Dirk Terrell
| Dirk Terrell | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 14, 1965 San Francisco, CA, USA |
| Nationality | USA |
| Occupation | Astronomer |
| Known for | Astronomy Space art |
Dirk Terrell (born August 14, 1965) is an American astronomer and space artist who is the manager of the Astronomy and Computer Systems section in the Department of Space Studies of the Space Science and Engineering division of the Southwest Research Institute.[1] He is a Fellow and former President of the International Association of Astronomical Artists.[2]
In 2013, he was a member of a team of scientists that discovered and characterized the extrasolar planet Kepler-64b, a.k.a. PH1, the first planet discovered in a quadruple star system.[3] He showed that suspected transits in the Kepler Space Telescope data of the system were indeed due to a planet transiting the eclipsing binary in the system.[4][5] In 2014, he helped discover and characterize planets in three additional stellar systems, including Kepler-88 and Kepler-247. [6]
Asteroid (79912) Terrell is named in his honor.[7]
References
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- ↑ arXiv. "Planet Hunters: A Transiting Circumbinary Planet in a Quadruple Star System", Megan E. Schwamb, Jerome A. Orosz, Joshua A. Carter, William F. Welsh, Debra A. Fischer, Guillermo Torres, Andrew W. Howard, Justin R. Crepp, William C. Keel, Chris J. Lintott, Nathan A. Kaib, Dirk Terrell, Robert Gagliano, Kian J. Jek, Michael Parrish, Arfon M. Smith, Stuart Lynn, Robert J. Simpson, Matthew J. Giguere, Kevin Schawinski, 2012 October, arXiv:1210.3612 ; Bibcode: 2012arXiv1210.3612S ;
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- ↑ arXiv. "Photo-Dynamical Analysis of Three Kepler Objects of Interest with Significant Transit Timing Variations",David Nesvorny, David Kipping, Dirk Terrell, Farhan Feroz, 2014 May, arXiv:1405.2060; Bibcode: 2014arXiv1405.2060;
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