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Dale Cruikshank
American astronomer · United States · On the map · Scientists · Born 1939 · age 87
Dale P. Cruikshank is an astronomer and planetary scientist in the Astrophysics Branch at NASA Ames Research Center. His research specialties are spectroscopy and radiometry of planets and small bodies in the Solar System.
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These small bodies include comets, asteroids, planetary satellites, dwarf planets, and objects in the region beyond Neptune. He uses spectroscopic observations made with ground-based and space-based telescopes, as well as interplanetary spacecraft, to identify and study the ices, minerals, and organic materials that compose the surfaces of planets and small bodies.
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