Thursday, March 31, 2011
4:00 PM -
5:00 PM
East Bridge 201 (Richard P. Feynman Lecture Hall)
Physics Research Conference
Series: Physics Research Conference
The Near-Earth Comets and Asteroids
Donald K. Yeomans,
senior research scientist and supervisor for the Solar System Dynamics Group,
JPL,
Speaker's Bio:
At the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Don Yeomans is a JPL Fellow, Senior Research Scientist, Manager of NASAs Near-Earth Object Program Office and Supervisor of the Solar System Dynamics Group. Dr. Yeomans was the Radio Science team chief for NASAs Near-Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) mission. He is currently the NASA Project Scientist for the Japanese mission to land upon, and return a sample from, a near-Earth asteroid (Hayabusa) and he is a scientific investigator on NASAs Deep Impact mission that successfully impacted comet Tempel 1 in July 2005 and flew past comet Hartley 2 in November 2010. He provided the accurate predictions that led to the recovery of comet Halley at Palomar Observatory on October 16, 1982 and allowed the discovery of 164 BC Babylonian observations of comet Halley on clay tablets in the British Museum.
At the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Don Yeomans is a JPL Fellow, Senior Research Scientist, Manager of NASAs Near-Earth Object Program Office and Supervisor of the Solar System Dynamics Group. Dr. Yeomans was the Radio Science team chief for NASAs Near-Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) mission. He is currently the NASA Project Scientist for the Japanese mission to land upon, and return a sample from, a near-Earth asteroid (Hayabusa) and he is a scientific investigator on NASAs Deep Impact mission that successfully impacted comet Tempel 1 in July 2005 and flew past comet Hartley 2 in November 2010. He provided the accurate predictions that led to the recovery of comet Halley at Palomar Observatory on October 16, 1982 and allowed the discovery of 164 BC Babylonian observations of comet Halley on clay tablets in the British Museum.
"The Near-Earth Comets and Asteroids," Donald K. Yeomans, senior research scientist and supervisor for the Solar System Dynamics Group, JPL.
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