jawin, P. Michel, D. R. Golish, W. F. Bottke, J. A. Seabrook, D. S. Lauretta, (2022), Low surface strength of the asteroid Bennu inferred from impact ejecta deposit, Nature Geoscience

Numerical Simulations of Drainage Grooves in Response to Extensional Fracturing: Testing the Phobos Groove Formation Model

The Planetary Science Journal, 2022
Bin Cheng, Erik Asphaug, Ronald-Louis Ballouz, Yang Yu, Hexi Baoyin

Predictions for the Dynamical States of the Didymos System before and after the Planned DART Impact

IOP Publishing, 2022
Derek C Richardson, Harrison Agrusa, Brent Barbee, William Bottke, andrew, Siegfried Eggl, Fabio Ferrari, Toshi Hirabayashi, Özgür Karatekin, JAY MCMAHON, Stephen R. Schwartz, Ronald-Louis Ballouz, Adriano Campo Bagatin, Elisabetta Dotto, Eugene G. Fahnestock, Oscar Fuentes-Muñoz, Ioannis Gkolias, Douglas P. Hamilton, Seth Andrew Jacobson, Martin Jutzi, Josh Lyzhoft, Rahil Makadia, Alex Meyer, Patrick Michel, Ryota Nakano, Guillaume Noiset, Sabina-Denisa Raducan, Nicolas Rambaux, Alessandro Rossi, Paul Sánchez, D.J. Scheeres, Stefania Soldini, Angela Stickle, Paolo Tanga, Kleomenis Tsiganis, Yun Zhang, (2022), Predictions for the Dynamical States of the Didymos System before and after the Planned DART Impact, IOP Publishing

Modified granular impact force laws for the OSIRIS-REx touchdown on the surface of asteroid (101955) Bennu

2021
Ronald-Louis Ballouz, Kevin Walsh, Paul Sanchez, Keith Holsapple, Patrick Michel, Dan Scheeres, Yun Zhang, Derek Richardson, Olivier Barnouin, Mike Nolan, Edward Bierhaus, Stephen Schwartz, Onur Celik, Mitsuhisa Baba, Jr. Harold Connolly, Dante Lauretta, (2021), Modified granular impact force laws for the OSIRIS-REx touchdown on the surface of asteroid (101955) Bennu , https://doi.org/10.1002/essoar.10507246.1

Impact-crater ejecta on Bennu indicate a surface with very low strength

2021

Modified granular impact force laws for the OSIRIS-REx touchdown on the surface of asteroid (101955) Bennu

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2021
R-L Ballouz, K J Walsh, P Sánchez, K A Holsapple, P Michel, D J Scheeres, Y Zhang, D C Richardson, O S Barnouin, M C Nolan, E B Bierhaus, Jr. H C Connolly, S R Schwartz, O Çelik, M Baba, D S Lauretta, (2021), Modified granular impact force laws for the OSIRIS-REx touchdown on the surface of asteroid (101955) Bennu, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society , https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab2365

Fine-regolith production on asteroids controlled by rock porosity

Nature, 2021
S. Cambioni, M. Delbo, G. Poggiali, C. Avdellidou, A. J. Ryan, J. D. P. Deshapriya, E. Asphaug, R.-L. Ballouz, M. A. Barucci, C. A. Bennett, W. F. Bottke, J. R. Brucato, K. N. Burke, E. Cloutis, D. N. DellaGiustina, J. P. Emery, B. Rozitis, K. J. Walsh, D. S. Lauretta, (2021), Fine-regolith production on asteroids controlled by rock porosity, Nature

Collisional formation of top-shaped asteroids and implications for the origins of Ryugu and Bennu

Nature Communications, 2020
P. Michel, R.-L. Ballouz, O. S. Barnouin, M. Jutzi, K. J. Walsh, B. H. May, C. Manzoni, D. C. Richardson, S. R. Schwartz, S. Sugita, S. Watanabe, H. Miyamoto, M. Hirabayashi, W. F. Bottke, H. C. Connolly, M. Yoshikawa, D. S. Lauretta

In situ evidence of thermally induced rock breakdown widespread on Bennu’s surface

Nature Communications, 2020
J. L. Molaro, K. J. Walsh, E. R. Jawin, R.-L. Ballouz, C. A. Bennett, D. N. DellaGiustina, D. R. Golish, C. Drouet d’Aubigny, B. Rizk, S. R. Schwartz, R. D. Hanna, S. J. Martel, M. Pajola, H. Campins, A. J. Ryan, W. F. Bottke, D. S. Lauretta

Interpreting the Cratering Histories of Bennu, Ryugu, and Other Spacecraft-explored Asteroids

The Astronomical Journal, 2020
W. F. Bottke, D. Vokrouhlický, R.-L. Ballouz, O. S. Barnouin, Jr. H. C. Connolly, C. Elder, S. Marchi, T. J. McCoy, P. Michel, M. C. Nolan, B. Rizk, D. J. Scheeres, S. R. Schwartz, K. J. Walsh, D. S. Lauretta, (2020), Interpreting the Cratering Histories of Bennu, Ryugu, and Other Spacecraft-explored Asteroids, The Astronomical Journal

Exogenic basalt on asteroid (101955) Bennu

Nature Astronomy, 2020
D. N. DellaGiustina, H. H. Kaplan, A. A. Simon, W. F. Bottke, C. Avdellidou, M. Delbo, R.-L. Ballouz, D. R. Golish, K. J. Walsh, M. Popescu, H. Campins, M. A. Barucci, G. Poggiali, R. T. Daly, L. Le Corre, V. E. Hamilton, N. Porter, E. R. Jawin, T. J. McCoy, Jr H. C. Connolly, J. L. Rizos Garcia, E. Tatsumi, J. de Leon, J. Licandro, S. Fornasier, M. G. Daly, M. M. Al Asad, L. Philpott, J. Seabrook, O. S. Barnouin, B. E. Clark, M. C. Nolan, E. S. Howell, R. P. Binzel, B. Rizk, D. C. Reuter, D. S. Lauretta

Fatigue-driven boulder exfoliation as a driving mechanism for Bennu’s activity

2020

Craters on (101955) Bennu’s boulders

2020

Modeling the contamination of Bennu and Ryugu through catastrophic disruption of their precursors

2020

The Measured Gravity and Global Geophysical Properties of (101955) Bennu

2020

Variations in color and reflectance on the surface of asteroid (101955) Bennu

Science, 2020
D. N. DellaGiustina, K. N. Burke, K. J. Walsh, P. H. Smith, D. R. Golish, E. B. Bierhaus, R.-L. Ballouz, T. L. Becker, H. Campins, E. Tatsumi, K. Yumoto, S. Sugita, J. D. Prasanna Deshapriya, E. A. Cloutis, B. E. Clark, A. R. Hendrix, A. Sen, M. M. Al Asad, M. G. Daly, D. M. Applin, C. Avdellidou, M. A. Barucci, K. J. Becker, C. A. Bennett, W. F. Bottke, J. I. Brodbeck, Jr. H. C. Connolly, M. Delbo, J. de Leon, C. Y. Drouet d’Aubigny, K. L. Edmundson, S. Fornasier, V. E. Hamilton, P. H. Hasselmann, C. W. Hergenrother, E. S. Howell, E. R. Jawin, H. H. Kaplan, L. Le Corre, L. F. Lim, J. Y. Li, P. Michel, J. L. Molaro, M. C. Nolan, J. Nolau, M. Pajola, A. Parkinson, M. Popescu, N. A. Porter, B. Rizk, J. L. Rizos, A. J. Ryan, B. Rozitis, N. K. Shultz, A. A. Simon, D. Trang, R. B. Van Auken, C. W. V. Wolner, D. S. Lauretta, (2020), Variations in color and reflectance on the surface of asteroid (101955) Bennu, Science , 370, 6517, https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abc3660

Asteroid (101955) Bennu’s weak boulders and thermally anomalous equator

Science Advances, 2020
B. Rozitis, A. J. Ryan, J. P. Emery, P. R. Christensen, V. E. Hamilton, A. A. Simon, D. C. Reuter, M. Al Asad, R.-L. Ballouz, J. L. Bandfield, O. S. Barnouin, C. A. Bennett, M. Bernacki, K. N. Burke, S. Cambioni, B. E. Clark, M. G. Daly, M. Delbo, D. N. DellaGiustina, C. M. Elder, R. D. Hanna, C. W. Haberle, E. S. Howell, D. R. Golish, E. R. Jawin, H. H. Kaplan, L. F. Lim, J. L. Molaro, D. Pino Munoz, M. C. Nolan, B. Rizk, M. A. Siegler, H. C. M. Susorney, K. J. Walsh, D. S. Lauretta, (2020), Asteroid (101955) Bennu's weak boulders and thermally anomalous equator, Science Advances , 6, 41, https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abc3699

Heterogeneous mass distribution of the rubble-pile asteroid (101955) Bennu

Science Advances, 2020
D. J. Scheeres, A. S. French, P. Tricarico, S. R. Chesley, Y. Takahashi, D. Farnocchia, J. W. McMahon, D. N. Brack, A. B. Davis, R.-L. Ballouz, E. R. Jawin, B. Rozitis, J. P. Emery, A. J. Ryan, R. S. Park, B. P. Rush, N. Mastrodemos, B. M. Kennedy, J. Bellerose, D. P. Lubey, D. Velez, A. T. Vaughan, J. M. Leonard, J. Geeraert, B. Page, P. Antreasian, E. Mazarico, K. Getzandanner, D. Rowlands, M. C. Moreau, J. Small, D. E. Highsmith, S. Goossens, E. E. Palmer, J. R. Weirich, R. W. Gaskell, O. S. Barnouin, M. G. Daly, J. A. Seabrook, M. M. Al Asad, L. C. Philpott, C. L. Johnson, C. M. Hartzell, V. E. Hamilton, P. Michel, K. J. Walsh, M. C. Nolan, D. S. Lauretta, (2020), Heterogeneous mass distribution of the rubble-pile asteroid (101955) Bennu, Science Advances , 6, 41, https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abc3350

Bennu’s near-Earth lifetime of 1.75 million years inferred from craters on its boulders

Nature, 2020
R.-L. Ballouz, K. J. Walsh, O. S. Barnouin, D. N. DellaGiustina, M. Al Asad, E. R. Jawin, M. G. Daly, W. F. Bottke, P. Michel, C. Avdellidou, M. Delbo, R. T. Daly, E. Asphaug, C. A. Bennett, E. B. Bierhaus, Jr H. C. Connolly, D. R. Golish, J. L. Molaro, M. C. Nolan, M. Pajola, B. Rizk, S. R. Schwartz, D. Trang, C. W. V. Wolner, D. S. Lauretta, (2020), Bennu's near-Earth lifetime of 1.75 million years inferred from craters on its boulders, Nature , 587, 7833, 205--209, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2846-z

Thermal fatigue as a driving mechanism for activity on asteroid Bennu

2020
Jamie L Molaro, Carl W Hergenrother, Steven Chesley, Kevin John Walsh, Romy D. Hanna, Christopher W. Haberle, Stephen R. Schwartz, Ronald-Louis Ballouz, William Bottke, Humberto Campins, Dante Lauretta, (2020), Thermal fatigue as a driving mechanism for activity on asteroid Bennu , https://doi.org/10.1002/essoar.10501385.2

Numerical modeling of Bennu’s structural stability and implications for its internal and surface properties

2020

Particle Ejection Contributions to the Rotational Acceleration and Orbit Evolution of Asteroid (101955) Bennu

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 2020
D. J. Scheeres, J. W. McMahon, D. N. Brack, A. S. French, S. R. Chesley, D. Farnocchia, D. Vokrouhlický, R.‐L. Ballouz, J. P. Emery, B. Rozitis, M. C. Nolan, C. W. Hergenrother, D. S. Lauretta, (2020), Particle Ejection Contributions to the Rotational Acceleration and Orbit Evolution of Asteroid (101955) Bennu, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Global Patterns of Recent Mass Movement on Asteroid (101955) Bennu

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 2020
E. R. Jawin, K. J. Walsh, O. S. Barnouin, T. J. McCoy, R.‐L. Ballouz, D. N. DellaGiustina, Jr. H. C. Connolly, J. Marshall, C. Beddingfield, M. C. Nolan, J. L. Molaro, C. A. Bennett, D. J. Scheeres, M. G. Daly, M. Al Asad, R. T. Daly, E. B. Bierhaus, H. C. M. Susorney, H. H. Kaplan, H. L. Enos, D. S. Lauretta, (2020), Global Patterns of Recent Mass Movement on Asteroid (101955) Bennu, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Thermal Fatigue as a Driving Mechanism for Activity on Asteroid Bennu

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 2020
J. L. Molaro, C. W. Hergenrother, S. R. Chesley, K. J. Walsh, R. D. Hanna, C. W. Haberle, S. R. Schwartz, R.‐L. Ballouz, W. F. Bottke, H. J. Campins, D. S. Lauretta, (2020), Thermal Fatigue as a Driving Mechanism for Activity on Asteroid Bennu, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Properties of rubble-pile asteroid (101955) Bennu from OSIRIS-REx imaging and thermal analysis

Nature Astronomy, 2019
D. N. DellaGiustina, J. P. Emery, D. R. Golish, B. Rozitis, C. A. Bennett, K. N. Burke, R.-L. Ballouz, K. J. Becker, P. R. Christensen, C. Y. Drouet d’Aubigny, V. E. Hamilton, D. C. Reuter, B. Rizk, A. A. Simon, E. Asphaug, J. L. Bandfield, O. S. Barnouin, M. A. Barucci, E. B. Bierhaus, R. P. Binzel, W. F. Bottke, N. E. Bowles, H. Campins, B. C. Clark, B. E. Clark, Jr. H. C. Connolly, M. G. Daly, J. de Leon, M. Delbo’, J. D. P. Deshapriya, C. M. Elder, S. Fornasier, C. W. Hergenrother, E. S. Howell, E. R. Jawin, H. H. Kaplan, T. R. Kareta, L. Le Corre, J.-Y. Li, J. Licandro, L. F. Lim, P. Michel, J. Molaro, M. C. Nolan, M. Pajola, M. Popescu, J. L. Rizos Garcia, A. Ryan, S. R. Schwartz, N. Shultz, M. A. Siegler, P. H. Smith, E. Tatsumi, C. A. Thomas, K. J. Walsh, C. W. V. Wolner, X.-D. Zou, D. S. Lauretta, D. E. Highsmith, J. Small, D. Vokrouhlický, N. E. Bowles, E. Brown, K. L. Donaldson Hanna, T. Warren, C. Brunet, R. A. Chicoine, S. Desjardins, D. Gaudreau, T. Haltigin, S. Millington-Veloza, A. Rubi, J. Aponte, N. Gorius, A. Lunsford, B. Allen, J. Grindlay, D. Guevel, D. Hoak, J. Hong, D. L. Schrader, J. Bayron, O. Golubov, P. Sánchez, J. Stromberg, M. Hirabayashi, C. M. Hartzell, S. Oliver, M. Rascon, A. Harch, J. Joseph, S. Squyres, D. Richardson, J. P. Emery, L. McGraw, R. Ghent, R. P. Binzel, M. M. Al Asad, C. L. Johnson, L. Philpott, H. C. M. Susorney, E. A. Cloutis, R. D. Hanna, Jr. H. C. Connolly, F. Ciceri, A. R. Hildebrand, E.-M. Ibrahim, L. Breitenfeld, T. Glotch, A. D. Rogers, B. E. Clark, S. Ferrone, C. A. Thomas, H. Campins, Y. Fernandez, W. Chang, A. Cheuvront, D. Trang, S. Tachibana, H. Yurimoto, J. R. Brucato, G. Poggiali, M. Pajola, E. Dotto, E. Mazzotta Epifani, M. K. Crombie, C. Lantz, M. R. M. Izawa, J. de Leon, J. Licandro, J. L. Rizos Garcia, S. Clemett, K. Thomas-Keprta, S. Van wal, M. Yoshikawa, J. Bellerose, S. Bhaskaran, C. Boyles, S. R. Chesley, C. M. Elder, D. Farnocchia, A. Harbison, B. Kennedy, A. Knight, N. Martinez-Vlasoff, N. Mastrodemos, T. McElrath, W. Owen, R. Park, B. Rush, L. Swanson, Y. Takahashi, D. Velez, K. Yetter, C. Thayer, C. Adam, P. Antreasian, J. Bauman, C. Bryan, B. Carcich, M. Corvin, J. Geeraert, J. Hoffman, J. M. Leonard, E. Lessac-Chenen, A. Levine, J. McAdams, L. McCarthy, D. Nelson, B. Page, J. Pelgrift, E. Sahr, K. Stakkestad, D. Stanbridge, D. Wibben, B. Williams, K. Williams, P. Wolff, P. Hayne, D. Kubitschek, M. A. Barucci, J. D. P. Deshapriya, S. Fornasier, M. Fulchignoni, P. Hasselmann, F. Merlin, A. Praet, E. B. Bierhaus, O. Billett, A. Boggs, B. Buck, S. Carlson-Kelly, J. Cerna, K. Chaffin, E. Church, M. Coltrin, J. Daly, A. Deguzman, R. Dubisher, D. Eckart, D. Ellis, P. Falkenstern, A. Fisher, M. E. Fisher, P. Fleming, K. Fortney, S. Francis, S. Freund, S. Gonzales, P. Haas, A. Hasten, D. Hauf, A. Hilbert, D. Howell, F. Jaen, N. Jayakody, M. Jenkins, K. Johnson, M. Lefevre, H. Ma, C. Mario, K. Martin, C. May, M. McGee, B. Miller, C. Miller, G. Miller, A. Mirfakhrai, E. Muhle, C. Norman, R. Olds, C. Parish, M. Ryle, M. Schmitzer, P. Sherman, M. Skeen, M. Susak, B. Sutter, Q. Tran, C. Welch, R. Witherspoon, J. Wood, J. Zareski, M. Arvizu-Jakubicki, E. Asphaug, E. Audi, R.-L. Ballouz, R. Bandrowski, K. J. Becker, T. L. Becker, S. Bendall, C. A. Bennett, H. Bloomenthal, D. Blum, W. V. Boynton, J. Brodbeck, K. N. Burke, M. Chojnacki, A. Colpo, J. Contreras, J. Cutts, C. Y. Drouet d’Aubigny, D. Dean, D. N. DellaGiustina, B. Diallo, D. Drinnon, K. Drozd, H. L. Enos, R. Enos, C. Fellows, T. Ferro, M. R. Fisher, G. Fitzgibbon, M. Fitzgibbon, J. Forelli, T. Forrester, I. Galinsky, R. Garcia, A. Gardner, D. R. Golish, N. Habib, D. Hamara, D. Hammond, K. Hanley, K. Harshman, C. W. Hergenrother, K. Herzog, D. Hill, C. Hoekenga, S. Hooven, E. S. Howell, E. Huettner, A. Janakus, J. Jones, T. R. Kareta, J. Kidd, K. Kingsbury, S. S. Balram-Knutson, L. Koelbel, J. Kreiner, D. Lambert, D. S. Lauretta, C. Lewin, B. Lovelace, M. Loveridge, M. Lujan, C. K. 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Ido, A. Ingegneri, N. Jones, P. Kaotira, L. F. Lim, A. Liounis, C. Lorentson, D. Lorenz, J. Lyzhoft, E. M. Mazarico, R. Mink, W. Moore, M. Moreau, S. Mullen, J. Nagy, G. Neumann, J. Nuth, D. Poland, D. C. Reuter, L. Rhoads, S. Rieger, D. Rowlands, D. Sallitt, A. Scroggins, G. Shaw, A. A. Simon, J. Swenson, P. Vasudeva, M. Wasser, R. Zellar, J. Grossman, G. Johnston, M. Morris, J. Wendel, A. Burton, L. P. Keller, L. McNamara, S. Messenger, K. Nakamura-Messenger, A. Nguyen, K. Righter, E. Queen, K. Bellamy, K. Dill, S. Gardner, M. Giuntini, B. Key, J. Kissell, D. Patterson, D. Vaughan, B. Wright, R. W. Gaskell, L. Le Corre, J.-Y. Li, J. L. Molaro, E. E. Palmer, M. A. Siegler, P. Tricarico, J. R. Weirich, X.-D. Zou, T. Ireland, K. Tait, P. Bland, S. Anwar, N. Bojorquez-Murphy, P. R. Christensen, C. W. Haberle, G. Mehall, K. Rios, I. Franchi, B. Rozitis, C. B. Beddingfield, J. Marshall, D. N. Brack, A. S. French, J. W. McMahon, D. J. Scheeres, E. R. Jawin, T. J. McCoy, S. Russell, M. Killgore, W. F. Bottke, V. E. Hamilton, H. H. Kaplan, K. J. Walsh, J. L. Bandfield, B. C. Clark, M. Chodas, M. Lambert, R. A. Masterson, M. G. Daly, J. Freemantle, J. A. Seabrook, O. S. Barnouin, K. Craft, R. T. Daly, C. Ernst, R. C. Espiritu, M. Holdridge, M. Jones, A. H. Nair, L. Nguyen, J. Peachey, M. E. Perry, J. Plescia, J. H. Roberts, R. Steele, R. Turner, J. Backer, K. Edmundson, J. Mapel, M. Milazzo, S. Sides, C. Manzoni, B. May, M. Delbo’, G. Libourel, P. Michel, A. Ryan, F. Thuillet, B. Marty, (2019), Properties of rubble-pile asteroid (101955) Bennu from OSIRIS-REx imaging and thermal analysis, Nature Astronomy

Using a geometrical algorithm to provide N-body initial conditions for the gravitational phase of asteroid family formation

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2019
Ronald-Louis Ballouz, Kevin J Walsh, Derek C Richardson, Patrick Michel, (2019), Using a geometrical algorithm to provide N-body initial conditions for the gravitational phase of asteroid family formation, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society , https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz410

Surface refreshing of Martian moon Phobos by orbital eccentricity-driven grain motion

Nature Geoscience, 2019
Ronald-Louis Ballouz, Nicola Baresi, Sarah T. Crites, Yasuhiro Kawakatsu, Masaki Fujimoto, (2019), Surface refreshing of Martian moon Phobos by orbital eccentricity-driven grain motion, Nature Geoscience , 12, 4, 229--234, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-019-0323-9

Craters, boulders and regolith of (101955) Bennu indicative of an old and dynamic surface

Nature Geoscience, 2019
K. J. Walsh, E. R. Jawin, R.-L. Ballouz, O. S. Barnouin, E. B. Bierhaus, Jr. H. C. Connolly, J. L. Molaro, T. J. McCoy, M. Delbo’, C. M. Hartzell, M. Pajola, S. R. Schwartz, D. Trang, E. Asphaug, K. J. Becker, C. B. Beddingfield, C. A. Bennett, W. F. Bottke, K. N. Burke, B. C. Clark, M. G. Daly, D. N. DellaGiustina, J. P. Dworkin, C. M. Elder, D. R. Golish, A. R. Hildebrand, R. Malhotra, J. Marshall, P. Michel, M. C. Nolan, M. E. Perry, B. Rizk, A. Ryan, S. A. Sandford, D. J. Scheeres, H. C. M. Susorney, F. Thuillet, D. S. Lauretta, (2019), Craters, boulders and regolith of (101955) Bennu indicative of an old and dynamic surface, Nature Geoscience , 12, 4, 242--246, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-019-0326-6

Publisher Correction: Craters, boulders and regolith of (101955) Bennu indicative of an old and dynamic surface

Nature Geoscience, 2019
K. J. Walsh, E. R. Jawin, R.-L. Ballouz, O. S. Barnouin, E. B. Bierhaus, Jr H. C. Connolly, J. L. Molaro, T. J. McCoy, M. Delbo’, C. M. Hartzell, M. Pajola, S. R. Schwartz, D. Trang, E. Asphaug, K. J. Becker, C. B. Beddingfield, C. A. Bennett, W. F. Bottke, K. N. Burke, B. C. Clark, M. G. Daly, D. N. DellaGiustina, J. P. Dworkin, C. M. Elder, D. R. Golish, A. R. Hildebrand, R. Malhotra, J. Marshall, P. Michel, M. C. Nolan, M. E. Perry, B. Rizk, A. Ryan, S. A. Sandford, D. J. Scheeres, H. C. M. Susorney, F. Thuillet, D. S. Lauretta, (2019), Publisher Correction: Craters, boulders and regolith of (101955) Bennu indicative of an old and dynamic surface, Nature Geoscience , 12, 5, 399--399, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-019-0360-4

Episodes of particle ejection from the surface of the active asteroid (101955) Bennu

Science, 2019
D. S. Lauretta, C. W. Hergenrother, S. R. Chesley, J. M. Leonard, J. Y. Pelgrift, C. D. Adam, M. Al Asad, P. G. Antreasian, R.-L. Ballouz, K. J. Becker, C. A. Bennett, B. J. Bos, W. F. Bottke, M. Brozović, H. Campins, Jr. H. C. Connolly, M. G. Daly, A. B. Davis, J. de León, D. N. DellaGiustina, C. Y. Drouet d’Aubigny, J. P. Dworkin, J. P. Emery, D. Farnocchia, D. P. Glavin, D. R. Golish, C. M. Hartzell, R. A. Jacobson, E. R. Jawin, P. Jenniskens, Jr. J. N. Kidd, E. J. Lessac-Chenen, J.-Y. Li, G. Libourel, J. Licandro, A. J. Liounis, C. K. Maleszewski, C. Manzoni, B. May, L. K. McCarthy, J. W. McMahon, P. Michel, J. L. Molaro, M. C. Moreau, D. S. Nelson, Jr. W. M. Owen, B. Rizk, H. L. Roper, B. Rozitis, E. M. Sahr, D. J. Scheeres, J. A. Seabrook, S. H. Selznick, Y. Takahashi, F. Thuillet, P. Tricarico, D. Vokrouhlický, C. W. V. Wolner, (2019), Episodes of particle ejection from the surface of the active asteroid (101955) Bennu, Science , 366, 6470, https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aay3544

Thermal fatigue as a driving mechanism for activity on asteroid Bennu

2019
Jamie L Molaro, Carl W Hergenrother, Steven Chesley, Romy D. Hanna, Christopher W. Haberle, Ronald-Louis Ballouz, Stephen R. Schwartz, William Bottke, Kevin John Walsh, Humberto Campins, Dante Lauretta, (2019), Thermal fatigue as a driving mechanism for activity on asteroid Bennu , https://doi.org/10.1002/essoar.10501385.1

Exploring Shear-free Ringlet Formation with Direct Simulations of Saturn's B Rings

The Astronomical Journal, 2018
Yuxi Lu, Ronald-Louis Ballouz, Derek C. Richardson, (2018), Exploring Shear-free Ringlet Formation with Direct Simulations of Saturn's B Rings, The Astronomical Journal

Numerical simulations of the contact between the lander MASCOT and a regolith-covered surface

Advances in Space Research, 2018
Clara Maurel, Patrick Michel, Jens Biele, Ronald-Louis Ballouz, Florian Thuillet, (2018), Numerical simulations of the contact between the lander MASCOT and a regolith-covered surface, Advances in Space Research, 62, 8, 2099--2124, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2017.05.029

Rotational Failure of Rubble-pile Bodies: Influences of Shear and Cohesive Strengths

The Astrophysical Journal, 2018
Yun Zhang, Derek C. Richardson, Olivier S. Barnouin, Patrick Michel, Stephen R. Schwartz, Ronald-Louis Ballouz, (2018), Rotational Failure of Rubble-pile Bodies: Influences of Shear and Cohesive Strengths, The Astrophysical Journal, 857, 1, 15, https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aab5b2

Numerical modeling of lander interaction with a low-gravity asteroid regolith surface

Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2018
Florian Thuillet, Patrick Michel, Clara Maurel, Ronald-Louis Ballouz, Yun Zhang, Derek C. Richardson, Jens Biele, Eri Tatsumi, Seiji Sugita, (2018), Numerical modeling of lander interaction with a low-gravity asteroid regolith surface, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 615, A41, https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832779

Numerical Simulations of Saturn's B Ring: Granular Friction as a Mediator between Self-gravity Wakes and Viscous Overstability

The Astronomical Journal, 2017
Ronald-Louis Ballouz, Derek C. Richardson, Ryuji Morishima, (2017), Numerical Simulations of Saturn's B Ring: Granular Friction as a Mediator between Self-gravity Wakes and Viscous Overstability, The Astronomical Journal, 153, 4, 146, https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/aa60be

The spherical Brazil Nut Effect and its significance to asteroids

Icarus, 2016
Viranga Perera, Alan P. Jackson, Erik Asphaug, Ronald-Louis Ballouz, (2016), The spherical Brazil Nut Effect and its significance to asteroids, Icarus, 278, 194--203, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2016.06.014

Numerical simulations of oscillation-driven regolith motion: Brazil-nut effect

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2016
Clara Maurel, Ronald-Louis Ballouz, Derek C. Richardson, Patrick Michel, Stephen R. Schwartz, (2016), Numerical simulations of oscillation-driven regolith motion: Brazil-nut effect, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 464, 3, 2866--2881, https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw2641

Numerical predictions of surface effects during the 2029 close approach of Asteroid 99942 Apophis

Icarus, 2014
Yang Yu, Derek C. Richardson, Patrick Michel, Stephen R. Schwartz, Ronald-Louis Ballouz, (2014), Numerical predictions of surface effects during the 2029 close approach of Asteroid 99942 Apophis, Icarus, 242, 82--96, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2014.07.027

The Brazil nut effect and its application to asteroids

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2014
Soko Matsumura, Derek C. Richardson, Patrick Michel, Stephen R. Schwartz, Ronald-Louis Ballouz, (2014), The Brazil nut effect and its application to asteroids, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 443, 4, 3368--3380, https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu1388

ROTATION-DEPENDENT CATASTROPHIC DISRUPTION OF GRAVITATIONAL AGGREGATES

The Astrophysical Journal, 2014
Ronald-Louis Ballouz, Derek C. Richardson, Patrick Michel, Stephen R. Schwartz, (2014), ROTATION-DEPENDENT CATASTROPHIC DISRUPTION OF GRAVITATIONAL AGGREGATES, The Astrophysical Journal, 789, 2, 158, https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/789/2/158

THE HOT COMPONENTS OF AM CVn HELIUM CATACLYSMICS

The Astrophysical Journal, 2011
Edward M. Sion, Albert P. Linnell, Patrick Godon, Ronald-Louis Ballouz, (2011), THE HOT COMPONENTS OF AM CVn HELIUM CATACLYSMICS, The Astrophysical Journal, 741, 1, 63, https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/741/1/63

Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopy of Seven Nova-Like Variables

Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2010
Trisha Mizusawa, Jason Merritt, Ronald-Louis Ballouz, Michael Bonaro, Sean Foran, Christopher Plumberg, Heather Stewart, Trayer Wiley, Edward M. Sion, (2010), Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopy of Seven Nova-Like Variables, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 122, 889, 299--308, https://doi.org/10.1086/651436

The accreting white dwarfs in VY Scl nova-like variables

Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2009
Edward M Sion, Trisha Mizusawa, Ronald-Louis Ballouz, (2009), The accreting white dwarfs in VY Scl nova-like variables, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 172, 012039, https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/172/1/012039

ON THE ACCRETION RATES OF SW SEXTANTIS NOVA-LIKE VARIABLES

The Astrophysical Journal, 2009
Ronald-Louis Ballouz, Edward M. Sion, (2009), ON THE ACCRETION RATES OF SW SEXTANTIS NOVA-LIKE VARIABLES, The Astrophysical Journal, 697, 2, 1717--1724, https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/697/2/1717

Hubble Space TelescopeSTIS Spectroscopy of the Peculiar Nova-Like Variables BK Lyn, V751 Cygni, and V380 Oph

Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2009
Robert Zellem, Nicholas Hollon, Ronald-Louis Ballouz, Edward M. Sion, Patrick Godon, Boris T. Gänsicke, Knox Long, (2009), Hubble Space TelescopeSTIS Spectroscopy of the Peculiar Nova-Like Variables BK Lyn, V751 Cygni, and V380 Oph, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 121, 883, 942--951, https://doi.org/10.1086/605547