Duncan Lyster
Duncan Lyster

PhD Student

University of Oxford

About Me

Planetary physicist in final year of of a DPhil at Oxford, with experience in thermal modelling, remote sensing, and spacecraft data analysis. Developer of the TEMPEST model applied to NASA’s Lucy mission and Saturn’s icy moons.

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Interests
  • Planetary Surfaces
  • Thermal Modelling
  • Asteroids
  • Icy Moons
Education

  • PhD Planetary Surfaces

    University of Oxford

  • MPhys Physics with Astrophysics

    University of Exeter (with exchange year at University of Wollongong, Australia)

TEMPEST: A Modular Thermophysical Model for Airless Bodies with Support for Surface Roughness and Non-Periodic Heating
Optimising Thermal Mapping Instrument Filters to Unveil Enceladus' Subsurface Secrets
Publications
Carly Howett, Neil Bowles, Rory Evans, Tom Clatworthy, Wesley Ramm, Chris Woodhams, Duncan Lyster, Gary Hawkins, Tristram Warren (2025). Developing Oxford's Enceladus Thermal Mapper (ETM). Copernicus GmbH.
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Duncan Lyster, Carly Howett, Joseph Penn (2025). TEMPEST: A Modular Thermophysical Model for Airless Bodies with Support for Surface Roughness and Non-Periodic Heating. Copernicus GmbH.
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Duncan Lyster, Carly Howett, Joseph Penn (2024). Predicting Surface Temperatures on Airless Bodies: An Open-Source Python Tool. Copernicus GmbH.
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D Lyster, C Howett, N Bowles, R Evans, T Warren, K Nowicki (2024). Optimising Thermal Mapping Instrument Filters to Unveil Enceladus' Subsurface Secrets. **.
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A Mastropietro, K-I Janisch, D Wischert, FAASDT Rometsch, J Hoffmann, R Findlay, L Adloff Cardoso Pinto, S Aliaga, D Baclet, R Baptista, D Betco, R Bischof, E Celardo, A Cratere, K Dylewicz, C Eris, S Farràs Aloy, SF Klein, U García Luis, D Grabowski, W Kristiansen, E Kymantas, FL La Fazia, S López Acedo, D Lyster, K Mahmood, J Mašek, A Miceli, M Michahelles, N Parak, J Pittaway, D Pytlak, T Ramteke, N Rebolo, K Remic, NI Sadaka, C Sakellari, A Votsis, S Yadav (2024). Detection and Tracking of Space Debris in Cislunar Environment - A Phase 0 Mission Design. **.
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Contact

📧 duncan.lyster@physics.ox.ac.uk