Gerhard Neukum
Gerhard Neukum (1944-2014) was a German planetary scientist who worked on the chronology of solar system bodies. He obtained a Ph.D. in physics at Heidelberg University. He was a professor at LMU Munich and at the Free University of Berlin.[1]
Neukum was involved in the ESA Mars Express mission, the joint ESA-NASA Cassini–Huygens mission, the ESA Rosetta mission, and the NASA Dawn mission.[1] He also led a consortium of scientists in developing the first proposal for a Mercury orbiter spacecraft, submitted to ESA in 1985.[2][3]
The asteroid 6150 was named after Neukum.
The crater Neukum on Mars was named after him by the IAU in 2017.[4]
References
[edit source]- 1 2 Gerhard Neukum 1944-2014, biographical note at American Astronomical Society
- ↑ Benkhoff, J.; Murakami, G.; Baumjohann, W.; et al. (December 2021). "BepiColombo - Mission Overview and Science Goals". Space Science Reviews. 217 (8). doi:10.1007/s11214-021-00861-4.
- ↑ Balogh, André; Grard, Réjean; Solomon, Sean C.; et al. (October 2007). "Missions to Mercury". Space Science Reviews. 132 (2–4): 611–645. doi:10.1007/s11214-007-9212-4.
- ↑ "Neukum". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
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