# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tom-gehrels
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:25:31.054Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/tom-gehrels"
name: "Tom Gehrels"
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description: "Anton Marie Jacob \"Tom\" Gehrels was a Dutch–American astronomer, Professor of Planetary Sciences, and Astronomer at the University of Arizona, Tucson."
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birthDate: "1925-02-21"
deathDate: "2011-07-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump