Michael J. Belton Explained

Michael J. S. Belton (September 29, 1934 – June 4, 2018) was President of Belton Space Exploration Initiatives and Emeritus Astronomer at the Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona.[1] [2] Belton served as the Chair of the 2002 Planetary Science Decadal Survey guiding NASA and other US Government Agencies plans for solar system exploration.[3] Belton studied first at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland and earned his PhD at the University of California at Berkeley for his doctoral thesis on "The Interaction of Type II Comet Tails with the Interplanetary Medium".[4]

Belton was born in Bognor Regis, England.[5] He led the Galileo Imaging Science Team in high-resolution imaging studies of Venus, Jupiter, Jupiter's moons Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto, Earth's Moon as well as asteroids Ida, Gaspra, and Dactyl. The team also studied the collision of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 with Jupiter.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Michael J. Belton (1934 - 2018) - Obituary Needed | American Astronomical Society . 2018-06-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140247/https://aas.org/obituaries/michael-j-belton-1934-2018-obituary-needed . 2018-06-12 . dead .
  2. Web site: Michael J. S. Belton (1934-2018). 5 June 2018.
  3. Book: New Frontiers in the Solar System: An Integrated Exploration Strategy. 2003. National Research Council. Washington, DC. 0-309-55902-2. iv.
  4. Web site: Michael Belton Bio. Belton Space Exploration. 2011-03-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305113215/http://beltonspace.com/bsei_web_page_000004.htm. 2016-03-05. dead.
  5. Book: American Men & Women of Science: A-B. 2003. R.R. Bowker . 9780787665241.
  6. Web site: Gerard P. Kuiper Prize in Planetary Sciences. American Astronomical Society.
  7. Book: Schmadel, Lutz D. . Lutz D. Schmadel

    . Lutz D. Schmadel. Dictionary of minor planet names, Volume 1. August 2003. Springer. 3-540-00238-3. 298.

  8. Web site: Two Names Approved for Pluto: Belton Regio and Safronov Regio USGS Astrogeology Science Center . 2023-09-27 . astrogeology.usgs.gov.

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