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Member Since 2005
Julie C. Castillo
Senior Research Scientist, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Professional Experience
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Senior Research Scientist
2007 - Present
Education
University of Rennes
Doctorate
2001
Publications
Gravity and Radio Science Investigation at the Moons of Uranus to Reveal Subsurface Oceans and Chara...

The prospect that the five major moons of Uranus could host subsurface oceans makes them high‐priority targets for future exploration. Differ...

March 27, 2025
AGU Abstracts
JWST Reveals the CO2-rich Surfaces of Uranus’ Largest Moons with Unprecedented Sensitivity
THE ICE GIANTS: EXPLORING THE PLANETARY SYSTEMS OF URANUS AND NEPTUNE II ORAL
planetary sciences | 13 december 2024
Richard J. Cartwright, Bryan Holler, William M. Gr...
The surfaces of the large Uranian moons Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, and Oberon exhibit a variety of tectonic and possibly cryovolcanic features. Prior gr...
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Partial Differentiation of Europa and Implications for the Origin of Materials in the Jupiter System
ICE AND OCEAN WORLDS: GEOLOGY, OCEANOGRAPHY, CHEMISTRY, AND HABITABILITY IV ORAL
planetary sciences | 11 december 2024
Flavio Petricca, Julie C. Castillo, Antonio Genova...
Geophysical constraints on the interiors of icy moons can reveal the thermomechanical and geochemical structures, which depend on the composition of a...
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Dawn’s observations of Vesta’s moment of inertia, gravity and shape indicate a small core.
GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS OF ACTIVE SATELLITES AND SMALL BODIES POSTER
planetary sciences | 11 december 2024
Anton Ermakov, Ryan S. Park, Alex S. Konopliv, And...
We report a new estimate of Vesta's Moments Of Inertia (MOI) inferred from Dawns Doppler tracking and onboard imaging data. The observed precession an...
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Volunteer Experience
2023 - 2024
Member
Fred Whipple Award Committee
2023 - 2024
Member
Ronald Greeley Early Career Award Committee
2022 - 2024
Member
Planetary Sciences Fellows Committee
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