Tommy Grav
Tommy Grav (born November 8, 1973 ) is a Norwegian astrophysicist and co-discoverer of numerous irregular moons of the planets Saturn , Uranus and Neptune .
biography
He studied at the University of Oslo, where he also received his doctorate in 2004. He currently works at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts, USA and at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii.
Tommy Grav was a member of three different teams of astronomers (Gladman et al. , Holman et al. And Kavelaars et al. ) Who discovered numerous irregular moons of the planets Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. However, he is officially only listed as a co-discoverer in the following Neptune moons:
Trivia
The asteroid (12309) Tommygrav = 1992 DD 3 was named after him.
Web links
- Tommy Grav's private homepage ( Memento from December 8, 2004 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Grav, Tommy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian astrophysicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 8, 1973 |