Richard Jerousek
Lecturer/Director of Robinson Observatory
Department of Physics
PSB 132
407-823-2325
Richard.Jerousek@ucf.edu
Research Groups
Richard Jerousek earned his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Central Florida in 2018. He joined the faculty at UCF in 2020 and began directing UCF’s Robinson Observatory in 2022.
His research interests include the dynamics and structure of planetary rings and the origin of planetary systems. He worked on the Cassini Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph (UVIS) team from 2008 until the end of the Cassini mission in 2017 studying the characteristics of the individual particles that make up Saturn’s rings as well as various ring structures which are were too small to be observed directly using Cassini’s cameras (< ~100 m) but significantly larger than the largest individual particles that make up the rings. He continues to analyze and interpret the wealth of data collected during the Cassini mission.
| Authors | Title | Published Date | Journal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afigbo, V. M.; Hedman, M. M.; Nicholson, P. D.; and 4 coauthors | Unveiling What Makes Saturn Ring: Quantifying the Amplitudes of Saturn’s Planetary Normal-Mode Oscillations and Trends in C-Ring Properties Using Kronoseismology (VII) | Apr 2025 | Journal of Geophysical Research (Planets) 130, e2024JE008710 |
| Jerousek, Richard; Colwell, Joshua E.; Peterson, Cody; and 3 coauthors | Saturn’s Narrow and Eccentric Ringlets: Composition and Structure. | Dec 2024 | AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2024, P33F-2932 |
| Colwell, Joshua E.; Coleman, Casey; Goforth, Ava; and 2 coauthors | Saturn’s B Ring Phantoms: Frequency, Properties, and Distribution | Dec 2024 | AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2024, P33F-2931 |
| Green, Melody; Colwell, Joshua E.; Esposito, Larry W.; and 1 coauthor | A Comparative Analysis of Cassini UVIS Data Using 3D Monte Carlo Simulations: Exploring Saturn’s A Ring | Dec 2024 | AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2024, P33F-2918 |
| Afigbo, Victor; Hedman, Matthew M.; Nicholson, Philip D.; and 4 coauthors | Echoes from the Depths: Investigating Saturn’s Interior Using Ring-Seismology | Dec 2024 | AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2024, P01-07 |
| Afigbo, Victor; Hedman, Matthew M.; Nicholson, Philip D.; and 4 coauthors | Weighing Snowballs: Resonant Responses to Satellite and Planetary Perturbations Reveal Secrets of Saturn’s C-Ring | Dec 2024 | AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2024, P01-06 |
| Jerousek, Richard G.; Colwell, Joshua E.; Esposito, Larry W.; and 4 coauthors | The smallest structures in Saturn’s rings from UVIS stellar occultations | Jun 2024 | Icarus 415, 116069 |
| Sega, Daniel D.; Stewart, Glen; Colwell, Joshua E.; and 3 coauthors | The dynamics of self-gravity wakes in the Mimas 5:3 bending wave: Modifying the linear theory | May 2024 | Icarus 413, 115987 |
| Holsclaw, Gregory M.; McClintock, William E.; Esposito, Larry W.; and 7 coauthors | Ultraviolet Spectroscopy: an Essential Window into Planetary Phenomena in the Uranus System | Dec 2023 | AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2023, P31E-3128 |
| Colwell, Joshua E.; Jerousek, Richard; Esposito, Larry W.; and 2 coauthors | Small-Scale Structures in Saturn’s C Ring and Cassini Division | Dec 2023 | AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2023, P13G-2851 |
| Green, Melody; Colwell, Joshua E.; Esposito, Larry W.; and 2 coauthors | Characterizing Particle Size Distributions and Outlier Populations in Saturn’s Rings using UVIS Occultation Statistics | Dec 2023 | AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2023, P12B-04 |
| Jerousek, Richard; Colwell, Joshua E.; Eikenberry, Stephen S.; and 12 coauthors | In situ stellar occultations are needed to address priority science at Uranus | Dec 2023 | AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2023, P04-04 |
| Colwell, Joshua E.; Benavides, Diego; Jerousek, Richard; and 2 coauthors | Devil in the details: statistics of chord occultations of Saturn’s rings | Dec 2023 | AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2023, P03-02 |
| Jerousek, Richard G.; Colwell, Joshua E.; Esposito, Larry W.; and 2 coauthors | Small particles and self-gravity wakes in Saturn’s rings from UVIS and VIMS stellar occultations | Nov 2016 | Icarus 279, 36 |