Publications

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Moon Mappers

Here we will list the science papers and abstracts that are published based on your work with Moon Mappers!

  • Robbins, Stuart J. New crater calibrations for the lunar crater-age chronology. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 403, p. 188-198, 2014. (ADS abstract)
  • Stuart J. Robbins, Irene Antonenko, Michelle R. Kirchoff, Clark R. Chapman, Caleb I. Fassett, Robert R. Herrick, Kelsi Singer, Michael Zanetti, Cory Lehan, Di Huang, Pamela L. Gay. 2014. The variability of crater identification among expert and community crater analysts. Talk at the 2014 European Planetary Science Conference. Read the abstract.
  • Stuart J. Robbins, Irene Antonenko, Michelle R. Kirchoff, Clark R. Chapman, Caleb I. Fassett, Robert R. Herrick, Kelsi Singer, Michael Zanetti, Cory Lehan, Di Huang, Pamela L. Gay. 2014. The variability of crater identification among expert and community crater analysts. Icarus, 234, 109. Read the preprint on ArXiv. Read it in Icarus (subscription required).
  • Stuart Robbins, Irene Antonenko, Michelle R. Kirchoff, Clark R. Chapman, Caleb I. Fassett, Robert Herirck, Kelsi Singer, Michael Zanetti, Cory Lehan. ”The variability of crater identification among expert crater analysts” – talk at 2013 National Lunar Science Forum. Read the abstractSee the recorded talk by Stuart Robbins.
  • Antonenko, I.; Robbins, S. J.; Gay, P. L.; Lehan, C.; Moore, J. ”Effects of Incidence Angle on Crater Detection and the Lunar Isochron System: Preliminary Results from the CosmoQuest MoonMappers Citizen Science Project” – poster at 2013 Lunar and Planetary Science Conference Read the pdf abstract. Irene Antonenko and Stuart Robbins blog about these findings here.
  • Robbins, S. J.; Antonenko, I.; Lehan, C.; Moore, J.; ”CosmoQuest Moon Mappers: Cataloguing the Moon” – poster at 2012 National Lunar Sciences Forum. See the poster and read the explanation by Stuart Robbins on the blog.
  • Robbins, S. J.; Antonenko, I.; Gay, P. L.; Lehan, C.; Moore, J. ”Cataloging the Moon with the CosmoQuest Moon Mappers Citizen Science Project” – poster at 2012 Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. Read the pdf abstract. Read Stuart Robbin’s poster and explanation on the blog.

Vesta Mappers

  • Scully, J. E. C.; Schmidt, B. E.; Gay, P.; Hart, R.; Russell, C. T.; Wise, J.; Cobb, W. H.; Ristvey, J.; Counley, J.; Hess, N.; CosmoQuest Build Team. The Dawn Mission and Asteroid Mappers: Vesta Edition: The Impact of Crowd-Sourced Crater Counting. 44th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, held March 18-22, 2013 (ADS abstract)

Education and Outreach

  • Gugliucci, Nicole; Gay, Pamela; Bracey, Georgia; and CosmoQuest Team. Evaluating Motivations of Citizen Science and Impacts of Guerilla Outreach. Talk at the 2014 Meeting of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. See abstract in meeting program (pdf)
  • Gugliucci, Nicole; Bracey, Georgia; Costello, Kathy; Reilly, Ellen; Gay, Pamela; and CosmoQuest Team. Designing Lessons for NGSS Using Citizen Science. Poster at the 2014 Meeting of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. See abstract in meeting program (pdf)
  • Bracey, G. Evaluation of a Virtual Citizen Science Facility: A Comprehensive Mixed-Methods Approach. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series, 2014., p.233 (ADS abstract)
  • Gugliucci, N. ; Gay, P. ; Bracey, G. ; Antonenko, I. ; Robbins, S. ; Schmidt, B. E. ; Scully, J. E. C. ; Lehan, C. ; Moore, J. Citizen Science with CosmoQuest: Science and Strategies. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series, 2014., p.237 (ADS abstract)
  • Gugliucci, N. ; Gay, P. ; Bracey, G. Citizen Science Motivations as Discovered with CosmoQuest. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series, 2014., p.437 (ADS abstract)
  • Gay, P. L. ; Lehan, C. ; Moore, J. ; Bracey, G. ; Gugliucci, N. CosmoQuest: A Cyber-Infrastructure for Crowdsourcing Planetary Surface Mapping and More. 45th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, held 17-21 March, 2014 (ADS abstract)
  • Gugliucci, Nicole E. ; Gay, P. L. ; Antonenko, I. ; Bracey, G. ; Costello, K. ; Lehan, C. ; Moore, J. ; Reilly, E. ; Robbins, S. J. ; Schmidt, B. E. ; CosmoQuest Collaboration. CosmoQuest Year 2: Citizen Science Progress, Motivations, and Education. Poster at the American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #223, 2014 (ADS abstract)
  • Gay, Pamela ; Bracey, Georgia ; Gugliucci, Nicole. TerraLuna: A CosmoQuest Adventure in Geology. 40th COSPAR Scientific Assembly. Held 2-10 August 2014. (ADS abstract)
  • Gay, Pamela. Designing a Virtual Research Facility to motivate Professional-Citizen Collaboration. 40th COSPAR Scientific Assembly. Held 2-10 August 2014. (ADS abstract)
  • Gay, P. Taking Science On-air with Google+. Communicating Astronomy with the Public Journal, Volume 14, p.10. 2014 (full PDF available)
  • Gay, P. Collaborative Cyberinfrastructure: Crowdsourcing of Knowledge and Discoveries. Invited Talk at American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2013 (ADS abstract)
  • Gay, P. Designing a Virtual Research Facility to motivate Professional-Citizen Collaboration. Invited Talk at American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2013 (ADS abstract)
  • Gibbs, M. G. ; Buxner, S. ; Gay, P. ; Crown, D. A. ; Bracey, G. ; Gugliucci, N. ; Costello, K. ; Reilly, E. Collaboration in teacher workshops and citizen science. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2013 (ADS abstract)
  • Gugliucci, Nicole E. ; Gay, P. L. ; Bracey, G. ; CosmoQuest Team. CosmoQuest Year 1.5: Citizen Scientist Behaviors and Site Usage Across Multiple Projects. Poster at the American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #222, 2013 (ADS abstract)
  • Gay, P. L. ; Gugliucci, N. ; Bracey, G. ; Lehan, C. ; Lewis, S. The CosmoQuest Virtual Research Facility for the Public. 44th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, held March 18-22, 2013 (ADS abstract)
  • Wise, J. ; Schmidt, B. E. ; Cobb, W. H. ; Counley, J. ; Hess, N. ; Scully, J. E. C. ; Gay, P. ; Lewis, S. ; Gugliucci, N. The Dawn Mission’s Use of Google + Hangout for Professional Development and Product Assessment. 44th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, held March 18-22, 2013 (ADS abstract)
  • Gay, Pamela L. ; CosmoQuest Team. The CosmoQuest Citizen Science Community. American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #221, 2013 (ADS abstract)
  • Gugliucci, Nicole E. ; Gay, P. L. ; Bracey, G. ; Lehan, C. ; Lewis, S. ; Moore, J. ; Rhea, J. Study of Citizen Scientist Motivations and Effectiveness of Social Media Campaigns. Poster at the American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #221, 2013 (ADS abstract)
  • Gay, P. ; Lehan, C. ; Bracey, G. ; Gugliucci, N. CosmoQuest: A Virtual Facility for Learning and Doing Science. European Planetary Science Congress 2012, held 23-28 September, 2012 (ADS abstract)
  • Lewis, Scott ; Gugliucci, N. E. ; Gay, P. L. ; Amateur Astronomer Team ; Commentator Team. CosmoQuest: Virtual Star Parties as a Conduit to Citizen Science Research. American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #221, 2013 (ADS abstract)
  • Gay, P. L. ; Antonenko, I. ; Robbins, S. J. ; Bracey, G. ; Lehan, C. ; Moore, J. ; Huang, D. CosmoQuest MoonMappers: Citizen Lunar Exploration. European Planetary Science Congress 2012, held 23-28 September, 2012 (ADS abstract)
  • Gugliucci, N. ; Gay, P. ; Bracey, G. ; Costello, K. ; Lehan, C. ; Moore, J. ; Reilly, E. Citizen Science and Planetary Science Education through CosmoQuest. Talk at the American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2012 (ADS abstract)

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