Biography:Robin Canup
Robin M. Canup (born November 20, 1968) is an American astrophysicist. Her main area of research concerns the origins of planets and satellites.[1] In 2003, Canup was awarded the Harold C. Urey Prize.[2] In April, 2022, Canup presented the findings of the Planetary Science Decadal Survey as co-chair of the Survey Steering Committee with Philip R. Christensen.[3]
Biography
She received her B.S. from Duke University and her PhD from the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Canup is known for her research based upon the giant impact hypothesis, using intensive modeling to simulate how planetary collisions unfold.[4][5][6][7] In 2012, Canup first published a refinement to the giant impact hypothesis, arguing that the Moon and the Earth formed in a series of steps that started with a massive collision of two planetary bodies, each larger than Mars, which then re-collided to form what we now call Earth.[8] After the re-collision, Earth was surrounded by a disk of material, which combined to form the Moon.[9] She has written a book on the origin of the Earth and Moon.[10] Canup has also published research describing a giant impact origin for Pluto and Charon.[11]
Canup is an accomplished ballet dancer and danced the lead role in Coppélia in the Boulder Ballet one week after finishing her dissertation.[12]
Selected works
- Origin of the Earth and Moon. Robin M. Canup, Kevin Righter (eds.) (2nd ed.). Tucson : Houston: University of Arizona Press. 2000-11-01. ISBN 978-0-8165-2073-2.
- National Research Council (various) (2010). Defending Planet Earth:: Near-Earth Object Surveys and Hazard Mitigation Strategies. National Academies Press. ISBN 9780309149686. (member of Space Studies board)
- Robin M. Canup, Kevin Righter, Nicolas Dauphas et al.: Origin of the Moon. In: Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry. Vol. 89, No 1. Dec. 2023.
References
- ↑ University of Boulder Profile, boulder.swri.edu; accessed March 9, 2015.
- ↑ "Harold C. Urey Prize in Planetary Science". http://dps.aas.org/prizes/urey.
- ↑ "Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey 2023 2032 | National Academies". https://www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/planetary-science-and-astrobiology-decadal-survey-2023-2032.
- ↑ Canup, Robin M.; Asphaug, Erik (2001-08-16). "Origin of the Moon in a giant impact near the end of the Earth's formation". Nature 412 (6848): 708–712. doi:10.1038/35089010. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 11507633. Bibcode: 2001Natur.412..708C.
- ↑ Agnor, Craig B.; Canup, Robin M.; Levison, Harold F. (1999). "On the Character and Consequences of Large Impacts in the Late Stage of Terrestrial Planet Formation". Icarus 142 (1): 219–237. doi:10.1006/icar.1999.6201. ISSN 0019-1035. Bibcode: 1999Icar..142..219A.
- ↑ Canup, Robin M. (2004). "Simulations of a late lunar-forming impact". Icarus 168 (2): 433–456. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2003.09.028. ISSN 0019-1035. Bibcode: 2004Icar..168..433C.
- ↑ Canup, Robin M. (2004). "Dynamics of Lunar Formation". Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics 42 (1): 441–475. doi:10.1146/annurev.astro.41.082201.113457. Bibcode: 2004ARA&A..42..441C.
- ↑ Canup, Robin M. (2012-11-23). "Forming a Moon with an Earth-like Composition via a Giant Impact". Science 338 (6110): 1052–1055. doi:10.1126/science.1226073. PMID 23076098. Bibcode: 2012Sci...338.1052C.
- ↑ "NASA Lunar Scientists Develop New Theory on Earth and Moon Formation". NASA Press Release (NASA). 2012-10-30. http://www.nasa.gov/topics/solarsystem/features/moon_formation.html. Retrieved 2012-12-05.
- ↑ Origin of the Earth and Moon. Robin M. Canup, Kevin Righter (eds.) (2nd ed.). Tucson : Houston: University of Arizona Press. 2000-11-01. ISBN 978-0-8165-2073-2.
- ↑ Canup, Robin M. (2005-01-28). "A Giant Impact Origin of Pluto-Charon". Science 307 (5709): 546–550. doi:10.1126/science.1106818. ISSN 1095-9203. PMID 15681378. Bibcode: 2005Sci...307..546C. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20141119-161740181.
- ↑ Finn, Ed (2004-10-29). "Robin Canup". Popular Science. http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2004-10/robin-canup. Retrieved 2015-10-13.
External links
- NAS Research Briefings: Robin M. Canup - Formation of Planetary Moons on Vimeo from National Academy of Sciences
- Interview with Robin Canup for NOVA series: To the Moon WGBH Educational Foundation, raw footage, 1998
- “NOVA; To the Moon; Interview with Robin M. Canup, Astrophysicist,” 1998-00-00, WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC.
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