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Member Since 2014
Michael Charles Malin
President/Chief Scientist, Malin Space Science Systems
Professional Experience
Malin Space Science Systems
President/Chief Scientist
Education
Doctorate
1976
Honors & Awards
Fred Whipple Award and Lecture
Received 2017
Dr. Michael Malin is the 2017 recipient of the Whipple Award, the highest honor given by the Planetary Sciences section of AGU. His paradigm-breaking leadership in planet exploration and instrument development laid the foundation for modern views of ...
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Publications
Active Ground Patterns Near Mars' Equator in the Glen Torridon Region of Gale Crater

On Mars, near the equator, much of the terrain in Gale Crater consists of bedrock outcrops separated by relatively smooth, uniform regolith surface...

October 03, 2022
AGU Abstracts
Four years of InSights and Impacts on Mars
THE NEW MARS UNDERGROUND I POSTER
planetary sciences | 14 december 2023
Benjamin Fernando, Ingrid Daubar, Raphael Garcia, ...
During more than four years of operations on the surface of Mars, NASAs InSight mission confirmed detection of eight meteoroid impact events seismical...
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Explosion monitoring on planetary surface with atmosphere: comparison between Mars and Earth.
RECENT ADVANCES IN SEISMOACOUSTIC METHODS FOR EXPLOSION MONITORING III ORAL
seismology | 16 december 2022
Philippe H. Lognonné, Liliya V. Posiolova, Raphael...
Large surface explosions have been detected at teleseismic epicentral distances larger than 60° on Mars jointly by the seismometer of the InSight...
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Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) Context Camera (CTX) Estimates of Contemporary Impact Rates on Mars
THE INNER SOLAR SYSTEM II ONLINE POSTER DISCUSSION
planetary sciences | 13 december 2022
Michael C. Malin, David A. Susko, Liliya V. Posiol...
CTX is a modest resolution (6 m/pixel), moderately wide Field of View (~30 km) camera on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO). It has imaged 99.99% of th...
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