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Dinsmore Age (born March 28, 1888 in Colfax , Washington Territory , † September 20, 1968 ) was an American astronomer and meteorologist .

Alter attended Westminster College , Pennsylvania , graduating with a BS in 1909 . He graduated from the University of Pittsburgh and earned a Masters degree in Astronomy with additional qualifications in Meteorology. In 1911 he became a lecturer at the University of Alabama , where he taught physics and astronomy. In the following year he was appointed junior professor and finally in 1913 associate professor.

In 1914 he moved to the University of California at Berkeley , where he received his doctorate in astronomy in 1916. In 1917 he accepted a professorship at the University of Kansas . From 1925 to 1927 he served as Vice President of the American Meteorological Society . As a result, he received a Guggenheim scholarship and studied astronomy in Great Britain for two years . In 1935 he took a leave of absence from university and became director of the Griffith Observatory .

Initially, his studies were mainly concerned with observing the sun , but after the war he increasingly focused on the moon . With increasing experience he became a capacity in the field of lunar geology including surface structures and evolutionary history. He continued to be involved in astronomical research and in 1950 he assumed the office of President of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific for a term .

In 1956, he used the 60 "telescope at Mount Wilson Observatory to observe a strange darkening on part of the floor of Alphonsus Crater , which earned him worldwide attention. (This type of incident is now known as the Lunar Transient Phenomena .) Im He reached retirement age in 1958 and officially resigned on March 31. He remained active, however, writing several books on astronomy and serving as a consultant.

Awards and honors

• Member of the Royal Astronomical Society .
• Guggenheim Fellowship , 1929–1930.
• Honorary Doctorate, Monmouth College, 1941.
• G. Bruce Blair Award, 1958.
• Pendray Aerospace Literature Award, 1965.
• The Alter Crater on the moon was named after him.

Web links

• Publications by D. Alter in the Astrophysics Data System