Ronald Ballouz

(バルーズロナルド)

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Affiliation: Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

J-GLOBAL ID: 201701009975672644
researchmap Member ID: B000281627

Obtained PhD in Astronomy from University of Maryland, College Park in 2017. Currently a postdoc with Institute for Space and Astronautical Studies at the JAXA Sagamihara Campus. Work focuses on N-body simulations of small solar system objects (Asteroids, Ring Systems, Granular Material)

Research Interests

Research Areas

Research History

Sep, 2017 - Present

Aerospace Project Research Associate, Institute for Space and Astronautical Studies, Japanase Aerospace Exploration Agency
May, 2011 - May, 2017

Graduate Researcher, Astronomy Department, University of Maryland, College Park
Oct, 2015 - Feb, 2016

Chateaubriand Fellow, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, University of Nice, Sophia-Antipolis
Aug, 2007 - May, 2011

Undergraduate Researcher, Astronomy & Astrophysics Department, Villanova University

Education

Sep, 2013 - May, 2017

PhD Astronomy, Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park
Aug, 2011 - Aug, 2013

M.S. Astronomy, Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park
Aug, 2007 - May, 2011

B.S. Astronomy & Astrophysics, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Villanova University

Misc.

OSIRIS-REx: Sample Return from Asteroid (101955) Bennu

D. S. Lauretta, S. S. Balram-Knutson, E. Beshore, W. V. Boynton, C. Drouet d'Aubigny, D. N. DellaGiustina, H. L. Enos, D. R. Golish, C. W. Hergenrother, E. S. Howell, C. A. Bennett, E. T. Morton, M. C. Nolan, B. Rizk, H. L. Roper, A. E. Bartels, B. J. Bos, J. P. Dworkin, D. E. Highsmith, D. A. Lorenz, L. F. Lim, R. Mink, M. C. Moreau, J. A. Nuth, D. C. Reuter, A. A. Simon, E. B. Bierhaus, B. H. Bryan, R. Ballouz, O. S. Barnouin, R. P. Binzel, W. F. Bottke, V. E. Hamilton, K. J. Walsh, S. R. Chesley, P. R. Christensen, B. E. Clark, H. C. Connolly, M. K. Crombie, M. G. Daly, J. P. Emery, T. J. Mccoy, J. W. McMahon, D. J. Scheeres, S. Messenger, K. Nakamura-Messenger, K. Righter, S. A. Sandford

SPACE SCIENCE REVIEWS, 212(1-2) 925-984, Oct, 2017
Creep stability of the proposed AIDA mission target 65803 Didymos: I. Discrete cohesionless granular physics model

Yun Zhang, Derek C. Richardson, Olivier S. Barnouin, Clara Maurel, Patrick Michel, Stephen R. Schwartz, Ronald-Louis Ballouz, Lance A. M. Benner, Shantanu P. Naidu, Junfeng Li

ICARUS, 294 98-123, Sep, 2017
Numerical Simulations of Saturn's B Ring: Granular Friction as a Mediator between Self-gravity Wakes and Viscous Overstability

Ronald-Louis Ballouz, Derek C. Richardson, Ryuji Morishima

ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL, 153(4), Apr, 2017
The spherical Brazil Nut Effect and its significance to asteroids

Viranga Perera, Alan P. Jackson, Erik Asphaug, Ronald-Louis Ballouz

ICARUS, 278 194-203, Nov, 2016
Numerical simulations of collisional disruption of rotating gravitational aggregates: Dependence on material properties

R. -L. Ballouz, D. C. Richardson, P. Michel, S. R. Schwartz, Y. Yu

PLANETARY AND SPACE SCIENCE, 107 29-35, Mar, 2015

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