# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-whitney-young
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:24:39.045Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-whitney-young"
name: "James Whitney Young"
slug: "james-whitney-young"
description: "James Whitney Young is an American astronomer who worked in the field of asteroid research. After nearly 47 years with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at their Table Mountain Facility, Young retired July 16, 2009."
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birthDate: "1941-01-24"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump