Arlo U. Landolt
Arlo Udell Landolt (born September 29, 1935) is an American astronomer.[1] Landolt has worked principally in photometry and has published a number of widely used lists[2][3][4] of standard stars.[5][6] Landolt was the first discoverer of a pulsating white dwarf when he observed in 1965 and 1966 that the luminosity of HL Tau 76 varied with a period of approximately 12.5 minutes.[7] The asteroid 15072 Landolt is named after him.[6]
Arlo U. Landolt | |
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| Born | September 29, 1935 Highland, Illinois, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Indiana University |
| Awards | George van Biesbroeck Prize (1995) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | astronomy, photometry |
| Institutions | Louisiana State University |
Education
Arlo Landolt graduated from Highland High School in 1952. He received his Ph.D. in 1962 from Indiana University.[5]
Honors and awards
- 2020: Elected a Legacy Fellow of the American Astronomical Society in 2020. [8]
- 1995: Received the George van Biesbroeck Prize from the American Astronomical Society.[9]
References
- R.R. Bowker Company. Database Publishing Group (2009). American Men & Women of Science. 4. Bowker. ISBN 9781414433042. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
- UBVRI photometric standard stars around the celestial equator, Arlo U. Landolt, Astronomical Journal, 88, #3 (March 1983), pp. 439–460.
- UBV photoelectric sequences in the celestial equatorial selected areas 92–115, Arlo U. Landolt, Astronomical Journal, 78, #9 (November 1973), pp. 959–981.
- UBVRI photometric standard stars in the magnitude range 11.5<V<16.0 around the celestial equator, Arlo U. Landolt, Astronomical Journal 104, #1 (July 1992), pp. 340–371, 436–491.
- Arlo U. Landolt, web page at Louisiana State University. Accessed on line September 19, 2007.
- 15072 Landolt (1999 BS12), web page from the JPL Small-Body Database Browser. Accessed on line September 19, 2007.
- A New Short-Period Blue Variable, Arlo U. Landolt, Astrophysical Journal 153, #1 (July 1968), pp. 151–164.
- "AAS Fellows". AAS. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
- George Van Biesbroeck Prize, AAS website.
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