Francesca E. DeMeo
American Planetary Scientist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Francesca DeMeo, or Francesca E. DeMeo (born 1984), is an American doctoral astrophysicist, researcher and speaker specializing in the study of celestial bodies in the Solar System, including more particularly asteroids, comets and moons. She is the creator of the modern system of taxonomic classification of asteroids with Schelte J. Bus. With Benoît Carry, she brought a new vision of the main asteroid belt. She pursued entrepreneurial activities alongside astronomy.
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Born | 1984 |
Education | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Ph.D. in Astronomy and Astrophysics |
Occupation(s) | Planetary science, astronomy NoStove |
Known for | Modern system of classification of asteroids, the Bus-DeMeo taxonomy |
Awards | 2006 Christopher Goetze Prize
2007, 2008 Fulbright Scholar 2018 Harold Clayton Urey Award |
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