Walter M Harris
- Professor, Planetary Sciences
- Professor, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
- Member of the Graduate Faculty
- Chief Scientist
- Associate Director, Community Engagement S4 Space Center
Contact
- (520) 621-6963
- KUIPER SPACE SC, Rm. 325
- TUCSON, AZ 85721-0092
- wmharris@arizona.edu
Degrees
- Ph.D. Astronomy & Atmospheric & Space Science
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
- B.S. Astronomy
- University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana, Urbana, Illinois, USA
- B.S. Physics Engineering
- University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana, Urbana, Illinois
Work Experience
- University of California-Davis (2007 - 2013)
- University of Washington, Seattle, Washington (2003 - 2007)
- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin (2000 - 2003)
Interests
No activities entered.
Courses
2024-25 Courses
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Thesis
PTYS 910 (Fall 2024)
2021-22 Courses
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Dissertation
PTYS 920 (Spring 2022) -
Dissertation
PTYS 920 (Fall 2021)
2020-21 Courses
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Dissertation
PTYS 920 (Spring 2021) -
Directed Graduate Research
OPTI 792 (Fall 2020) -
Dissertation
PTYS 920 (Fall 2020)
2019-20 Courses
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Dissertation
PTYS 920 (Spring 2020) -
Research
PTYS 900 (Spring 2020) -
Astr,Comet,Kuipr Blt Obj
PTYS 416 (Fall 2019) -
Astr,Comet,Kuipr Blt Obj
PTYS 516 (Fall 2019) -
Dissertation
PTYS 920 (Fall 2019) -
Independent Study
PTYS 599 (Fall 2019)
2018-19 Courses
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Dissertation
PTYS 920 (Spring 2019) -
Research
PTYS 900 (Spring 2019) -
Dissertation
PTYS 920 (Fall 2018) -
Spec Tops in Planetary Science
PTYS 495B (Fall 2018) -
Spec Tops in Planetary Science
PTYS 595B (Fall 2018)
2017-18 Courses
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Directed Research
ASTR 492 (Summer I 2018) -
Dissertation
PTYS 920 (Spring 2018) -
Independent Study
PTYS 499 (Spring 2018) -
Astr,Comet,Kuipr Blt Obj
PTYS 416 (Fall 2017) -
Astr,Comet,Kuipr Blt Obj
PTYS 516 (Fall 2017) -
Dissertation
PTYS 920 (Fall 2017)
2016-17 Courses
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Research
PTYS 900 (Spring 2017) -
Spec Tops in Planetary Science
PTYS 495B (Spring 2017) -
Spec Tops in Planetary Science
PTYS 595B (Spring 2017) -
Research
PTYS 900 (Fall 2016) -
Spec Tops in Planetary Science
PTYS 495B (Fall 2016) -
Spec Tops in Planetary Science
PTYS 595B (Fall 2016)
Scholarly Contributions
Chapters
- Lisse, C., Bar-Nun, A., Laufer, D., Belton, M., Harris, W., Hsieh, H., & Jewitt, D. (2013). Cometary Ices. In The Science of Solar System Ices, Astrophysics and Space Science Library.More infoPage: 455; Volume: 356; ISBN 978-1-4614-3075-9, Springer Science+Business Media New York
Journals/Publications
- Kareta, T., Noonan, J. W., Harris, W. M., & Springmann, A. (2023). Ice, Ice, Maybe? Investigating 46P/Wirtanen's Inner Coma for Icy Grains. \psj, 4(5), 85.
- Noonan, J. W., Harris, W. M., Bromley, S., Farnocchia, D., Li, J., Mandt, K. E., Parker, J. W., Venkataramani, K., & Bodewits, D. (2023). Erratum: ``FUV Observations of the Inner Coma of 46P/Wirtanen'' (2021, PSJ, 2, 8). \psj, 4(2), 40.
- Noonan, J. W., Parker, J. W., Harris, W. M., Bromley, S., Saki, M., Moulane, Y., Farnocchia, D., Micheli, M., Li, J., Mandt, K. E., Venkataramani, K., & Bodewits, D. (2023). The Evolution of Activity and Chemical Composition in Rosetta's Comet Targets across Multiple Apparitions: Complications for CS$_2$ as the CS Parent in Comet Nuclei. \psj, 4(4), 73.
- Dello, R. N., Vervack, R. J., Kawakita, H., Bonev, B. P., DiSanti, M. A., Gibb, E. L., McKay, A. J., Cochran, A. L., Weaver, H. A., Biver, N., Crovisier, J., Bockel{\'ee-Morvan}, D., Kobayashi, H., Harris, W. M., Roth, N. X., Saki, M., & Khan, Y. (2022). Volatile Abundances, Extended Coma Sources, and Nucleus Ice Associations in Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy). \psj, 3(1), 6.
- Kareta, T., Reddy, V., Sanchez, J. A., & Harris, W. M. (2022). Near-infrared Spectroscopy of the Nucleus of Low-activity Comet P/2016 BA$_14$ during Its 2016 Close Approach. \psj, 3(5), 105.
- Lejoly, C., Harris, W., Samarasinha, N., Mueller, B., Howell, E., Bodnarik, J., Springmann, A., Kareta, T., Sharkey, B., Noonan, J., Bedin, L., Bosch, J. -., Brosio, A., Bryssinck, E., Vanssay, J. -., Hambsch, F. -., Ivanova, O., Krushinsky, V., Lin, Z. -., , Manzini, F., et al. (2022). Radial Distribution of the Dust Comae of Comets 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdus??\'akov\'a and 46P/Wirtanen. \psj, 3(1), 17.
- Lisse, C., Combi, M., Farnham, T., Russo, N. D., Sandford, S., Cheng, A., Fink, U., Harris, W., McMahon, J., Scheeres, D., Weaver, H., & Leary, J. (2022). ``Operating spacecraft around comets: Evaluation of the near-nucleus environment''. Acta Astronautica, 195, 365-378.
- Lisse, C., Steckloff, J., Prialnik, D., Womack, M., Harrington Pinto, O., Sarid, G., Fernandez, Y., Schambeau, C., Kareta, T., Samarasinha, N., Harris, W., Volk, K., Woodney, L., Cruikshank, D., & Sandford, S. (2022). 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1: A Rosetta Stone for Amorphous Water Ice and CO ??? CO$_2$ Conversion in Centaurs and Comets?. \psj, 3(11), 251.
- Springmann, A., Harris, W. M., Ryan, E. L., Lejoly, C., Howell, E. S., Mueller, B. E., Samarasinha, N. H., Woodney, L. M., & Steckloff, J. K. (2022). Repeating Gas Ejection Events from Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdu\v{s}\'akov\'a. \psj, 3(1), 15.
- Fink, U., Harris, W., Doose, L., Volk, K., Woodney, L., Farnham, T., & Womack, M. (2021). Dust Outburst Dynamics and Hazard Assessment for Close Spacecraft-Comet Encounters. \psj, 2(4), 154.
- Kareta, T., Andrews, J., Noonan, J., Harris, W., Smith, N., O'Brien, P., Sharkey, B., Reddy, V., Springmann, A., Lejoly, C., Volk, K., Conrad, A., & Veillet, C. (2021). VizieR Online Data Catalog: Opt. spectroscopic investigations of 2I/Borisov (Kareta+, 2020). VizieR Online Data Catalog, J/ApJ/889/L38.
- Kareta, T., Harris, W. M., & Reddy, V. (2021). Probable Detection of Water Ice in the Coma of the Inbound Long-period Comet C/2017 K2 (PanSTARRS). Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society, 5(6), 153.
- Kareta, T., Hergenrother, C., Reddy, V., & Harris, W. M. (2021). Surfaces of (Nearly) Dormant Comets and the Recent History of the Quadrantid Meteor Shower. \psj, 2(1), 31.
- Kareta, T., Reddy, V., Pearson, N., Sanchez, J. A., & Harris, W. M. (2021). Investigating the Relationship between (3200) Phaethon and (155140) 2005 UD through Telescopic and Laboratory Studies. \psj, 2(5), 190.
- Kareta, T., Woodney, L. M., Schambeau, C., Fernandez, Y., Pinto, O. H., Wierzchos, K., Womack, M., Bus, S., Steckloff, J., Sarid, G., Volk, K., Harris, W. M., & Reddy, V. (2021). Contemporaneous Multiwavelength and Precovery Observations of the Active Centaur P/2019 LD2 (ATLAS). \psj, 2(2), 48.
- Lejoly, C., Harris, W., Samarasinha, N., Mueller, B., Howell, E., Bodnarik, J., Springmann, A., Kareta, T., Sharkey, B., Noonan, J., Bedin, L., Bosch, J. -., Brosio, A., Bryssinck, E., Vanssay, J. -., Hambsch, F. -., Ivanova, O., Krushinsky, V., Lin, Z. -., , Manzini, F., et al. (2021). Radial Distribution of the Dust Comae of Comets 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajduus\'akov\'a and 46P/Wirtanen. arXiv e-prints, arXiv:2112.10808.
- Noonan, J. W., Harris, W. M., Bromley, S., Farnocchia, D., Li, J., Mandt, K. E., Parker, J. W., Venkataramani, K., & Bodewits, D. (2021). FUV Observations of the Inner Coma of 46P/Wirtanen. \psj, 2(1), 8.
- Sharkey, B. N., Reddy, V., Sanchez, J. A., Izawa, M. R., & Harris, W. M. (2021). Complex Water-ice Mixtures on NII Nereid: Constraints from NIR Reflectance. \psj, 2(4), 143.
- Springmann, A., Harris, W. M., Ryan, E. L., Lejoly, C., Howell, E. S., Mueller, B. E., Samarasinha, N. H., Woodney, L. M., & Steckloff, J. K. (2021). Repeating gas ejection events from comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdu\v{s}\'akov\'a. arXiv e-prints, arXiv:2107.10351.
- Bodewits, D., Noonan, J., Feldman, P., Bannister, M., Farnocchia, D., Harris, W., Li, J. -., Mandt, K., Parker, J. W., & Xing, Z. -. (2020). The carbon monoxide-rich interstellar comet 2I/Borisov. Nature Astronomy, 4, 867-871.
- Hosseini, S., & Harris, W. (2020). Khayyam, a tunable, cyclical spatial heterodyne spectrometer on Mt. Hamilton. Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems, 6, 015005.
- Kareta, T., Andrews, J., Noonan, J. W., Harris, W. M., Smith, N., O'Brien, P., Sharkey, B. N., Reddy, V., Springmann, A., Lejoly, C., Volk, K., Conrad, A., & Veillet, C. (2020). Carbon Chain Depletion of 2I/Borisov. \apjl, 889(2), L38.
- Kareta, T., Volk, K., Noonan, J. W., Sharkey, B. N., Harris, W. M., & Reddy, V. (2020). An Extremely Temporary Co-orbital: The Dynamical State of Active Centaur 2019 LD2. Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society, 4(5), 74.
- Reddy, K., Vardanyan, L., Hu, J., Villapando, O., Bhomia, R. K., Smith, T., Harris, W., & Newman, S. (2020). Soil phosphorus forms and storage in stormwater treatment areas of the Everglades: Influence of vegetation and nutrient loading. Science of the Total Environment, 725, 138442.
- Schambeau, C., Fernandez, Y., Belton, R., Womack, M., Micheli, M., Woodney, L., Steckloff, J., Sarid, G., Kareta, T., Harris, W., & Volk, K. (2020). Cbet 4821 : 20200802 : Comet P/2019 LD2 (atlas). Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams, 4821, 1.
- Steckloff, J., Sarid, G., Volk, K., Kareta, T., Womack, M., Harris, W., Woodney, L., & Schambeau, C. (2020). P/2019 LD2 (ATLAS): An Active Centaur in Imminent Transition to the Jupiter Family. \apjl, 904(2), L20.
- Womack, M., Sarid, G., Harris, W., Wierzchos, K., & Woodney, L. (2020). Call for Observations of the Active Centaur 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann. Minor Planet Bulletin, 47(4), 350-352.
- Woodney, L. M., Rivkin, A. S., Harris, W., Cohen, B. A., Sarid, G., Womack, M., Barnouin, O., Volk, K., Klima, R., Fernandez, Y. R., Steckloff, J. K., & Abell, P. A. (2020). Strength In Diversity: Small Bodies as the Most Important Objects in Planetary Sciences. arXiv e-prints, arXiv:2008.06411.
- Bauer, J., Milam, S., Bjoraker, G., Carey, S., Daou, D., Fletcher, L., Harris, W., Hartogh, P., Hartzell, C., Hendrix, A., Nugent, C., Rivkin, A., Swindle, T., Thomas, C., Tiscareno, M. S., Villanueva, G., & Wolk, S. (2019). Planetary Science with Astrophysical Assets: Defining the Core Capabilities of Platforms. \baas, 51(3), 477.
- Clarke, J., Bhattacharyya, D., Harris, W., Hendrix, A., & Mayyasi, M. (2019). Solar System Science with a Space-based UV Telescope. \baas, 51(3), 77.
- Juanola-Parramon, R., Hammel, H. B., Arney, G., Roberge, A., Villanueva, G., Harris, W., Schmidt, B., & Singer, K. (2019). Solar System Science with Space Telescopes. \baas, 51(3), 18.
- Kareta, T., Sharkey, B., Noonan, J., Volk, K., Reddy, V., Harris, W., & Miles, R. (2019). Physical Characterization of the 2017 December Outburst of the Centaur 174P/Echeclus. \aj, 158(6), 255.
- Noonan, J. W., Reddy, V., Harris, W. M., Bottke, W. F., Sanchez, J. A., Furfaro, R., Brown, Z., Fernandes, R., Kareta, T., Lejoly, C., Teja, N. R., Niazi, H. K., Slick, L. R., Schatz, L., Sharkey, B. N., Springmann, A., Angle, G., Bailey, L., Acuna, D. D., , Lewin, C., et al. (2019). Search for the H Chondrite Parent Body among the Three Largest S-type Asteroids: (3) Juno, (7) Iris, and (25) Phocaea. \aj, 158(5), 213.
- Reddy, V., Kelley, M. S., Farnocchia, D., Ryan, W. H., Thomas, C. A., Benner, L. A., Dotson, J., Micheli, M., Brucker, M. J., Bus, S. J., Brozovic, M., Wheeler, L., Abbasi, V., Bauer, J. M., Bonsall, A., Brown, Z. L., Busch, M. W., Chodas, P., Choi, Y., , Erasmus, N., et al. (2019). Near-Earth asteroid 2012 TC4 observing campaign: Results from a global planetary defense exercise. \icarus, 326, 133-150.
- Sarid, G., Volk, K., Steckloff, J., Harris, W., Womack, M., & Woodney, L. (2019). 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1, A Centaur in the Gateway to the Jupiter-family Comets. \apjl, 883(1), L25.
- McKay, A., Cochran, A., DiSanti, M., Dello Russo, N., Weaver, H., Vervack, R., Harris, W., & Kawakita, H. (2018). Evolution of H$_2$O production in comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) as inferred from forbidden oxygen and OH emission. \icarus, 309, 1-12.
- Scowen, P., Tripp, T., Beasley, M., Ardila, D., Andersson, B., Ma{'{i}z, A. J., Barstow, M., Bianchi, L., Calzetti, D., Clampin, M., Evans, C., France, K., Garc{'{i}a, G. M., Castro, A., Harris, W., Hartigan, P., Howk, J., Hutchings, J., Larruquert, J., , Lillie, C., et al. (2017). "Finding the UV-Visible Path Forward: Proceedings of the Community Workshop to Plan the Future of UV/Visible Space Astrophysics". pasp, 129(7), 076001.
- {Dello Russo}, N., {Vervack}, R., {Kawakita}, H., {Cochran}, A., {McKay}, A., {Harris}, W., {Weaver}, H., {Lisse}, C., {DiSanti}, M., {Kobayashi}, H., {Biver}, N., {Bockel{'e}e-Morvan}, D., {Crovisier}, J., {Opitom}, C., , E. (2016). The compositional evolution of C/2012 S1 (ISON) from ground-based high-resolution infrared spectroscopy as part of a worldwide observing campaign. icarus, 266, 152-172.
- Corliss, J., Harris, W., Mierkiewicz, E., & Roesler, F. (2015). Development and field tests of a narrowband all-reflective spatial heterodyne spectrometer. Applied Optics, 54, 8835.More infoThis paper is the peer reviewed summary of the performance and validation of a heterodyne spectrometer developed under funding from the NASA PIDDP program. The first author was my student and post-doc. All of the work presented was derived from funding where I was PI.
- Mandt, K., Mousis, O., Marty, B., Cavali'e, T., Harris, W., Hartogh, P., & Willacy, K. (2015). Constraints from Comets on the Formation and Volatile Acquisition of the Planets and Satellites. Space Science Reviews, 197, 297-342.
- McKay, A. J., Cochran, A. L., DiSanti, M. A., Villanueva, G., Russo, N. D., Vervack, R. J., Morgenthaler, J. P., Harris, W. M., & Chanover, N. J. (2015). Evolution of H$_2$O, CO, and CO$_2$ production in Comet C/2009 P1 Garradd during the 2011-2012 apparition. icarus, 250, 504-515.
- {Dalcanton}, J., {Seager}, S., {Aigrain}, S., {Battel}, S., {Brandt}, N., {Conroy}, C., {Feinberg}, L., {Gezari}, S., {Guyon}, O., {Harris}, W., {Hirata}, C., {Mather}, J., {Postman}, M., {Redding}, D., {Schiminovich}, D., {Stahl}, H., , J. (2015). From Cosmic Birth to Living Earths: The Future of UVOIR Space Astronomy. arXiv:1507.04779 [astro-ph.IM].
- Dello Russo, N., Vervack, R. J., Kawakita, H., Kobayashi, H., Weaver, H. A., Harris, W. M., Cochran, A., Biver, N., Bockel'ee-Morvan, D., & Crovisier, J. (2014). The volatile composition of 81P/Wild 2 from ground-based high-resolution infrared spectroscopy. icarus, 238, 125-136.
- Kawakita, H., Dello Russo, N., Vervack, R., Kobayashi, H., DiSanti, M. A., Opitom, C., Jehin, E., Weaver, H. A., Cochran, A. L., Harris, W. M., Bockel'ee-Morvan, D., Biver, N., Crovisier, J., McKay, A. J., Manfroid, J., & Gillon, M. (2014). Extremely Organic-rich Coma of Comet C/2010 G2 (Hill) during its Outburst in 2012. apj, 788, 110.
- McKay, A., Chanover, M., DiSanti, J., Harris, W. M., Morgenthaler, A., Cochran, W., & Dello-Russo, N. (2014). Rotational variation of daughter species production rates in Comet 103P/Hartley: Implications for the progeny of daughter species and the degree of chemical heterogeneity. Icarus, 231, 193-205.
- Vincent, F. E., Katushkina, O., Ben-Jaffel, L., Harris, W. M., Izmodenov, V., Qu'emerais, E., Koutroumpa, D., & Clarke, J. (2014). Observations of the Interplanetary Hydrogen during Solar Cycles 23 and 24. What can We Deduce about the Local Interstellar Medium?. apjl, 788, L25.
- Dello, R. N., Vervack, R., Weaver, H., Lisse, C., Kawakita, H., Kobayashi, H., Cochran, A., Harris, W., Bockelée-Morvan, D., Biver, N., Crovisier, J., & McKay, A. (2013). A high-resolution infrared spectral survey of 103P/Hartley 2 on the night of the EPOXI closest approach. Icarus, 222(2), 707-722.
- Kawakita, H., Kobayashi, H., Dello, R. N., Vervack, R., Hashimoto, M., Weaver, H., Lisse, C., Cochran, A., Harris, W., Bockelée-Morvan, D., Biver, N., Crovisier, J., & McKay, A. (2013). Parent volatiles in Comet 103P/Hartley 2 observed by Keck II with NIRSPEC during the 2010 apparition. Icarus, 222(2), 723-733.
- McKay, A., Chanover, N., Morgenthaler, J., Cochran, A., Harris, W., & Russo, N. (2013). Observations of the forbidden oxygen lines in DIXI target Comet 103P/Hartley. Icarus, 222(2), 684-690.
- McKay, A., Chanover, N., Morgenthaler, J., Cochran, A., Harris, W., & Russo, N. (2012). Forbidden oxygen lines in Comets C/2006 W3 Christensen and C/2007 Q3 Siding Spring at large heliocentric distance: Implications for the sublimation of volatile ices. Icarus, 220(1), 277-285.
- {Meech}, K., {A'Hearn}, M., {Adams}, J., {Bacci}, P., {Bai}, J., {Barrera}, L., {Battelino}, M., {Bauer}, J., {Becklin}, E., {Bhatt}, B., {Biver}, N., {Bockel{\'e}e-Morvan}, D., {Bodewits}, D., {B{\"o}hnhardt}, H., {Boissier}, J., {Bonev}, B., {Borghini}, W., {Brucato}, J., {Bryssinck}, E., , {Buie}, M., et al. (2011). EPOXI: Comet 103P/Hartley 2 Observations from a Worldwide Campaign. ApJ Letters, 734, L1.
Proceedings Publications
- Lisse, C., Steckloff, J., Prialnik, D., Womack, M., Harrington, P. O., Sarid, G., Fernandez, Y., Kareta, T., Schambeau, C., Samarasinha, N., Harris, W., Volk, K., Woodney, L., Cruikshank, D., Sandford, S., & Bauer, J. (2023, oct). 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann: A Rosetta Stone for Amorphous Water Ice and CO$_2$ -> CO Conversion in Centaurs and Comets?. In AAS/Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting Abstracts, 55.
- Lisse, C., Steckloff, J., Prialnik, D., Womack, M., Harrington-Pinto, O. .., Sarid, G., Fernandez, Y., Kareta, T., Schambeau, C., Samarasinha, N., Harris, W., Volk, K., Woodney, L., Cruikshank, D., & Sandford, S. (2023, mar). 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1: An Excellent Nearby Laboratory for Studying Amorphous -> Crystalline Water Ice Conversion in Centaurs and Comets. In LPI Contributions, 2806.
- Harris, W., & Corliss, J. (2022, dec). Reflective Spatial Heterodyne Spectrometers (RSHS): A high resolving power broadband spectral sensor for the EUV-NIR. In AAS/Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting Abstracts, 54.
- Dello, R. N., Vervack, R., Kawakita, H., Bonev, B., Di, S. M., Gibb, E., McKay, A., Cochran, A., Weaver, H., Biver, N., Crovisier, J., Bockelee-Morvan, D., Kobayashi, H., Harris, W., Roth, N., Saki, M., & Khan, Y. (2021, oct). Volatile abundances, coma sources, and ice associations in the nucleus of comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy). In AAS/Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting Abstracts, 53.
- Harris, W., Fernandez, Y. R., Sarid, G., Steckloff, J. K., Volk, K., Womack, M., & Woodney, L. M. (2021, may). Active Primordial Bodies: Exploration of the primordial composition of ice-rich planetesimals and early-stage evolution in the outer solar system. In Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 53.
- Juanola-Parramon, R., Hammel, H. B., Arney, G., Roberge, A., Villanueva, G., Harris, W., Schmidt, B., & Singer, K. (2021, may). Solar System Science with Space Telescopes. In Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 53.
- Kareta, T., Reddy, V., & Harris, W. (2021, oct). Telescopic and Laboratory Investigations of The Surfaces of Active and Cometary Near Earth Objects. In AAS/Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting Abstracts, 53.
- Kawakita, H., Dello, R. N., Vervack, R., Di, S. M., Bonev, B., Gibb, E., McKay, A., Cochran, A., Weaver, H., Harris, W., Biver, N., Bockelee-Morvan, D., Crovisier, J., Roth, N., Saki, M., Khan, Y., Kobayashi, H., Shinnaka, Y., & Boice, D. (2021, oct). Spatial profiles of ammonia and NH$_2$ in comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy): Ammonium salts as possible parents of ammonia in cometary comae. In AAS/Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting Abstracts, 53.
- Keane, J., Ahern, A. A., Bagenal, F., Barr, M., Basu, K. o., Becerra, P., Bertrand, T., Beyer, R. A., Bierson, C. J., Bland, M. T., Breuer, D., Davies, A. G., Kleer, K., Pater, I., DellaGiustina, D. N., Denk, T., Echevarria, A., Elder, C. M., Feaga, L. M., , Grava, C., et al. (2021, may). Recommendations for Addressing Priority Io Science in the Next Decade. In Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 53.
- Mainzer, A., Abell, P., Bannister, M. T., Barbee, B., Barnes, J., Bell, I., Benner, L., Betts, B., Bose, M., Bottke, W., Britt, D., Brozovi{\'c}, M., Bruckner, M., Busch, M. W., Carey, S., Castillo-Rogez, J. .., Chesley, J., Christensen, E., Chodas, P., , Cotto-Figueroa, D. .., et al. (2021, may). The Future of Planetary Defense in the Era of Advanced Surveys. In Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 53.
- Roberge, A., Fischer, D., Peterson, B., Bean, J., Calzetti, D., Dawson, R., Dressing, C., Feinberg, L., France, K., Guyon, O., Harris, W., Marley, M., Meadows, V., Moustakas, L., O'Meara, J., Pascucci, I., Postman, M., Pueyo, L., Redding, D., , Rigby, J., et al. (2021, may). The Large UV / Optical / Infrared Surveyor (LUVOIR) Telling the Story of Life in the Universe. In Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 53.
- Sharkey, B., Reddy, V., Sanchez, J., Harris, W., & Izawa, M. (2021, oct). Complex Water Ice Mixtures on NII Nereid: Constraints from NIR Reflectance. In AAS/Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting Abstracts, 53.
- Woodney, L., Rivkin, A. S., Harris, W., Cohen, B. A., Sarid, G., Womack, M., Barnouin, O., Volk, K., Ernst, C., Klima, R., Fernandez, Y. R., Steckloff, J. K., & Abell, P. A. (2021, may). Strength In Diversity: Small Bodies as the Most Important Objects in Planetary Sciences. In Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 53.
- Bodewits, D., Noonan, J., Feldman, P., Bannister, M., Farnocchia, D., Harris, W., Li, J., Parker, J., & Xing, Z. (2020, oct). Composition and evolution of interstellar comet 2I/Borisov. In AAS/Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting Abstracts, 52.
- Harris, W. M. (2020, dec). Development of high technology readiness level, all-reflective spatial heterodyne spectrometers for high resolving power/etendue remote sensing of extended emissions in the NUV to EUV. In Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series, 11444.
- Kareta, T., Hergenrother, C., Reddy, V., & Harris, W. (2020, oct). Surfaces of (Nearly) Dormant Comets and the Recent History of the Quadrantids. In AAS/Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting Abstracts, 52.
- Noonan, J., Bodewits, D., Harris, W., Mandt, K., Li, J., Parker, J., Venkataramani, K., & Farnocchia, D. (2020, oct). FUV Observations of 46P/Wirtanen's Inner Coma. In AAS/Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting Abstracts, 52.
- Sarid, G., Steckloff, J., Volk, K., Kareta, T., Womack, M., Harris, W., Woodney, L., & Schambeau, C. (2020, oct). P/2019 LD2 in Transition: Dynamical and Thermal Context for an Evolving Active Centaur. In AAS/Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting Abstracts, 52.
- Springmann, A., Harris, W., Lejoly, C., Ryan, E., Howell, E., Mueller, B., Samarasinha, N., Woodney, L., & Steckloff, J. (2020, oct). A repeating CN jet feature from 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdu\v{s}\'akov\'a. In AAS/Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting Abstracts, 52.
- Venkataramani, K., Bodewits, D., Xing, Z., Noonan, J., Bonev, B., Farnocchia, D., Harris, W., Li, J., Mandt, K., & Parker, J. (2020, oct). Source of water and emission processes in the coma of comet 46P/Wirtanen. In AAS/Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting Abstracts, 52.
- Villanueva}, G., Harris, W., Schmidt, B., Roberge, A., Juanola-Parramon, R. .., Arney, G., Protopapa, S., Parker, A., Bodewits, D., Rivkin, A., Science, L., & Team, {. D. (2020, jan). Revolutionizing Solar System Research with LUVOIR: unprecedented resolutions and sensitivities. In American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts \#235, 235.
- Womack, M., Sarid, G., Harris, W., Wierzchos, K., Woodney, L., & Schambeau, C. (2020, oct). Call for Observations of the Active Centaur 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann. In AAS/Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting Abstracts, 52.
- Woodney, L., Kareta, T., Schambeau, C., Fernandez, Y., Womack, M., Harrington-Pinto, O. .., Bus, S., Steckloff, J., Sarid, G., Volk, K., & Harris, W. (2020, oct). Contemporaneous Multi-Wavelength Observations of the Active Centaur P/2019 LD2. In AAS/Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting Abstracts, 52.
- Bodewits, D., Christian, D., Kelley, M., Li, J. Y., Protopapa, S., Farnham, T., Kuntz, K., Koutroumpa, D., Carter, J., Farnocchia, D., Lister, T., Knight, M., Noonan, J., Harris, W., Parker, J., {Mand, t. K., & Bell, C. (2019, Sep). Characterizing the physical and chemical behaviour of comet 46P/Wirtanen. In EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2019, 2019.
- Harris, W., Woodney, L., & Villanueva, G. (2019, Sep). Chimera: A Mission of Discovery to the First Centaur. In EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2019, 2019.
- Lejoly, C., Harris, W., Samarasinha, N., Mueller, B., Howell, E. S., & Springmann, A. (2019, Sep). Radial Dust Profiles of Three Close Approach Jupiter Family Comets. In EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2019, 2019.
- Morgenthaler, J., Bodewits, D., Vervack, R., & Harris, W. (2019, Sep). PDS archive of wide-field UV-vis observations of comets: What products do you wish to see?. In EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2019, 2019.
- Noonan, J., Bodewits, D., Harris, W., Parker, J., Mandt, K., Li, J. Y., & Farnocchia, D. (2019, Sep). Hubble Space Telescope Cosmic Origins Spectrograph Observations of 46P/Wirtanen During Close Approach. In EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2019, 2019.
- Noonan, J., Reddy, V., Harris, W., Bottke, W., Sanchez, J., Furfaro, R., Brown, Z., Fernandes, R., Kareta, T., Lejoly, C., Nallapu, R., Niazi, H., Slick, L., Schatz, L., Sharkey, B., Springmann, A., Angle, G., Bailey, L., Acuna, D., , Lewin, C., et al. (2019, Mar). Is Asteroid (3) Juno the Parent Body of H-Chondrite Meteorites?. In Lunar and Planetary Science Conference.
- Sarid, G., Volk, K., Steckloff, J., Harris, W., Womack, M., & Woodney, L. (2019, Sep). Orbital evolution of Centaurs and their transition to Jupiter family comets: implications for the onset of cometary activity. In EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2019, 2019.
- Springmann, A., Harris, W., Ryan, E., & Lejoly, C. (2019, Sep). Observations of a CN outburst from 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdu\v{s}\'akov\'a. In EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2019, 2019.
- Lejoly, C., Samarasinha, N., Mueller, B., Harris, W., Springmann, A., Howell, E., Ryan, E., Bodnarik, J., Mitchell, A., & Watson, Z. (2018, oct). Temporal Evolution of the Sunward Dust Feature of Comet 41P/Tuttle\ndashGiacobini\ndashKres\'ak. In AAS/Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting Abstracts \#50, 50.
- Springmann, A., Howell, E., Nolan, M., Lejoly, C., Taylor, P., Rivera-Valentin, E., Virkki, A., Zambrano-Marin, L. .., Harris, W., Harmon, J., & Rodriguez Sanchez-Vahamonde, C. (2018, oct). Modeling the large-grain ($\gt$2 cm) coma of comet 45P/Honda\ndashMrkos\ndashPajdu\v s\'akov\'a from Arecibo Observatory radar observations. In AAS/Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting Abstracts \#50, 50.
- Zambrano-Marin, L. .., Rivera-Valentin, E., Taylor, P., Nolan, M. C., Harris, W. M., Mueller, B., Samarasinha, N., Belton, M., & Howell, E. S. (2018, oct). Arguments for NPA rotation of comet 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kres\'ak. In AAS/Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting Abstracts \#50, 50.
- France, K., Fleming, B., West, G., McCandliss, S., Bolcar, M., Harris, W., Moustakas, L., O'Meara, J., Pascucci, I., Rigby, J., Schiminovich, D., & Tumlinson, J. (2017, aug). The LUVOIR Ultraviolet Multi-Object Spectrograph (LUMOS): instrument definition and design. In Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series, 10397.
- Harris, W., Gaylor, D., & Furfaro, R. (2017, feb). Wayfarer: Small Body Exploration with a Common-Format Microsatellite. In Planetary Science Vision 2050 Workshop, 1989.
- Harris, W., Ryan, E., Springmann, A., Mueller, B., Samarasinha, N., Kikwaya, E. J., Howell, E., Lejoly, C., Bodnarik, J., Fitzpatrick, R., Maciel, R., Mitchell, A., & Watson, Z. (2017, oct). The radial and azimuthal properties of volatiles and dust in the inner coma of Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdu\v s\'akov\'a. In AAS/Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting Abstracts \#49, 49.
- Harris, W., Schmidt, B., & Villanueva, G. (2017, feb). Solar System Exploration with the Large Ultraviolet Optical and Infrared Surveyor (LUVOIR). In Planetary Science Vision 2050 Workshop, 1989.
- Howell, E. S., Lejoly, C., Taylor, P. A., Rivera-Valentin, E. G., Zambrano-Marin, L. F., Giorgini, J. D., Nolan, M. C., Samarasinha, N. H., Mueller, B. E., Aponte-Hernandez, B. .., Saran Bhiravarasu, S., Rodriguez Sanchez-Vahamonde, C., & Harris, W. M. (2017, oct). Arecibo radar observations of 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresák constrain the nucleus size and rotation. In AAS/Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting Abstracts #49, 49.More infoI am the thesis advisor of Cassandra Lejoly who worked with me and Dr. Howell on this project. This work was supported through my NASA grant.
- Mueller, B., Samarasinha, N., Harris, W., Springmann, A., Lejoly, C., Bodnarik, J., Howell, E., Ryan, E., Kikwaya, E. J., Ryleigh Fitzpatrick, M., Watson, Z., Maciel, R., Macieira Mitchell, A., & Scotti, J. (2017, oct). The sunward continuum feature of Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdu\v s\'akov\'a. In AAS/Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting Abstracts \#49, 49.
- Siegmund, O., Ertley, C., Vallerga, J., Schindhelm, E., Harwit, A., Fleming, B., France, K., Green, J., McCandliss, S., & Harris, W. (2017, aug). Microchannel plate detector technology potential for LUVOIR and HabEx. In Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series, 10397.
- Springmann, A., Harris, W., Howell, E., Lovell, A., Kikwaya, E. J., Mueller, B., Samarasinha, N., Corliss, J., & Lejoly, C. (2017, mar). Narrowband Optical Observations of the Near-Nucleus Region of Jupiter-Family Comets Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdu\v s\'akov\'a (HMP). In Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 48.
- Springmann, A., Howell, E., Harmon, J., Lejoly, C., Rivera-Valentin, E., Virkki, A., Zambrano-Marin, L., Taylor, P., Harris, W., Mueller, B., Samarasinha, N., & Rodriguez Sanchez-Vahamonde, C. (2017, oct). Particle Sizes in the Coma of Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdu\v s\'akov\'a from Arecibo Radar Observations. In AAS/Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting Abstracts \#49, 49.
- {Harris}, W., {Villanueva}, G., , B. (2016, oct). Solar System Exploration with LUVOIR. In AAS/Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting Abstracts, 48.
- {Hosseini}, S., , W. (2016, aug). Khayyam: progress and prospects of coupling a spatial heterodyne spectrometer (SHS) to a Cassegrain telescope for optical interferometry. In Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series, 9907.
- Dello Russo, N., Vervack, R., Kawakita, H., Cochran, A., McKay, A., Harris, W., Weaver, H., Lisse, C., DiSanti, M., Kobayashi, H., Biver, N., Bockel'ee-Morvan, D., Crovisier, J., Opitom, C., & Jehin, E. (2015, nov). Outgassing and chemical evolution of C/2012 S1 (ISON). In AAS/Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting Abstracts, 47.
- {Tumlinson}, J., {Seager}, S., {Dalcanton}, J., {Postman}, M., {Aigrain}, S., {battel}, S., {Brandt}, W., {Conroy}, C., {Feinberg}, L., {Gezari}, S., {Guyon}, O., {Harris}, W., {Hirata}, C., {Mather}, J., {Redding}, D., {Schiminovich}, D., , H. (2015, jan). Beyond JWST: Science Drivers for the Next Great UVOIR Space Telescope. In American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts, 225.
- Harris, W. M., & Corliss, J. B. (2014, June). Performance and validation of a suborbital FUV spatial heterodyne spectro-polarimeter optimized for wide-field observations of interplanetary hydrogen. In Proc. SPIE 9144, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, 9144, 11.
- Hosseini, S., & Harris, W. (2014, June). First calibration and visible wavelength observations of Khayyam a tunable spatial heterodyne spectroscopy (SHS).. In Proc. SPIE. 9147, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy V, 91478L. (August 06, 2014), 9147.
- Harris, W., Corliss, J., Bétrémieux, Y., & Roesler, F. (2012, Fall). Environmental testing of an all-reflective spatial heterodyne spectrometer for wide input angle measurements of H Ly-alpha at high spectral resolving power. In Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2012: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray. Proceedings of the SPIE, 8443, 8 pp.More infoArticle id: 844330
- Hosseini, S., Harris, W., & Corliss, J. (2012, Fall). Khayyam: a tunable spatial heterodyne spectrometer for observing diffuse emission line targets. In Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IV. Proceedings of the SPIE, 8446, 11 pp.More infoArticle id: 84464K
- Vincent, F., Ben-Jaffel, L., & Harris, W. (2012, Fall). What does the interplanetary hydrogen tell us about the heliospheric interface?. In SF2A-2012: Proceedings of the Annual meeting of the French Society of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 53-58.More infoEditors: Boissier, S | de Laverny, P | Nardetto, N | Samadi, R | Valls-Gabaud, D | Wozniak, H
Presentations
- Corliss, J. B., Harris, W. M., Mierkiewicz, E., & Oliversen, R. (2016, March). Doppler shifted emission from comet 9P/Tempel 1 following the Deep Impact encounter: Evidence for large scale internal energy release producing a high-velocity jet from the impact site. 50th ESLAB Symposium: 30 years of comet encounters. Leiden, Netherlands.
- Dello Russo, N., Vervack, R., Weaver, H., Lisse, C., Kawakita, H., Kobayashi, H., McKay, A., Cochran, A., Harris, W., Biver, N., Bockel'ee-Morvan, D., Crovisier, J., Jehin, E., & DiSanti, M. (2014, jul). The evolving chemical composition of C/2012 S1 ISON as it approached the Sun. Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 2014.
- McKay, A., Cochran, A., Dello Russo, N., Weaver, H., Vervack, R., Harris, W., Kawakita, H., DiSanti, M., Chanover, N., & Tsvetanov, Z. (2014, jul). Evolution of fragment-species production in comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) from 1.6 au to 0.4 au. Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 2014.
- Hosseini, S., & Harris, W. (2012, oct). Introducing Tunable Special Heterodyne Spectrometers in Planetary Missions. LPI Contributions.
- Kawakita, H., Kobayashi, H., Dello, R. N., Vervack, R., Weaver, H., Lisse, C., Cochran, A., Harris, W., Bockelee-Morvan, D., Biver, N., Crovisier, J., & McKay, A. (2012, May). Spatial Distribution of Parent Volatiles in the Coma of Comet 103P/Hartley 2: Possible Segregation of Highly Volatile Ices. Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 2012. Niigata, Japan.More infoLPI Contribution No. 1667; id.6411
- McKay, A., Chanover, N., DiSanti, M., Morgenthaler, J., Cochran, A., Harris, W., & Dello, R. N. (2012, May). Using Atomic Oxygen as a Proxy for CO2 Production in Comets: Application to Comets 103P/Hartley and C/2009 P1 Garradd. Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 2012. Niigata, Japan.More infoLPI Contribution No. 1667; id.6212
Poster Presentations
- Hosseini, S., & Harris, W. (2014, jul). Introducing tunable special heterodyne spectrometers in cometary studies. Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 2014.
- Kawakita, H., Dello Russo, N., Vervack, R., Weaver, H., Lisse, C., Kobayashi, H., McKay, A., Cochran, A., Harris, W., Biver, N., Bockelee-Morvan, D., Crovisier, J., & Jehin, E. (2014, jul). Pre-perihelion near-infrared spectroscopy from Keck and IRTF of comet C/2013 R1 (Lovejoy). Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 2014.
- Harris, W., & Hosseini, S. (2013, Fall). Developing and Calibrating a Tunable Spatial Heterodyne Spectroscopy (SHS) for Visible and UV Interferometry of Extended Targets. DPS meeting #45American Astronomical Society.More info#211.05
- Hosseini, S., Harris, W., & Corliss, J. (2013, Fall). First calibration and visible band observations of Khayyam, a Tunable Spatial Heterodyne Spectroscopy (SHS). American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2013.More infoAbstract #P51G-1824
- McKay, A., Chanover, N., DiSanti, M., Morgenthaler, J., Villanueva, G., Cochran, A., Harris, W., Dello, R. N., & Vervack, R. (2013, Fall). The Origin of Daughter Species in Cometary Comae: Results from Observations of Comets 103P/Hartley and C/2009 P1 Garradd. DPS meeting #45American Astronomical Society.More info#502.07
- Dello, R. N., Vervack Jr, R., Kawakita, H., Harris, W., Cochran, A., Kobayashi, H., Weaver, H., Biver, N., Bockelée-Morvan, D., & Crovisier, J. (2012, Fall). The Volatile Composition of 81P/Wild 2 and a Chemical Comparison to Other Jupiter-Family Comets. DPS meeting #44American Astronomical Society.More info#314.18
- Dello, R. N., Vervack, R., Weaver, H., Lisse, C., Kawakita, H., Kobayashi, H., Cochran, A., Harris, W., Bockelée-Morvan, D., Biver, N., Crovisier, J., & McKay, A. (2012, May). A High-Resolution Infrared Spectral Survey of 103P/Hartley 2 on the Night of the EPOXI Closest Approach. Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 2012. Niigata, Japan.More infoLPI Contribution No. 1667, id.6286
- Harris, W., Morgenthaler, J., & Vervack, R. (2012, May). Production Rate and Spatial Distribution of Carbon in the Coma of C/1995O1 (Hale-Bopp): Implications for the Neutral Carbon Lifetime and Coma Velocity Structure. Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 2012. Niigata, Japan.More infoLPI Contribution No. 1667; id.6479
- Hosseini, S., & Harris, W. (2012, June). Introducing Tunable Special Heterodyne in Studying Climatology of Terrestrial Planets. Comparative Climatology of Terrestrial Planets. Boulder, CO.More infoDates: 06/25-28/12; LPI Contribution No. 1675; id.8059
- Hosseini, S., & Harris, W. (2012, October). Introducing Tunable Special Heterodyne Spectrometers in Planetary Missions. International Workshop on Instrumentation for Planetary Missions. Greenbelt, MD.More infoPages: 1012; LPI Contribution No. 1683
- Hosseini, S., Corliss, J., & Harris, W. (2012, May). Observations of Comet C/2009P1 (Garrad) with a Tunable Spatial Heterodyne Spectrometer. Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 2012. Niigata, Japan.More infoLPI Contribution No. 1667, id.6486
- Hosseini, S., Harris, W., & Corliss, J. (2012, Fall). Tunable Spatial Heterodyne Spectroscopy (shs) For Visible And Uv Interferometry Of Extended Targets. DPS meeting #44American Astronomical Society.More info#215.20
- Kawakita, H., Dello, R. N., Vervack Jr, R., Kobayashi, H., Weaver, H., Harris, W., Cochran, A., Biver, N., Bockelée-Morvan, D., & Crovisier, J. (2012, Fall). Outgassing Of Parent Molecules In Comet C/2010 G2 (Hill) During Its Outburst At Rh=2.5 AU. DPS meeting #44American Astronomical Society.More info#314.17
- McKay, A., Chanover, N., DiSanti, M., Morgenthaler, J., Cochran, A., Harris, W., Dello, R. N., & Vervack Jr, R. (2012, Fall). Infrared and Optical Spectroscopy of Comet C/2009 P1 Garradd: CO Abundance and Implications for the Atomic Oxygen Yield from CO Photodissociation. DPS meeting #44American Astronomical Society.More info#506.09
- Vincent, F., Jaffel, L., Harris, W., Clarke, J., & Quemerais, E. (2012, Fall). New measurement of the upwind interplanetary hydrogen velocity as observed by the Hubble Space Telescope. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2012.More infoAbstract #SH23A-2222
Others
- Bodewits, D., Farnocchia, D., Harris, W. M., Li, J., Mandt, K., Noonan, J. W., Venkataramani, K., & Xing, Z. (2021). The return of Rosetta's comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
- Bodewits, D., Stern, A., Farnham, T. L., Harris, W. M., Kelley, M. S., Li, J., Noonan, J. W., & Womack, M. (2021). Characterizing the aftermath of mega-outbursts of Centaur 29P.
- Dello, R. N., Vervack Jr., R., Kawakita, H., Cochran, A., Harris, W., Weaver, H., Kobayashi, H., Biver, N., Bockelee-Morvan, D., Crovisier, J., Jehin, E., & Lisse, C. (2013, Fall). Comet C/2012 S1 (Ison). Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams.More infoEditor: Gree, DWE; Volume: 3686; Number: 1