Stephen Synnott

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Stephen P. Synnott (* 1946 in the State of New Jersey ) is an American astronomer who the Voyager program of NASA for exploration of the outer solar system cooperated.

life and career

After a bachelor's degree in aeronautical engineering at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute , he went to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1968 , where he completed his master's degree in 1970 and received his doctorate in 1974. From 1975 he worked at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of the California Institute of Technology .

Synnott discovered several moons within the solar system, including Metis , Larissa , Proteus , Cressida and Thebe using the images of the Voyager probes .

The asteroid (6154) Stevesynnott was named in his honor .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Campbell, JK et al. a.:Voyager, Orbit Determination at Jupiter (PDF; 1.3 MB)
  2. ↑ Proteus
  3. ↑ Astronomer Stephen P. Synnott discovers Uranus moon Cressida
  4. ^ Dictionary of minor planet names Lutz D. Schmadel page 513, accessed September 6, 2010.
personal data
SURNAME Synnott, Stephen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Synnott, Stephen P.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American astronomer
DATE OF BIRTH 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH New Jersey