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Scott J. Bolton

American physicist · United States · On the map · Scientists · Born 1958 · age 68

Scott J. Bolton is an American theoretical and experimental space physicist. He is an associate vice president of the Southwest Research Institute Space Science and Engineering Division. His research area is planetary sciences with a focus on the giant planets and the origin of the Solar System.

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Awards

NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal2012
NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal2002

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Previously serving as a member of the Galileo and Cassini-Huygens missions, Bolton became the Principal Investigator of Juno, a New Frontiers program mission to Jupiter which began primary science in 2016.

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United States
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Scientists
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Scientist
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Born 1958 · age 68