Steven J. Ostro
1946
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2008
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: United States of America
educated at: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cornell University, Rutgers University, Cornell University College of Engineering
occupation: astronomer
award received: Gerard P. Kuiper Prize, Fellow of the American Geophysical Union
influenced by: Irwin I. Shapiro
Steven Jeffrey Ostro (March 9, 1946 – December 15, 2008) was an American scientist specializing in radar astronomy. He worked at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Ostro led radar observations of numerous asteroids, as well as the moons of Jupiter and Saturn, Saturn's rings, and Mars and its satellites. As of May 2008, Ostro and his collaborators had detected 222 near-Earth asteroids (including 130 potentially hazardous objects and 24 binaries) and 118 main belt objects with radar. He died December 15, 2008, due to complications related to cancer. He has been remembered fondly by his colleagues for both his personal and professional contributions. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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