David C. Jewitt
British-American astronomer (born 1958) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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David Clifford Jewitt (born 1958) is a British-American[citation needed] astronomer who studies the Solar System, especially its minor bodies.[1] He is based at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he is a Member of the Institute for Geophysics and Planetary Physics, the Director of the Institute for Planets and Exoplanets, Professor of Astronomy in the Department of Physics and Astronomy and Professor of Astronomy in the Department of Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences. He is best known for being the first person (along with Jane Luu) to discover a body beyond Pluto and Charon in the Kuiper belt.[2]
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David Jewitt | |
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Born | 1958 (age 65ā66) London |
Alma mater | University College London |
Known for | Discovery of the first body in the Kuiper belt |
Awards | Shaw Prize (2012) Kavli Prize (2012) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Astronomy, Astrophysics |
Institutions | UCLA |
Thesis | (1983) |
Doctoral advisor | James Westphal |
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