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David J. Tholen

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American astronomer

United StatesScientistsBorn 1955 · age 71
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David James Tholen is an American astronomer at the Institute for Astronomy of the University of Hawaiʻi. S. from the University of Kansas, a 1984 PhD from the University of Arizona, and specializes in planetary and Solar System astronomy.

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1990Harold C. Urey Prize

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About this person

David James Tholen is an American astronomer at the Institute for Astronomy of the University of Hawaiʻi. He holds a 1978 B.S. from the University of Kansas, a 1984 PhD from the University of Arizona, and specializes in planetary and Solar System astronomy. He is a discoverer of minor planets and known for the Tholen spectral classification scheme used on asteroids.

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United States
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Born 1955 · age 71
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