Jay McMahon

Jay McMahon

University of Colorado Boulder

H-index: 26

North America-United States

About Jay McMahon

Jay McMahon, With an exceptional h-index of 26 and a recent h-index of 22 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at University of Colorado Boulder, specializes in the field of Astrodynamics, Guidance, Navigation and Control.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Achievement of the planetary defense investigations of the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission

Surrogate Models for Hypersonic Aerothermodynamics and Aerodynamics using Gaussian Process Regression

The Secular Dynamical Evolution of Binary Asteroid System (65803) Didymos Post-DART

Using Surprise Index for Competency Assessment in Autonomous Decision-Making

Boulder-Induced Spin Variability in the YORP Effect

Assessing Modified Spherical Coordinates for Sequential Angles-Only Relative Spacecraft Navigation

Density Estimation for Entry Guidance Problems using Deep Learning

Initial Pole Axis and Spin Direction Estimation of Asteroids Using Infrared Imagery

Jay McMahon Information

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Citations(all)

3680

Citations(since 2020)

3076

Cited By

1713

hIndex(all)

26

hIndex(since 2020)

22

i10Index(all)

61

i10Index(since 2020)

53

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University of Colorado Boulder

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Jay McMahon Skills & Research Interests

Astrodynamics

Guidance

Navigation and Control

Top articles of Jay McMahon

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Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Achievement of the planetary defense investigations of the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission

The Planetary Science Journal

Nancy L Chabot

Andrew S Rivkin

Andrew F Cheng

Olivier S Barnouin

Eugene G Fahnestock

...

2024/2/26

Surrogate Models for Hypersonic Aerothermodynamics and Aerodynamics using Gaussian Process Regression

Jens A Rataczak

Iain D Boyd

Jay W McMahon

2024

The Secular Dynamical Evolution of Binary Asteroid System (65803) Didymos Post-DART

The Planetary Science Journal

Rachel H Cueva

Jay W McMahon

Alex J Meyer

Daniel J Scheeres

Masatoshi Hirabayashi

...

2024/2/26

Using Surprise Index for Competency Assessment in Autonomous Decision-Making

Akash Ratheesh

Ofer Dagan

Nisar R Ahmed

Natasha Bosanac

Jay W McMahon

2024

Boulder-Induced Spin Variability in the YORP Effect

Dahlia Baker

Jay McMahon

2024/3/20

Assessing Modified Spherical Coordinates for Sequential Angles-Only Relative Spacecraft Navigation

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Matthew W Givens

Jay W McMahon

2024/2/21

Density Estimation for Entry Guidance Problems using Deep Learning

Jens A Rataczak

Davide Amato

Jay W McMahon

2024

Initial Pole Axis and Spin Direction Estimation of Asteroids Using Infrared Imagery

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Koundinya Kuppa

Jay W McMahon

Ann B Dietrich

2024/3

Efficient astrodynamics-informed kinodynamic motion planning for relative spacecraft motion

Advances in Space Research

Taralicin Deka

Jay McMahon

2024/2/19

Mixed Fidelity Shape Models for Efficient Small Body Gravity Modeling

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Anivid Pedros-Faura

Jay W McMahon

2024/2

Investigation of Surface-Catalycity Effects on Hypersonic Glide Vehicle Trajectory Optimization

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Jens A Rataczak

Ross S Chaudhry

Jay W McMahon

Iain D Boyd

2024/3

Reachability Analysis of a Hypersonic Glide Vehicle using Particle Swarm Optimization

Jens A Rataczak

Jay W McMahon

Iain D Boyd

2023

Orbit averaging applied to inverse-square perturbations: Application to coma drag, thermal radiation pressure, and heliocentric solar sailing

Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy

Mark Moretto

Jay McMahon

2023/2

The Shape Of Dimorphos with Relevance To Binary Asteroid Formation

LPI Contributions

RT Daly

CM Ernst

OS Barnouin

HF Agrusa

R-L Ballouz

...

2023/3

Coupled Boulder Motion and Spin Evolution through the YORP Effect

AAS/Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting Abstracts

Dahlia Baker

Jay McMahon

2023/10

Crater Erasure on Binary Asteroid Systems and Resulting Long-Term Dynamical Evolution

LPI Contributions

RH Cueva

JW McMahon

2023/8

Estimation of Justitia's Shape and Gravity via the Emirates Mission to Explore the Asteroid Belt

LPI Contributions

JW McMahon

DJ Scheeres

D Baker

J Villa

M Givens

...

2023/8

Energy dissipation in synchronous binary asteroids

Icarus

Alex J Meyer

Daniel J Scheeres

Harrison F Agrusa

Guillaume Noiset

Jay McMahon

...

2023/2/1

Changes to the Long-Term Dynamical Evolution of Didymos After the DART Impact

LPI Contributions

JW McMahon

C Long

R Cueva

2023/3

Solar Sailing Q-Law for Planetocentric, Many-Revolution Sail Orbit Transfers

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Kenshiro Oguri

Gregory Lantoine

Anastassios E Petropoulos

Jay W McMahon

2023/10

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Co-Authors

H-index: 83
Daniel J. Scheeres

Daniel J. Scheeres

University of Colorado Boulder

H-index: 31
Seth A. Jacobson

Seth A. Jacobson

Michigan State University

H-index: 17
Aaron J. Rosengren

Aaron J. Rosengren

University of California, San Diego

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