Bonnie Buratti
Bonnie J. Buratti (born 1952) is an American planetary scientist in the Division of Earth and Space Sciences at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, where she leads the Comets, Asteroids, and Satellites Group.[1] Her research involves the composition and physical properties of planetary surfaces,[2] and volatile transport in the outer solar system.[3]
Education
Buratti received an M.S. in Earth and Planetary sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an M.S. and PhD in Astronomy and Space Sciences from Cornell University.
Career
Buratti has worked on the Voyager Program, the Cassini–Huygens spacecraft (for which she served as Co-Investigator on the VIMS instrument), and the New Horizons space probe.[4] For her work with the Cassini program she was awarded the NASA exceptional achievement medal in 2006. Buratti also does educational outreach at the college and grade school level.[5] In 2014 she was elected Chair of the Division of Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society.[6] In November 2015, Buratti was named the NASA Project Scientist for the European Space Agency's Rosetta Mission to Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.[7] She is a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union.[8]
Awards and honors
- The Hildian asteroid 90502 Buratti, discovered by NEAT in 2004, was named in her honor on 21 March 2008 (M.P.C. 62356).[1][9]
- In 2018, she was awarded the Carl Sagan Medal.[10]
Bibliography
Books
- Worlds Fantastic, Worlds Familiar: A Guided Tour of the Solar System ISBN 9781316591444
References
- ^ a b "(90502) Buratti". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
- ^ "Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Bonnie Buratti". JPL.Gov. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
- ^ Buratti, Bonnie (May 2015). "Photometry of Pluto 2008--2014: Evidence of Ongoing Seasonal Volatile Transport and Activity". Astrophysical Journal Letters. 804 (1): L6. Bibcode:2015ApJ...804L...6B. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/804/1/L6.
- ^ Buratti, J., Bonnie (1 April 2005). "Cassini Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer Observations of Iapetus: Detection of CO2". The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 622 (2): L149–L152. Bibcode:2005ApJ...622L.149B. doi:10.1086/429800.
- ^ "Teachers Touch The Sky". jpl.nasa.gov. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
- ^ "DPS Officers". Division of Planetary Sciences. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
- ^ "Rosetta Team Members". JPL. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- ^ "Fellows Alphabetic List". American Geophysical Union.
- ^ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
- ^ "Sagan Medal DPS Prizes". American Astronomical Society – Division for Planetary Sciences. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| Academics | |
