Prof. Paolo Tortora

Professor

Email: [email protected]

1997   M.Sc.& B.Sc., Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Rome “la Sapienza”, Italy

Publications (Selected)

1. Perna, D., Fedele, A., Casalino, L., et al. (2026). The ANIME mission concept: Exploring three near-Earth asteroids with a CubeSat. Acta Astronautica, 246, 170-178.
2. Magnanini, A., Lainey, V., Gomez Casajus, L., et al. (2026). Measuring Titan's rapid orbital expansion combining Cassini radio science normal points and astrometry. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 708, Article A369.
3. Gramigna, E., Park, R. S., Riedel, J. E., et al. (2026). High-Accuracy Mass Estimation of Small Asteroids for Planetary Defense Using the Gravity Imaging Radio Observer (GIRO). Journal of the Astronautical Sciences, 73(2), Article 25.
4. Smirnova, M., Galanti, E., Fletcher, L. N., et al. (2026). Juno radio occultations reveal the structure of Jupiter's cold northern polar vortex. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 706, Article A109.
5. Galanti, E., Smirnova, M., Ziv, M., et al. (2026). The size and shape of Jupiter. Nature Astronomy, 10(4).
6. Tortora, P., Gramigna, E., Lasagni Manghi, R., et al. (2025). The Radio Science Experiment on Hera, Juventas and Milani. Space Science Reviews, 221(8), Article 124.
7. Caruso, A., Gomez Casajus, L., Smirnova, M., et al. (2025). Probing Jupiter's Atmosphere Through Juno Radio Occultations: Methodology and Initial Observations. Geophysical Research Letters, 52(22), Article e2024GL113231.
8. Smirnova, M., Galanti, E., Caruso, A., et al. (2025). Probing Jupiter's Atmosphere Through Juno Radio Occultations: Analysis of the Atmospheric Thermal Structure. Geophysical Research Letters, 52(22), Article e2025GL116804.
9. Brighi, G., Poggiali, V., Mastrogiuseppe, M., et al. (2025). Similar Liquid Composition and Surface State of Titan's Northern Lakes From Cassini Bistatic Radar Experiment. Geophysical Research Letters, 52(22), Article e2025GL117270.
10. Tusberti, F., Pajola, M., Penasa, L., et al. (2025). Lithologies of Dimorphos revealed by boulder morphological classes. Icarus, 442, Article 116744.
11. Michel, P., Kuppers, M., Fitzsimmons, A., et al. (2025). The Hera Space Mission in the Context of Small Near-Earth Asteroid Missions in the Past, Present and Future. Space Science Reviews, 221(5), Article 70.
12. Moirano, A., Caruso, A., Mura, A., et al. (2025). The Io plasma torus observed by Juno between 2016 and 2022 Results from the Io footprint position and the Io plasma torus radio occultations. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 699, Article A53.
13. Coffin, D. A., Withers, P., Agiwal, O., et al. (2025). Juno-Derived Electron Density Profiles of the High-Latitude Jovian Ionosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research-Space Physics, 130(6), Article e2025JA033754.
14. Togni, A., Zannoni, M., & Tortora, P. (2025). Accurate frequency estimation through iterative parabolic interpolations. Signal Processing, 237, Article 110094.
15. Impresario, G., Zinzi, A., Amoroso, M., et al. (2025). The Italian microsatellite mission LICIACube as an enabler for innovative strategies in interplanetary exploration and planetary defense. Acta Astronautica, 231, 223-234.
16. Masters, A., Modolo, R., Roussos, E., et al. (2025). Magnetosphere and Plasma Science with the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer. Space Science Reviews, 221(2), Article 24.
17. Hirabayashi, M., Raducan, S. D., Sunshine, J. M., et al. (2025). Elliptical ejecta of asteroid Dimorphos is due to its surface curvature. Nature Communications, 16(1), Article 1602.
18. Alimenti, A., Cologgi, F., Fabiani, S., et al. (2024). Design and Test of a Calibration System for Avalanche Photodiodes Used in X-Ray Compton Polarimeters for Space. Sensors, 24(24), Article 8016.
19. Pajola, M., Tusberti, F., Lucchetti, A., et al. (2024). Evidence for multi-fragmentation and mass shedding of boulders on rubble-pile binary asteroid system (65803) Didymos (vol 15, 6205, 2024). Nature Communications, 15, Article 6205.

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