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Topic: James Elliot, discovered Uranus' rings (1943-2011)
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Apollo-Soyuz
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posted 03-22-2011 07:21 PM
   
James Elliot, an MIT astronomer who discovered the rings of Uranus died March 3, 2011 of cancer at his home in Wellesley, Mass. He was 67. In 1977, Dr. Elliot, Edward Dunham and Douglas Mink - all three then at Cornell University - flew over the Indian Ocean in the Kuiper Airborne Observatory to use its 36-inch telescope to observe an occultation of a bright star by Uranus. This is when they discovered the rings. As a tribute to Dr. Elliott, I show the Space Cover of the Week for Week 98.  |
jasonelam
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