Gehrels, Tom, 1925-2011
Tom Gehrels papers, 1894-2011 (bulk 1961-2000).
This collection is comprised of mostly professional papers and some personal papers of astronomer Tom Gehrels. The bulk of the material relates to his career as a professor and astronomical researcher at the University of Arizona and consists of correspondence with other astronomers, scientists, state and federal politicians amassed during his career at the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory and the Department of Planetary Sciences at the University of Arizona. Topics include astronomy, asteroids, comets, photometry, the Pioneer space probe, and polarization. Correspondents include Bart Bok, Gerard Kuiper, and Wernher Von Braun, among many others.
Dutch/American astronomer. Ph.D., physics and astronomy (University of Chicago, 1956). Research associate, McDonald Observatory, Indiana University (1956-1961); University of Arizona, Lunar Planetary Laboratory and faculty of the Department of Planetary Sciences and Astronomy (1961-2011). Research in photolarimetry, founder of the Spacewatch Project.
Bok, Bart J. (Bart Jan), 1906-1983
Gehrels, Tom, 1925-2011
Kuiper, Gerard P. (Gerard Peter), 1905-1973
Von Braun, Wernher, 1912-1977.
University of Arizona. Department of Planetary Science
University of Arizona. Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
Asteroids.
Astronomy
Comets
Photometry
Pioneer (Space probes)
Polarization (Light) fast
AIP-ICOS
University of Arizona. Library. Special Collections. Tucson, AZ 85721, USA