William B. Moore

National Institute of Aerospace

100 Exploration Way, Room 246

Hampton, VA 23666
Tel: 757-325-6765

Fax: 757-325-6701
Email: bill.moore@nianet.org

Research Interests

·         Thermal Evolution of Planet and Satellite Inteiors

·         Dynamical Evolution of Planets and Satellites

·         Coupled Atmosphere-Interior Modeling of Planets

·         What Makes a Planetary Body Habitable?

Current Research

·         Scientific Study of the next NASA Mission to Jupiter and Europa

·         Early Thermal and Orbital Evolution of the Moon

·         Evolution of Vesta After a Giant Impact

·         Coupled Evolution of Planetary Atmospheres and Interiors: Why are Venus and Earth so Different?

·         Tidal and Thermal Evolution of the Galilean Satellites of Jupiter

·         Tidal and Tectonic Evolution of the Icy Satellites of the Outer Planets

·         Rotational Evolution of a Deformable Mars

·         Melting, Mantle Convection and the Origin of Plate Tectonics on Earth

Publications

·    Moore, W. B. (2010) The Shape of the Moon and its Thermal and Rotational Evolution, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Submitted.

·    Moore, W. B., and H. Hussmann, (2009) Thermal Evolution of Europa’s Silicate Interior, in Europa, R. Pappalardo, W. McKinnon, K. Khurana, eds., Univ. of Arizona Press.

·    Blankenship, D. D., D. A. Young, W. B. Moore, and J. C. Moore, (2009) Radar Sounding of Europa’s Subsurface Properties and Processes: the View from Earth, in Europa, R. Pappalardo, W. McKinnon, K. Khurana, eds., Univ. of Arizona Press.

·    Williams, J. P., F. Nimmo, W. B. Moore, and D. A. Paige, (2008) The Formation of Tharsis on Mars: What the Line-of-Sight Gravity is Telling Us, J. Geophys. Res., 113, Article number E10011.

·    Moore, W. B. (2008) Heat Transport in a Convecting Layer Heated from Within and Below, J. Geophys. Res., 113, Article number B11407.

·    Breuer, D. and W. B. Moore (2007) Dynamics and Thermal History of Terrestrial Planets, the Moon, and Io, in Treatise on Geophysics, vol. 10, G. Schubert, ed., Elsevier.

·    Moore, W. B., G. Schubert, J. D. Anderson, and J. R. Spencer, (2006) The Interior of Io, in Io After Galileo, R. Lopes and J. R. Spencer, eds., Praxis.

·    Palguta, J. L., J. D. Anderson, G. Schubert, and W. B. Moore, (2006) Mass Anomalies on Ganymede, Icarus, 428-441.

·    Moore, W. B. (2006) Thermal Equilibrium in Europa’s Ice Shell, Icarus, 180, 141–146.

·    Anderson, J. D., G. Schubert, R. A. Jacobson, E. L. Lau, W. B. Moore, and J. L. Palguta, (2004) Discovery of Mass Anomalies on Ganymede, Science, 305, 989-991.