Joseph Veverka
Academic
1941 –
Who is Joseph Veverka?
Joseph Veverka is the James A. Weeks Professor of Physical Sciences, professor of Astronomy at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. His research area is in planetary sciences, with a focus on physical studies of satellite surfaces and planetary rings. Veverka was the principal investigator on the NASA Discovery Program mission CONTOUR, a co-investigator of the Deep Impact space mission to Comet Tempel 1, and is the principal investigator on the NASA Discovery Mission of Opportunity, Stardust-NeXT. He is the recipient of the 2001 National Air and Space Museum Trophy and has the asteroid 2710 Veverka named after him.
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- Born
- 1941
Pelhřimov - Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- Harvard University
- Queen's University
- Bachelor of Science
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on July 23, 2013
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