Dr. Benoît Noyelles planetary scientist
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Refereed publications:
  1. Ćuk M., El Moutamid M., Lari G., Neveu M., Nimmo F., Noyelles B., Rhoden A. & Saillenfest M., 2024, Long-term evolution of the Saturnian System, Space Science Reviews, 220, 2-20
  2. Lainey V., Rambaux N., Tobie G., Cooper N., Zhang Q., Noyelles B. & Baillié K., 2024, A recently formed ocean inside Saturn's moon Mimas, Nature, 626, 280-282
  3. Anderson S.E., Rousselot P., Noyelles B., Jehin E. & Mousis O., 2023, N2/CO ratio in comets insensitive to orbital evolution, The Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 524, 5182-5195
  4. Anderson S.E., Petit J.-M., Noyelles B., Mousis O. & Rousselot P., 2022, Volatile-rich comets ejected early on during Solar System formation, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 667, A32
  5. Anderson S.E., Rousselot P., Noyelles B., Opitom C., Jehin E., Hutsemékers D. & Manfroid J., 2022, The N2 production rate in comet C/2016 R2 (PanSTARRS), The Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 515, 5869-5876
  6. Makarov V.V., Goldin A., Tkachenko A.V., Veras D. & Noyelles B., 2022, Chaos over order: mapping 3D rotation of triaxial asteroids and minor planets, The Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 513, 2076-2087
  7. Rousselot P., Anderson S.E., Alijah A., Noyelles B., Opitom C., Jehin E., Hutsemékers D. & Manfroid J., 2022, N2+ fluorescence spectrum of comet C/2016 R2 (PanSTARRS), Astronomy and Astrophysics, 661, A131
  8. Rousselot P., Kryszczyńska A., Bartczak P., Kulyk I., Kamiński K., Dudziński G., Anderson S.E., Noyelles B. & Guilbert-Lepoutre A., 2021, New constraints on the physical properties and dynamical history of Centaur 174P/Echeclus , The Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 507, 3444-3460
  9. Lainey V., Noyelles B., Cooper N., Rambaux N., Murray C. & Park R.S., 2019, Interior properties of the inner Saturnian moons from space astrometry data, Icarus, 326, 48-62
  10. Noyelles B., Baillié K., Charnoz S., Lainey V. & Tobie G., 2019, Formation of the Cassini Division - II.Possible histories of Mimas and Enceladus, The Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 486, 2947-2963
  11. Baillié K., Noyelles B., Lainey V., Charnoz S. & Tobie G., 2019, Formation of the Cassini Division - I. Shaping the rings by Mimas inward migration, The Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 486, 2933-2946
  12. Polycarpe W., Lainey V., Vienne A., Noyelles B., Saillenfest M. & Rambaux N., 2018, A fast migration rate for Titan can explain Iapetus' orbit, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 619, A133
  13. Noyelles B., 2018, Rotation of a synchronous viscoelastic shell, The Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 474, 5614-5644
  14. Quillen A.C., Chen Y.-Y., Noyelles B. & Loane S., 2018, Tilting Styx and Nix but not Uranus with a spin-precession-mean-motion resonance, Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, 130:11
  15. Quillen A.C., Nichols-Fleming F., Chen Y.-Y. & Noyelles B., 2017, Obliquity evolution of the minor satellites of Pluto and Charon, Icarus, 294, 94-113
  16. Noyelles B., 2017, Interpreting the librations of a synchronous satellite -- How their phase assesses Mimas' global ocean, Icarus, 282, 276-289
  17. Arlot J.-E. et al. (94 authors), 2014, The PHEMU09 catalogue and astrometric results of the observations of the mutual occultations and eclipses of the Galilean satellites of Jupiter made in 2009, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 572, A120
  18. Arridge C.S. et al. (114 authors), 2014, The science case for an orbital mission to Uranus: Exploring the origins and evolution of ice giant planets, Planetary and Space Science, 104, 122-140
  19. Tajeddine R., Rambaux N., Lainey V., Charnoz S., Richard A., Rivoldini A. & Noyelles B., 2014, Constraints on Mimas' interior from Cassini ISS libration measurements, Science, 346, 322-324
  20. Noyelles B., Frouard J., Makarov V.V. & Efroimsky M., 2014, Spin-orbit evolution of Mercury revisited, Icarus, 241, 26-44
  21. Noyelles B. & Lhotka C., 2013, The influence of orbital dynamics, shape and tides on the obliquity of Mercury, Advances in Space Research, 52, 2085-2101, Supplementary Material
  22. Verheylewegen É., Noyelles B. & Lemaître A., 2013, A numerical exploration of Miranda's dynamical history, The Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 435, 1776-1787
  23. Noyelles B., 2013, The rotation of Io predicted by the Poincaré-Hough model, Icarus, 223, 621-624
  24. Oberst J. et al. (29 authors), 2012, GETEMME - a mission to explore the Martian satellites and the fundamentals of solar system physics, Experimental Astronomy, 34, 243-271
  25. Noyelles B., 2012, Behavior of nearby synchronous rotation of a Poincaré-Hough satellite at low eccentricity, Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, 112, 353-383
  26. Arridge C.S. et al. (79 authors), 2012, Uranus Pathfinder: Exploring the origins and evolution of ice giant planets, Experimental Astronomy, 33, 753-791
  27. Noyelles B. & D'Hoedt S., 2012, Modeling the obliquity of Mercury, Planetary and Space Science, 60, 274-286
  28. Noyelles B., Karatekin Ö & Rambaux N., 2011, The rotation of Mimas, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 536, A61
  29. Noyelles B., Dufey J. & Lemaître A., 2010, Core-mantle interactions for Mercury, The Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 407, 479-496
  30. D'Hoedt S., Noyelles B., Dufey J. & Lemaître A., 2010, A secondary resonance in Mercury's rotation, Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, 107, 93-100
  31. Noyelles B., 2010, Theory of the rotation of Janus and Epimetheus, Icarus, 207, 887-902
  32. Dufey J., Noyelles B., Rambaux N. & Lemaître A., 2009, Latitudinal librations of Mercury with a fluid core, Icarus, 203, 1-12
  33. D'Hoedt S., Noyelles B., Dufey J. & Lemaître A., 2009, Determination of an instantaneous Laplace plane for Mercury's rotation, Advances in Space Research, 44, 597-603
  34. Noyelles B., 2009, Expression of the third Cassini Law for Callisto, and theory of its rotation, Icarus, 202, 225-239
  35. Arlot J.-E. et al. (118 authors), 2009, The PHEMU03 catalogue of observations of the mutual phenomena of the Galilean satellites of Jupiter, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 493, 1171-1182
  36. Peng Q.Y., Vienne A., Lainey V. & Noyelles B., 2008, New evidence of precision premium for Galilean satellites from CCD imaging, Planetary and Space Science, 56, 1807-1811
  37. Noyelles B., 2008, Titan's rotational state: The effects of a forced "free" resonant wobble, Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, 101, 13-30
  38. Noyelles B., Lemaître A. & Vienne A., 2008, Titan's rotation: A 3-dimensional theory, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 478, 959-970
  39. Noyelles B. & Vienne A., 2007, Chaos induced by De Haerdtl inequality in the Galilean system, Icarus, 190, 594-607
  40. Peng Q.Y. & Noyelles B., 2007, Eclipses and Occultations of Galilean satellites observed in 2003 at Yunnan Observatory, The Chinese Journal of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 7, 317-324
  41. Vienne A., Noyelles B. & Amossé A., 2003, Observation of 13 mutual events of Jovian satellites performed at Lille Observatory, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 411, 343-347
  42. Noyelles B., Vienne A. & Descamps P., 2003, Astrometric reduction of lightcurves observed during the PHESAT95 campaign of Saturnian satellites, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 401, 1159-1175


International conferences:

2022:
  • Anderson S.E., Petit J.-M., Noyelles B., Mousis O. & Rousselot P., 2022, Peculiar Comets Ejected Early in Solar System Formation, 53rd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, TX, USA
2019:
  • Noyelles B., Hestroffer D. & Petit J.-M., 2019, Orbital solutions for the OSSOS binaries, EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting, Geneva, Switzerland
2018:
  • Murray C., Cooper N., Renner S., Araujo N., Noyelles B. & Tiscareno M., 2018, Observations of object "Peggy" during the final stages of the Cassini mission, 20th EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, Abstract
  • Polycarpe W., Lainey V., Vienne A., Noyelles B., Saillenfest M. & Rambaux N., 2018, Titan crossing a 5:1 MMR with Iapetus : Constraining the tidal recession of Titan and giving an explanation for Iapetus' current orbit, 49th meeting of the Division on Dynamical Astronomy (American Astronomical Society), San Jose, CA, USA, Abstract
2017:
  • Murray C., Cooper N., Renner S., Santos Araújo N.C., Noyelles B. & Tiscareno M.S., 2017, High resolution Cassini observations of Saturn's A ring in the vicinity of object "Peggy", 48th meeting of the Division of Dynamical Astronomy (American Astronomical Society), London, UK, Abstract
  • Noyelles B., Baillié K., Charnoz S., Lainey V. & Tobie G., 2017, The relation between the geophysical activity of the Saturnian satellites and the Cassini Division , 48th meeting of the Division of Dynamical Astronomy (American Astronomical Society), London, UK, Abstract
2016:
  • Murray C., Cooper N.J., Noyelles B., Renner S. & Araujo N., 2016, Orbital evolution and physical characteristics of object 'Peggy' at the edge of Saturn's A ring, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA
  • Lainey V., Cooper N., Murray C., Noyelles B., Pasewaldt A., Robert V., Rosenblatt P. & Thuillot W., 2016, Physical librations and possible homogeneity of natural moons from astrometry, 48th meeting of the Division of Planetary Sciences (American Astronomical Society), Pasadena, CA, USA, Abstract
  • Noyelles B., Baillié K., Lainey V. & Charnoz S., 2016, How Mimas cleared the Cassini Division, 48th meeting of the Division of Planetary Sciences (American Astronomical Society), Pasadena, CA, USA, Abstract
  • Noyelles B., 2016, Rotation of a viscoelastic, synchronous crust, CMG 2016: 31st IUGG Conference on Mathematical Geophysics, Paris, France, Abstract
  • Noyelles B., 2016, On the rotation of viscoelastic satellites, 47th meeting of the Division of Dynamical Astronomy (American Astronomical Society), Nashville, TN, USA
2014:
  • Noyelles B., Frouard J., Makarov V.V. & Efroimsky M., 2014, Revisiting the capture of Mercury into its 3:2 spin-orbit resonance, IAU Symposium 310 "Complex Planetary Systems", Namur, Belgium
  • Noyelles B. & Nimmo F., 2014, New clues on the interior of Titan from its rotation state, IAU Symposium 310 "Complex Planetary Systems", Namur, Belgium
  • Tajeddine R., Rambaux N., Lainey V., Charnoz S., Rivoldini A., Richard A. & Noyelles B., 2014, Mimas' physical forced libration places strong constraints on its interior and origin, 45th meeting of the Division of Dynamical Astronomy (American Astronomical Society), Philadelphia, PA, USA
  • Noyelles B. & Nimmo F., 2014, On the time-variable nature of Titan's obliquity, 45th meeting of the Division of Dynamical Astronomy (American Astronomical Society), Philadelphia, PA, USA
2013:
  • Noyelles B., Verheylewegen É. & Karatekin Ö., 2013, On the thermal heating of the main Uranian satellites, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA
  • Noyelles B., Frouard J, Makarov V. & Efroimsky M., 2013, On Mercury's entrapment into the 3:2 spin-orbit resonance, 45th meeting of the Division of Planetary Sciences (American Astronomical Society), Denver, CO, USA
  • Tajeddine R., Rambaux N., Lainey V., Charnoz S. & Noyelles, B., 2013, Mimas: Strong forced longitudinal librations and constraints to its internal structure using Cassini ISS observations, European Planetary Science Congress, London, UK
  • Noyelles B., Lhotka C. & D'Hoedt S., 2013, Toward an accurate modelization of the obliquity of Mercury, 44th meeting of the Division of Dynamical Astronomy (American Astronomical Society), Paraty, Brazil
  • Verheylewegen E., Noyelles B., Karatekin Ö. & Lemaître A., 2013, On the long-term dynamical evolution of the main satellites of Uranus, 44th meeting of the Division of Dynamical Astronomy (American Astronomical Society), Paraty, Brazil
  • Noyelles B., Efroimsky M., Frouard J. & Makarov V., 2013, How the tides affect the rotational state of Mercury, 44th meeting of the Division of Dynamical Astronomy (American Astronomical Society), Paraty, Brazil
2012:
  • Noyelles B. & Lhotka C., 2012, Modeling the obliquity of Mercury, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA
  • Lainey V., Charnoz S., Reboussin L., Noyelles B. & Baillié K., 2012, The Cassini Division and Mimas' eccentricity: a common history, 44th meeting of the Division of Planetary Sciences (American Astronomical Society), Reno, NV, USA
  • Noyelles B., Verheylewegen E. & Lemaître A., 2012, A new exploration of Miranda's dynamical history, 44th meeting of the Division of Planetary Sciences (American Astronomical Society), Reno, NV, USA
  • Noyelles B., 2012, The rotation of Io described by the Poincaré model, 43rd meeting of the Division of Dynamical Astronomy (American Astronomical Society), Mount Hood, OR, USA
  • Noyelles B., Delsate N. & Carletti T., 2012, A numerical algorithm to find the equilibrium of a conservative system, 43rd meeting of the Division of Dynamical Astronomy (American Astronomical Society), Mount Hood, OR, USA
  • Noyelles B., Charnoz S., Lainey V. & Baillié K., 2012, The eccentricity of Mimas and the Cassini Division: a common history, 43rd meeting of the Division of Dynamical Astronomy (American Astronomical Society), Mount Hood, OR, USA
2011:
  • Noyelles B., 2011, The Poincaré model of rotation for the synchronous satellites, DPS-EPSC Joint Meeting, Nantes, France
  • Noyelles B., Karatekin Ö. & Rambaux N., 2011, Rotational signature of Mimas' interior, DPS-EPSC Joint Meeting, Nantes, France
  • Delsate N., Noyelles B. & Carletti T., 2011, NAFFO: A numerical algorithm to simulate the damped rotation of synchronous satellites, DPS-EPSC Joint Meeting, Nantes, France
  • Verheylewegen E. & Noyelles B., 2011, Orbital evolution of the main Uranian satellites, DPS-EPSC Joint Meeting, Nantes, France
  • Noyelles B., 2011, Theory of the rotation of Janus and Epimetheus, EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria (sollicited contribution)
  • Noyelles B., Dufey J. & Lemaître A., 2011, Modeling the rotation of Mercury including pressure coupling, EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria
2010:
  • Noyelles B., 2010, Theory of the rotation of Janus and Epimetheus, LAL Workshop "Dynamics of planetary satellites and rings", Lille, France
  • Noyelles B., Dufey J. & Lemaître A., 2010, Effects of pressure coupling on the rotation of Mercury, 42nd meeting of the Division of Planetary Sciences (American Astronomical Society), Pasadena, CA, USA
  • Noyelles B., Dufey J. & Lemaître A., 2010, Influence of the core-mantle interactions on the rotation of Mercury, 41st meeting of the Division of Dynamical Astronomy (American Astronomical Society), Boston, MA, USA
  • Noyelles B., 2010, Theory of the rotation of Janus and Epimetheus, 41st meeting of the Division of Dynamical Astronomy (American Astronomical Society), Boston, MA, USA
  • Noyelles B., 2010, Theory of the rotation of the Galilean satellites, IAU Symposium 269 "Galileo's Medicean moons, their impact on 400 years of discovery", Padua, Italy
2009:
  • Dufey J., Noyelles B. and Lemaître A., 2009, Mercury's rotation: Various models and planetary perturbations, CELMEC V, San Martino al Cimino, Italy
  • D'Hoedt S., Noyelles B., Dufey J. and Lemaître A., 2009, A secondary resonance in Mercury's rotation, CELMEC V, San Martino al Cimino, Italy
  • Noyelles B., 2009, Theory of the rotation of Titan, CELMEC V, San Martino al Cimino, Italy (invited contribution)
  • Noyelles B. & Lemaître A., 2009, Cassini's third law for Callisto and theory of its rotation, IAU Symposium 263 "Icy bodies in the Solar System", Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Henrard J., Lemaître A. & Noyelles B., 2009, The rotation of Io with a liquid core, IAU Symposium 263 "Icy bodies in the Solar System", Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Noyelles B., Lemaître A. & Vienne A., 2009, Theory of the rotation of Titan, IAU Symposium 263 "Icy bodies in the Solar System", Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Dufey J., Noyelles B., Lemaître A. & Rambaux N., 2009, Librations of a 2-layer Mercury, 40th meeting of the Division of Dynamical Astronomy (American Astronomical Society), Virginia Beach, VA, USA
2008:
  • D'Hoedt S., Noyelles B., Dufey J. & Lemaître A., 2008, Analytical theory of Mercury's rotation and reference planes, 37th COSPAR Meeting, Montreal, Canada
  • Dufey J., Lemaître A., Noyelles B. & Rambaux N., 2008, Planetary perturbations on the rotation of Mercury, International Conference on the Dynamics of Celestial Bodies, Litohoro, Greece
  • Noyelles B., Dufey J. & Lemaître A., 2008, Short period contribution in the rotation of Mercury, 39th meeting of the Division of Dynamical Astronomy (American Astronomical Society), Boulder, CO, USA
  • Noyelles B., Lemaître A. & Vienne A., 2008, The 3-dimensional rotation of Titan, and the possibility of a resonant wobble, 39th meeting of the Division of Dynamical Astronomy (American Astronomical Society), Boulder, CO, USA
2007:
  • Lainey V., Desmars J., Arlot J.-E., Karatekin Ö., Noyelles B. & Vienne A., 2007, First steps toward an accurate quantification of the Saturnian tidal dissipation, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Franciso, CA, USA
  • Noyelles B., Lemaître A. & Vienne A., 2007, Titan's rotation: A 3-degree of freedom theory, European Planetary Science Congress, Potsdam, Germany
2006:
  • Noyelles B., 2006, Astrometric results of the PHESAT95 campaign, Paris 2006 Meeting "Mutual events of the Uranian satellites in 2007 - 2008 and future observations in network", Paris, France abstract
  • Dourneau G. & Noyelles B., 2006, The Phemu03 campaign of observation of the mutual events of the Galilean satellites of Jupiter in 2003 at the Bordeaux Observatory, Paris 2006 Meeting "Mutual events of the Uranian satellites in 2007 - 2008 and future observations in network", Paris, France abstract
  • Peng Q.Y., Vienne A., Lainey V., Noyelles B. & Li Z.L., 2006, Experiment in precise positional measurement of Galilean satellites from CCD imaging Paris 2006 Meeting "Mutual events of the Uranian satellites in 2007 - 2008 and future observations in network", Paris, France abstract
  • Noyelles B. & Vienne A., 2006, Dynamical exploration of De Haerdtl inequality between Ganymede and Callisto, 37th meeting of the Division of Dynamical Astronomy (American Astronomical Society), Halifax, Canada (BAAS 38)
2005:
  • Noyelles B. & Vienne A., 2005, Stochastic behaviour around the 3:7 inequality between Ganymede and Callisto, CELMEC IV, San Martino al Cimino, Italy
  • Noyelles B. & Vienne A., 2005, Dynamical history of Ganymede and Callisto, 2005 DPS Meeting, Cambridge, UK (BAAS 37, 753)
2004:
  • Noyelles B. & Vienne A., 2004, The k:k+4 resonances in planetary systems in Dynamics of Populations of Planetary Systems, IAU Colloquium 197, Belgrade, Serbia-Montenegro, ed. Z.Knezevic & A. Milani, Cambridge University Press, pp.453-458
  • Noyelles B., Lainey V. & Vienne A., 2004, Mutual events in the jovian and saturnian systems in Transits of Venus: New views of the Solar System and galaxy, IAU Colloquium 196, Preston, UK, ed. D.W. Kurtz, pp.271-278


Press releases:

The despinning of Mercury (2014): Vers l'avenir (Belgium), MEDIA INAF (Italy), La Folha de Sao Paulo (Brazil), SpaceRef, University of Namur
The rotation of Mimas (2014): INSU (France), BBC (UK), Chicago Tribune (USA), Toronto Sun (Canada), Noticias 24 (Venezuela), Der Standard (Austria), University of Namur
Creating the Cassini Division (2019): CNRS (France)
The ocean in Mimas (2024): Science News


PhD thesis:

Noyelles B., 2005, Effets des marées sur la dynamique des satellites de Jupiter et de Saturne, Ph.D thesis, Paris Observatory abstract


HDR (Habilitation) thesis:

Noyelles B., 2014, Contribution à l'étude de la rotation résonnante dans le Système Solaire, Université de Lille 1


Invited seminars:

  • January 2016, On Mercury's entrapment into its 3:2 spin-orbit resonance, Queen Mary University of London, UK
  • May 2015, On Mercury's entrapment into its 3:2 spin-orbit resonance, DLR, Berlin, Germany
  • January 2015, Sur la capture de Mercure en résonance spin-orbite, University of Nantes, France
  • April 2014, On Mercury's entrapment into the 3:2 spin-orbit resonance, US Naval Observatory, Washington, DC, USA
  • May 2013, The origin of the Cassini Division, UNESP, Rio Claro, SP, Brazil
  • May 2013, Modeling the rotation of Mercury, UNESP, Rio Claro, SP, Brazil
  • November 2012, On the long term orbital evolution of the natural satellites, SETI Institute, Mountain View, CA, USA
  • November 2012, Modeling the rotation of the natural satellites, Seminars on Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics, University of California at Santa Cruz, CA, USA
  • May 2012, Modeling the rotation of the natural satellites, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, USA
  • January 2012, Modélisation de la rotation des satellites naturels, Séminaires Temps-Espace, Paris Observatory, France
  • April 2009, The rotation of Mercury, Royal Observatory of Belgium
  • January 2009, The rotation of Mercury, University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
  • April 2008, La rotation des satellites naturels : Application à Titan, Séminaires Astronomie et Systèmes Dynamiques, University of Lille, France
  • May 2006, Mutual events of the natural satellites, Yunnan National Observatory, Kunming, PR China
  • May 2005, Une bien étrange inégalité dans le système des Galiléens, Séminaires Temps-Espace, Paris Observatory, France
  • July 2004, Phénomènes mutuels de satellites naturels, Bordeaux Observatory, France