The Paul Pellas-Graham Ryder Award is jointly sponsored by the Meteoritical Society and the Planetary Geology Division of the Geological Society of America.[1] It recognizes the best planetary science paper, published during the previous year in a peer-reviewed scientific journal, and written by an undergraduate or graduate student (as first author). The topics covered by the award are listed on the cover of Meteoritics and Planetary Science. It has been given since 2002, and honors the memories of the incomparable meteoriticistPaul Pellas[2] and lunar scientist Graham Ryder.
There have been 21 recipients of the award since its inception in 2002. The recipient's journal articles awarded have collectively been cited more than 2100 times as of December 31, 2019.
^Wyrick, Danielle; Ferrill, David A.; Morris, Alan P.; Colton, Shannon L.; Sims, Darrell W. (1 June 2004). "Distribution, morphology, and origins of Martian pit crater chains". Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. 109 (E6): E06005. Bibcode:2004JGRE..109.6005W. doi:10.1029/2004JE002240. ISSN2156-2202.
^Richardson Jr., James E.; Melosh, H. Jay; Greenberg, Richard J.; O'Brien, David P. (15 December 2005). "The global effects of impact-induced seismic activity on fractured asteroid surface morphology". Icarus. 179 (2): 325–349. Bibcode:2005Icar..179..325R. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2005.07.005.
^Toppani, Alice; Libourel, Guy; Robert, François; Ghanbaja, Jaafar (1 October 2006). "Laboratory condensation of refractory dust in protosolar and circumstellar conditions". Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 70 (19): 5035–5060. Bibcode:2006GeCoA..70.5035T. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2006.05.020.
^Burkhardt, Christoph; Kleine, Thorsten; Dauphas, Nicolas; Wieler, Rainer (1 December 2012). "Origin of isotopic heterogeneity in the solar nebula by thermal processing and mixing of nebular dust". Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 357–358: 298–307. Bibcode:2012E&PSL.357..298B. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2012.09.048.
^Beitz, E.; Güttler, C.; Nakamura, A. M.; Tsuchiyama, A.; Blum, J. (1 July 2013). "Experiments on the consolidation of chondrites and the formation of dense rims around chondrules". Icarus. 225 (1): 558–569. Bibcode:2013Icar..225..558B. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2013.04.028.
^Battaglia, Steven M.; Stewart, Michael A.; Kieffer, Susan W. (1 June 2014). "Io's theothermal (sulfur) – Lithosphere cycle inferred from sulfur solubility modeling of Pele's magma supply". Icarus. 235: 123–129. Bibcode:2014Icar..235..123B. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2014.03.019.
^Harrison, Tanya N.; Osinski, Gordon R.; Tornabene, Livio L.; Jones, Eriita (15 May 2015). "Global documentation of gullies with the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Context Camera and implications for their formation". Icarus. 252: 236–254. Bibcode:2015Icar..252..236H. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.01.022.