Heidi B. Hammel
American astronomer · United States · On the map · Scientists · Born 1960 · age 66
Heidi B. Hammel is an American planetary astronomer who has extensively studied Neptune and Uranus. She was part of the team imaging Neptune from Voyager 2 in 1989. She led the team using the Hubble Space Telescope to view Shoemaker-Levy 9's impact with Jupiter in 1994.
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She has used the Hubble Space Telescope and the Keck Telescope to study Uranus and Neptune, discovering new information about dark spots, planetary storms and Uranus' rings. In 2002, she was selected as an interdisciplinary scientist for the James Webb Space Telescope.
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Tom GehrelsBoth received Masursky Award
Lisa KalteneggerBoth received Carl Sagan Medal for Excellence in Public Communication in Planetary ScienceDavid J. TholenBoth received Harold C. Urey Prize
Guy ConsolmagnoBoth received Carl Sagan Medal for Excellence in Public Communication in Planetary Science
Mark Robert ShowalterBoth received Masursky Award
Steven SquyresBoth received Harold C. Urey Prize