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Frank Postberg

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Freie Universität Berlin

Astro and Planetary SciencePlanetary Science and ExplorationAstrophysics and Star Formation StudiesSpace Science and Extraterrestrial LifeDust and Plasma Wave Phenomena

Frank Postberg works in Astro and Planetary Science, Planetary Science and Exploration, Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies, Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life, Dust and Plasma Wave Phenomena. Recorded institutional associations include Freie Universität Berlin.

494Publications
6,934Citations
41H-index

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Selected research works

Up to 100 highly cited works; DOI links open the original research. Counts reflect the collected record, not real-time citation totals.

  1. Sodium salts in E-ring ice grains from an ocean below the surface of Enceladus

    2009 · 596 citations

  2. Ongoing hydrothermal activities within Enceladus

    2015 · 541 citations

  3. A salt-water reservoir as the source of a compositionally stratified plume on Enceladus

    2011 · 497 citations

  4. Macromolecular organic compounds from the depths of Enceladus

    2018 · 443 citations

  5. Powering prolonged hydrothermal activity inside Enceladus

    2017 · 236 citations

  6. High-temperature water–rock interactions and hydrothermal environments in the chondrite-like core of Enceladus

    2015 · 215 citations

  7. Evidence for interstellar origin of seven dust particles collected by the Stardust spacecraft

    2014 · 196 citations

  8. Low-mass nitrogen-, oxygen-bearing, and aromatic compounds in Enceladean ice grains

    2019 · 173 citations

  9. The E-ring in the vicinity of Enceladus

    2007 · 158 citations

  10. The Enceladus Orbilander Mission Concept: Balancing Return and Resources in the Search for Life

    2021 · 156 citations

  11. Detection of phosphates originating from Enceladus’s ocean

    2023 · 153 citations

  12. The E ring in the vicinity of Enceladus

    2007 · 144 citations

  13. Flux and composition of interstellar dust at Saturn from Cassini’s Cosmic Dust Analyzer

    2016 · 134 citations

  14. The composition of Saturn's E ring

    2007 · 85 citations

  15. The Science Case for a Return to Enceladus

    2021 · 80 citations

  16. Composition of jovian dust stream particles

    2006 · 79 citations

  17. Composition of Saturnian Stream Particles

    2005 · 78 citations

  18. The science case for an orbital mission to Uranus: Exploring the origins and evolution of ice giant planets

    2014 · 75 citations

  19. Enceladus Life Finder: The search for life in a habitable Moon

    2016 · 75 citations

  20. A 2 MV Van de Graaff accelerator as a tool for planetary and impact physics research

    2011 · 73 citations

  21. In situ collection of dust grains falling from Saturn’s rings into its atmosphere

    2018 · 73 citations

  22. Ice-Ocean Exchange Processes in the Jovian and Saturnian Satellites

    2020 · 73 citations

  23. Investigating Europa’s Habitability with the Europa Clipper

    2023 · 73 citations

  24. The Geochemistry of Enceladus: Composition and Controls

    2018 · 66 citations

  25. Discriminating Abiotic and Biotic Fingerprints of Amino Acids and Fatty Acids in Ice Grains Relevant to Ocean Worlds

    2020 · 64 citations

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