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Member Since 1979
William B B. McKinnon
Professor, Washington University in St Louis
Chair, Planetary Sciences Awards Committee; Chair, Planetary Sciences Fellows Committee
Professional Experience
Washington University in St Louis
Professor
1982 - Present
Education
California Institute of Technology
Doctorate
1981
Honors & Awards
Union Fellow
Received December 2020
Citation
For exceptional contributions to our understanding of the geophysics of outer solar system bodies
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Publications
Thin Ice Lithospheres and High Heat Flows on Europa From Large Impact Structure Ring‐Graben
Craters are probes of planetary surface and interior properties. Here we measure depths, widths, and spacing of circumferential ring‐graben s...
December 08, 2023
Viscous Relaxation of Oort and Edgeworth Craters on Pluto: P...
August 30, 2023
Layering by Double‐Diffusive Convection in the Subsurface Oc...
November 29, 2022
AGU Abstracts
Is Mimas Hollow?
ICE AND OCEAN WORLDS: GEOLOGY, OCEANOGRAPHY, CHEMISTRY, AND HABITABILITY IV ORAL
cryosphere | 11 december 2024
William B. McKinnon, Paul Schenk
One explanation for Mimas relatively large measured physical libration is decoupling by an internal liquid layer, or ocean. As is well-known, however,...
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Europa Clipper: Science Overview
UNDERSTANDING OCEAN WORLDS IN THE ERA OF THE EUROPA CLIPPER AND JUICE MISSIONS II ORAL
planetary sciences | 11 december 2024
Robert T. Pappalardo, Bonnie J. Buratti, Haje Kort...
The Europa Clipper missions overarching science goal is to assess the moons habitability. It will characterize Europas ice shell and ocean, study its ...
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Diving Deep: Investigating Habitability with NASA's Europa Clipper
UNDERSTANDING OCEAN WORLDS IN THE ERA OF THE EUROPA CLIPPER AND JUICE MISSIONS I POSTER
planetary sciences | 10 december 2024
William B. McKinnon, Kathleen L Craft, Morgan L. C...
NASAs Europa Clipper mission is the first mission designed to investigate the habitability of an icy ocean world, building on lessons from previous mi...
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Volunteer Experience
2025 - 2026
Chair
Planetary Sciences Fellows Committee
2024 - 2026
Chair
Planetary Sciences Awards Committee
2024 - 2025
Member
Planetary Sciences Fellows Committee
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