Gordon Pettengill
American radio astronomer and planetary physicist (1926-2021) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 95
Gordon Hemenway Pettengill was an American radio astronomer and planetary physicist. He was one of the first to take radar from its original military application to its use as a tool for astronomy. He was professor emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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2021Died8 May 20211997Charles A. Whitten MedalAward1995Whipple AwardAward1994Magellanic PremiumAward1926Born10 February 1926
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United States
Category
Scientists
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Scientist
Status
Deceased
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Lived 1926 to 2021 · aged 95
