published peer-reviewed publications

2024

Rüsch, O., Hess, M., Wöhler, C., Bickel, V. T., Marshal, R. M., Patzek, M., Huybrighs, H. L. F., (2024), Discovery of a dust sorting process on boulders near the Reiner Gamma swirl on the Moon. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 129, e2023JE007910. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JE0079102023

Patzek, M., Rüsch, O., & Molaro, J. L. (2024). On the response of chondrites to diurnal temperature change—Experimental simulation of asteroidal surface conditions. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 129, e2023JE007944.2022, https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JE007944

2023

Marshal, R. M., Rüsch, O., Wöhler, C., Wohlfarth, K., Velichko, S., (2023), Photometry of LROC NAC resolved rock-rich regions on the Moon, Icarus, 394, 115419, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2022.115419.
Rüsch, O., and Bickel, V. T., (2023), Global Mapping of Fragmented Rocks on the Moon with a Neural Network: Implications for the Failure Mode of Rocks on Airless Surfaces, The Planetary Science Journal, 4:126, https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/acd1ef.

2022

Patzek, M., and Rüsch, O., Experimentally induced thermal fatigue on lunar and eucrite meteorites – influence of the mineralogy on rock breakdown, JGR, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2022JE007306
Rüsch, O., Marshal, R. M., Iqbal, W., Pasckert, J. H., van der Bogert, C. V., Patzek, M., Catastrophic rupture of lunar rocks: Implications for lunar rock size–frequency distributions, Icarus, Available here and on arXiv.
Rüsch, O. and Wöhler, C., The fillet of a rock on the Moon: Cohesion and size dependent abrasion rates from topographic diffusion, LRO/NAC and Apollo images,Icarus, submitted version available on arXiv.org or here.

2021

Ruesch, O., Hess, M., Wohlfarth, K., Heyer, T., Woehler, C., Bontognali, T. R. R., Orgel, C., Sefton-Nash, E., Josset, J.-L., Vago, J. L., Synthetic topography from the decameter to the centimeter scale on Mars for scientific and rover operations of the ESA-Roscosmos ExoMars mission, Planetary and Space Science, manuscript and figures available.

2020

Ruesch, O., Sefton-Nash, E., Vago, J.L., Küppers, M., Pasckert, J.-H., Krohn, K., Otto, K., In situ fragmentation of lunar blocks and implications for impacts and solar-induced thermal stresses, (2020) Icarus, DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2019.113431
Nathues, A., Schmedemann, N., Thangjam, G., Pasckert, J.H., Mengel, K., Castillo-Rogez, J., Cloutis, E.A., Hiesinger, H., Hoffmann, M., Le Corre, L., Li, J.-Y.f Pieters, C., Raymond, C.A., Reddy, V., Ruesch, O., Williams, D.A., Recent cryovolcanic activity at Occator crater on Ceres, (2020) Nature Astronomy, DOI:10.1038/s41550-020-1146-8

2019

· Ruesch, O., Genova, A., Neumann, W., Quick, L.C., Castillo-Rogez, J.C., Raymond, C.A., Russell, C. T., Zuber, M.T., Slurry extrusion on Ceres from a convective mud-bearing mantle, (2019) Nature Geoscience, DOI:10.1038/s41561-019-0378-7

· Hess, M., Wohlfarth, K., Grumpe, A., Wöhler, C., Ruesch, O., Wu, B. Atmospherically compensated shape from shading on the martian surface: Towards the perfect digital terrain model of mars, International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS (2019), DOI:10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-2-W13-1405-2019

· Vernazza, P., Beck, P., Ruesch, O., et al. Sample return of primitive matter from the outer Solar System, White paper submitted in response to ESA’s call for the Voyage 2050 long-term plan.

· Bu, C., Rodriguez Lopez, G., Dukes, C.A., McFadden, L.A., Li, J.-Y., Ruesch, O., Stability of hydrated carbonates on Ceres, Icarus (2019), DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2017.12.036

· Ruesch, O., Quick, L.C., Landis, M.E., Sori, M.M., Čadek, O., Brož, P., Otto, K.A.,Bland, M.T., Byrne, S., Castillo-Rogez, J.C., Hiesinger, H., Jaumann, R., Krohn, K.,
McFadden, L.A., Nathues, A., Neesemann, A., Preusker, F., Roatsch, T., Schenk, P.M.,Scully, J.E.C., Sykes, M.V., Williams, D.A., Raymond, C.A., Russell, C.T. Bright carbonate surfaces on Ceres as remnants of salt-rich water fountains, (2019) Icarus,DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2018.01.022

· Quick, L.C., Buczkowski, D.L., Ruesch, O., Scully, J.E., Castillo-Rogez, J., Raymond, C.A., Schenk, P.M., Sizemore, H., Sykes, M.V. A Possible Brine Reservoir Beneath Occator Crater: Thermal and Compositional Evolution and Formation of the Cerealia Dome and Vinalia Faculae, Icarus (2019), DOI:10.1016/j.icarus.2018.07.016

· Scully, J., Bowling, T., Bu, C., Buczkowski, D.L., Longobardo, A., Nathues, A., Neesemann, A., Palomba, E., Quick, L.C., et al. Synthesis of the special issue: The formation and evolution of Ceres’ Occator crater, Icarus (2019), DOI:doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2018.08.029

· Combe, J.-P. , Raponi, A., Tosi, F., De Sanctis, M.C., Carrozzo, F.G., Zambon, F.,Ammannito, E., Hughson, K.H.G., Nathues, A., Hoffmann, M., Platz, T., Thangjam, G., Schorghofer, N., Schröder, S., Byrne, S., Landis, M.E., Ruesch, O., McCord, T.B.,Johnson, K.E., Singh, S.M., Raymond, C.A., Russell, C.T. Exposed H2O-rich areas detected on Ceres with the dawn visible and infrared mapping spectrometer, (2019) Icarus, DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2017.12.008

· Nathues, A., Platz, T., Thangjam, G., Hoffmann, M., Scully, J.E.C., Stein, N., Ruesch, O.,Mengel, K., Occator crater in color at highest spatial resolution, (2019) Icarus, DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2017.12.021

2018

· Platz, T. *, Nathues, A., Sizemore, H.G., Crown, D.A., Hoffmann, M., Schäfer, M.,Schmedemann, N., Kneissl, T., Neesemann, A., Mest, S.C., Buczkowski, D.L., Ruesch, O., Hughson, K.H.G., Naß, A., Williams, D.A., Preusker, F. Geological mapping of the Ac-10 Rongo Quadrangle of Ceres, (2018) Icarus, DOI:10.1016/j.icarus.2017.08.001

2017

· Sori, M.M., Byrne, S., Bland, M.T., Bramson, A.M., Ermakov, A.I., Hamilton, C.W., Otto, K.A., Ruesch, O., Russell, C.T. The vanishing cryovolcanoes of Ceres, (2017) Geophysical Research Letters, 44 (3), pp. 1243-1250. DOI: 10.1002/2016GL072319

· Pasckert, J.H. *, Hiesinger, H., Ruesch, O., Williams, D.A., Naß, A., Kneissl, T., Mest,S.C., Buczkowski, D.L., Scully, J.E.C., Schmedemann, N., Jaumann, R., Roatsch, T., Preusker, F., Nathues, A., Hoffmann, M., Schäfer, M., De Sanctis, M.C., Raymond,C.A., Russell, C.T., Geologic mapping of the Ac-2 Coniraya quadrangle of Ceres from NASA's Dawn mission: Implications for a heterogeneously composed crust, (2017) Icarus, DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2017.06.015

· Ruesch, O.*, McFadden, L.A., Williams, D.A., Hughson, K.H.G., Pasckert, J.H., Scully, J., Kneissl, T., Roatsch, T., Naß, A., Preusker, F., Schmedemann, N., Marchi,S., Hiesinger, H., Jaumann, R., Nathues, A., Raymond, C.A., Russell, C.T. Geology of Ceres' North Pole quadrangle with Dawn FC imaging data, (2017) Icarus, DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2017.09.036

· Bu, C.*, Rodriguez Lopez, G., Dukes, C.A., Ruesch, O., McFadden, L.A., Li, J.-Y., Search for sulfates on the surface of Ceres, (2017) Meteoritics and Planetary Science, DOI: 10.1111/ maps.13024

· Hughson, K.H.G.*, Russell, C.T., Williams, D.A., Buczkowski, D.L., Mest, S.C., Pasckert, J.H., Scully, J.E.C., Combe, J.-P., Platz, T., Ruesch, O., Preusker, F., Jaumann, R., Nass, A., Roatsch, T., Nathues, A., Schaefer, M., Schmidt, B.E., Chilton, H.T., Ermakov, A., Singh, S., McFadden, L.A., Raymond, C.A. The Ac-5 (Fejokoo) quadrangle of Ceres: Geologic map and geomorphological evidence for ground ice
mediated surface processes, (2017) Icarus, DOI:10.1016/j.icarus.2017.09.035

· Scully, J.E.C.*, Buczkowski, D.L., Neesemann, A., Williams, D.A., Mest, S.C.,Raymond, C.A., Nass, A., Hughson, K.H.G., Kneissl, T., Pasckert, J.H., Ruesch, O.,Frigeri, A., Marchi, S., Combe, J.-P., Schmedemann, N., Schmidt, B.E., Chilton, H.T.,Russell, C.T., Jaumann, R., Preusker, F., Roatsch, T., Hoffmann, M., Nathues, A.,Schaefer, M., Ermakov, A.I. Ceres' Ezinu quadrangle: A heavily cratered region with evidence for localized subsurface water ice and the context of Occator crater, (2017) Icarus, DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2017.10.038

· Pieters, C.M.*, Nathues, A., Thangjam, G., Hoffmann, M., Platz, T., de Sanctis, M.C., Ammannito, E., Tosi, F., Zambon, F., Pasckert, J.H., Hiesinger, H., Schröder, S.E., Jaumann, R., Matz, K.-D., Castillo-Rogez, J.C., Ruesch, O., McFadden, L.A., O'Brien, D.P., Sykes, M., Raymond, C.A., Russell, C.T. Geologic constraints on the origin of red organic-rich material on Ceres, (2017) Meteoritics and Planetary Science, DOI: 10.1111/maps.13008

2016

· Ruesch, O.*, Platz, T., Schenk, P., McFadden, L.A., Castillo-Rogez, J.C., Quick, L.C., Byrne, S., Preusker, F., O’Brien, D.P., Schmedemann, N., Williams, D.A., Li, J.-Y., Bland, M.T., Hiesinger, H., Kneissl, T., Neesemann, A., Schaefer, M., Pasckert, J.H., Schmidt, B.E., Buczkowski, D.L., Sykes, M.V., Nathues, A., Roatsch, T., Hoffmann, M., Raymond, C.A., Russell, C.T., Cryovolcanism on Ceres, (2016) Science, 353 (6303), art. no. aaf4286, DOI: 10.1126/science.aaf4286

· Hiesinger, H.*, Marchi, S., Schmedemann, N., Schenk, P., Pasckert, J.H., Neesemann, A., O'Brien, D.P., Kneissl, T., Ermakov, A.I., Fu, R.R., Bland, M.T., Nathues, A., Platz, T., Williams, D.A., Jaumann, R., Castillo-Rogez, J.C., Ruesch, O., Schmidt, B., Park, R.S., Preusker, F., Buczkowski, D.L., Russell, C.T., Raymond, C.A., Cratering on ceres: Implications for its crust and evolution, (2016) Science, 353 (6303), art. no. aaf4759, DOI: 10.1126/science.aaf4759

· Russell, C.T.*, Raymond, C.A., Ammannito, E., Buczkowski, D.L., De Sanctis, M.C., Hiesinger, H., Jaumann, R., Konopliv, A.S., McSween, H.Y., Nathues, A., Park, R.S., Pieters, C.M., Prettyman, T.H., McCord, T.B., McFadden, L.A., Mottola, S., Zuber, M.T., Joy, S.P., Polanskey, C., Rayman, M.D., Castillo-Rogez, J.C., Chi, P.J., Combe, J.P., Ermakov, A., Fu, R.R., Hoffmann, M., Jia, Y.D., King, S.D., Lawrence, D.J., Li, J.-Y., Marchi, S., Preusker, F., Roatsch, T., Ruesch, O., Schenk, P., Villarreal, M.N., Yamashita, N. Dawn arrives at ceres: Exploration of a small, volatile-rich world, (2016) Science, 353 (6303), pp. 1008-1010. DOI: 10.1126/science.aaf4219

· Bernhardt, H.*, Hiesinger, H., Ivanov, M.A., Ruesch, O., Erkeling, G., Reiss, D., Photogeologic mapping and the geologic history of the Hellas basin floor, Mars, (2016) Icarus, 264, pp. 407-442. DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2015.09.03118.

2015

· Poulet, F.*, Ruesch, O., Langevin, Y., Hiesinger, H., Modal mineralogy of the surface of Vesta: Evidence for ubiquitous olivine and identification of meteorite analogue, (2015) Icarus, 253, pp. 364-377. DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2014.06.002

· Raack, J.*, Reiss, D., Appéré, T., Vincendon, M., Ruesch, O., Hiesinger, H., Present day seasonal gully activity in a south polar pit (Sisyphi Cavi) on Mars, (2015) Icarus, 251, pp. 226-243. DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2014.03.04020.

· Combe, J.-P.*, McCord, T.B., McFadden, L.A., Ieva, S., Tosi, F., Longobardo, A., Frigeri, A., De Sanctis, M.C., Ammannito, E., Ruesch, O., Palomba, E., Fulchignoni, M., Raymond, C.A., Russell, C.T., Composition of the northern regions of Vesta analyzed by the Dawn mission, (2015) Icarus, 259, pp. 53-71. DOI:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.04.026

· Ruesch, O.*, Hiesinger, H., Cloutis, E., Le Corre, L., Kallisch, J., Mann, P., Markus, K., Metzler, K., Nathues, A., Reddy, V., Near infrared spectroscopy of HED meteorites: Effects of viewing geometry and compositional variations, (2015) Icarus, 258, pp. 384-401., DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2015.06.034

2014

· Blewett, D.T.*, Buczkowski, D.L., Ruesch, O., Scully, J.E., O'Brien, D.P., Gaskell, R., Roatsch, T., Bowling, T.J., Ermakov, A., Hiesinger, H., Williams, D.A., Raymond, C.A., Russell, C.T. Vesta's north pole quadrangle Av-1 (Albana): Geologic map and the nature of the south polar basin antipodes, (2014) Icarus, 244, pp. 13-22. DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2014.03.007

· Ruesch, O.*, Hiesinger, H., Blewett, D.T., Williams, D.A., Buczkowski, D., Scully, J.,Yingst, R.A., Roatsch, T., Preusker, F., Jaumann, R., Russell, C.T., Raymond, C.A. Geologic map of the northern hemisphere of Vesta based on Dawn Framing Camera (FC) images, (2014) Icarus, 244, pp. 41-59. DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2014.01.035

· Scully, J.E.C.*, Yin, A., Russell, C.T., Buczkowski, D.L., Williams, D.A., Blewett, D.T., Ruesch, O., Hiesinger, H., Le Corre, L., Mercer, C., Yingst, R.A., Garry, W.B., Jaumann, R., Roatsch, T., Preusker, F., Gaskell, R.W., Schröder, S.E., Ammannito, E., Pieters, C.M., Raymond, C.A., Geomorphology and structural geology of Saturnalia Fossae and adjacent structures in the northern hemisphere of Vesta, (2014) Icarus, 244, pp. 23-40. DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2014.01.013

· Ruesch, O.*, Hiesinger, H., De Sanctis, M.C., Ammannito, E., Palomba, E., Longobardo, A., Zambon, F., Tosi, F., Capria, M.T., Capaccioni, F., Frigeri, A., Fonte, S., Magni, G., Raymond, C.A., Russell, C.T., Detections and geologic context of local enrichments in olivine on Vesta with VIR/Dawn data, (2014) Journal of Geophysical Research E: Planets, 119 (9), pp. 2078-2108. DOI: 10.1002/2014JE004625

· Stephan, K.*, Jaumann, R., De Sanctis, M.C., Tosi, F., Ammannito, E., Krohn, K., Zambon, F., Marchi, S., Ruesch, O., Matz, K.-D., Preusker, F., Roatsch, T., Raymond, C.A., Russell, C.T. Small fresh impact craters on asteroid 4 Vesta: A compositional and geological fingerprint, (2014) Journal of Geophysical Research E: Planets, 119 (4), pp. 771-797. DOI: 10.1002/2013JE00438

· Schmedemann, N.*, Kneissl, T., Ivanov, B.A., Michael, G.G., Wagner, R.J., Neukum, G., Ruesch, O., Hiesinger, H., Krohn, K., Roatsch, T., Preusker, F., Sierks, H., Jaumann, R., Reddy, V., Nathues, A., Walter, S.H.G., Neesemann, A., Raymond, C.A., Russell, C.T. The cratering record, chronology and surface ages of (4) Vesta in comparison to smaller asteroids and the ages of HED meteorites, (2014) Planetary and Space Science, 103, pp. 104-130. DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2014.04.004

2013

· Ammannito, E.*, De Sanctis, M.C., Palomba, E., Longobardo, A., Mittlefehldt, D.W.,McSween, H.Y., Marchi, S., Capria, M.T., Capaccioni, F., Frigeri, A., M. Pieters, C., Ruesch, O., Tosi, F., Zambon, F., Carraro, F., Fonte, S., Hiesinger, H., Magni, G.,McFadden, L.A., Raymond, C.A., Russell, C.T., Sunshine, J.M., Olivine in an unexpected location on Vesta's surface, (2013) Nature, 504 (7478), pp. 122-125. DOI:10.1038/nature12665

2012

· Ruesch, O.*, Poulet, F., Vincendon, M., Bibring, J.-P., Carter, J., Erkeling, G., Gondet, B., Hiesinger, H., Ody, A., Reiss, D., Compositional investigation of the proposed chloride-bearing materials on Mars using near-infrared orbital data from OMEGA/Mex, (2012) Journal of Geophysical Research E: Planets, 117 (9), art. no. E00J13, DOI: 10.1029/2012JE004108

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