Zdenek Sekanina

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Zdenek Sekanina (born June 12, 1936 in Mladá Boleslav as Zdeněk Sekanina ) is an American astronomer born in the Czech Republic .

From 1959 he studied astronomy at the Charles University in Prague , where he also received his doctorate in 1963. Since 1980 he has worked for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .

His main field of study is the study of meteors and interplanetary matter and, since completing his university career, the study of comets . As part of his investigations, he dealt with Halley's Comet , the Tunguska event and the breaking up of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 when it hit Jupiter .

He was involved in the data analysis of the Giotto , Stardust and SOHO missions.

The asteroid (1913) Sekanina was named after him.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Zdenek Sekanina
  2. ^ Dust jets in comet Halley observed by Giotto and from the ground
  3. ↑ INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP TUNGUSKA 96 July 14-17, 1996
  4. ↑ PERIODIC COMET SHOEMAKER-LEVY 9 (1993e) ( Memento of the original from May 27, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / trs-new.jpl.nasa.gov
personal data
SURNAME Sekanina, Zdenek
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sekanina, Zdeněk (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American astronomer
DATE OF BIRTH June 12, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Mladá Boleslav