Biography:Donald B. Campbell

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Short description: Australian-born astronomer and Professor of Astronomy

Donald B. Campbell is an Australian-born astronomer and Professor of Astronomy at Cornell University. Prior to joining the Cornell faculty he was Director of the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico for seven years. Campbell's research work is in the general area of planetary studies with a concentration on the radio-wavelength-scattering properties of planets, planetary satellites, and small bodies. His work includes studies of Venus,[1] the Moon,[2] the Galilean satellites of Jupiter,[3] Titan,[4] as well as comets[5] and asteroids.[6] Campbell observed near-Earth asteroid 433 Eros, which was the first asteroid detected by the Arecibo Observatory radar system.[7][8]

Honors and awards

  • NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal (1984)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2003)
  • The asteroid 4553 is named in his honor[9]

References

  1. Campbell, D. B.; Stacy, N. J. S.; Newman, W. I.; Arvidson, R. E.; Jones, E. M.; Musser, G. S.; Roper, A. Y.; Schaller, C. (1992). "Magellan observations of extended impact crater related features on the surface of Venus". Journal of Geophysical Research 97 (E10): 16249. doi:10.1029/92JE01634. ISSN 0148-0227. Bibcode1992JGR....9716249C. 
  2. Campbell, Donald B.; Campbell, Bruce A.; Carter, Lynn M.; Margot, Jean-Luc; Stacy, Nicholas J. S. (2006). "No evidence for thick deposits of ice at the lunar south pole". Nature 443 (7113): 835–837. doi:10.1038/nature05167. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 17051213. Bibcode2006Natur.443..835C. 
  3. Campbell, Donald B.; Chandler, John F.; Ostro, Steven J.; Pettengill, Gordon H.; Shapiro, Irwin I. (1978). "Galilean satellites: 1976 radar results". Icarus 34 (2): 254–267. doi:10.1016/0019-1035(78)90166-5. ISSN 0019-1035. Bibcode1978Icar...34..254C. 
  4. Campbell, Donald B.; Black, Gregory J.; Carter, Lynn M.; Ostro, Steven J. (2003). "Radar Evidence for Liquid Surfaces on Titan". Science 302 (5644): 431–434. doi:10.1126/science.1088969. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 14526087. Bibcode2003Sci...302..431C. 
  5. Campbell, D. B.; Harmon, J. K.; Shapiro, I. I. (1989). "Radar observations of Comet Halley". The Astrophysical Journal 338: 1094. doi:10.1086/167259. ISSN 0004-637X. Bibcode1989ApJ...338.1094C. 
  6. Campbell, D.B.; Pettengill, G.H.; Shapiro, I.I. (1976). "70-cm radar observations of 433 Eros". Icarus 28 (1): 17–20. doi:10.1016/0019-1035(76)90080-4. ISSN 0019-1035. Bibcode1976Icar...28...17C. 
  7. Butrica, Andrew J. (1996). To see the unseen: a history of planetary radar astronomy (2nd ed.). Washington, DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration. p. 224. ISBN 0160485789. https://archive.org/details/toseeunseenhis00butr/page/224. 
  8. "Introduction to Asteroid Radar Astronomy". UCLA. http://mel.ess.ucla.edu/jlm/research/NEAs/intro.html. Retrieved 2014-05-19. 
  9. IAU Minor Planet Center. "(4553) Doncampbell". https://minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=4553. 

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