Brett J. Gladman

Brett James Gladman (born 1966)[2] is a Canadian astronomer and a full professor at the University of British Columbia's Department of Physics and Astronomy in Vancouver, British Columbia. He holds the Canada Research Chair in planetary astronomy.[3] He does both theoretical work (large-scale numerical simulations of planetary dynamics) and observational optical astronomy (being a discoverer of many planetary moons and minor planets).

Minor planets discovered: 18 [1]
see § List of discovered minor planets

Career

Gladman is best known for his work in dynamical astronomy in the Solar System. He has studied the transport of meteorites between planets, the delivery of meteoroids from the main asteroid belt, and the possibility of the transport of life via this mechanism, known as panspermia. He also studies planet formation, especially the puzzle of how the giant planets came to be.

He is discoverer or co-discoverer of many astronomical bodies in the Solar System, asteroids, Kuiper Belt comets, and many moons of the giant planets:

Gladman is a member of the Canada–France Ecliptic Plane Survey (CFEPS), and the Outer Solar System Origins Survey (OSSOS) which has detected and tracked the world's largest sample of well-understood Kuiper belt comets, including unusual objects like 2004 XR190 ("Buffy") and 2008 KV42 ("Drac"), the first trans-Neptunian object on a retrograde orbit around the Sun.

Honors and awards

Gladman was awarded the H. C. Urey Prize by the Division of Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society in 2002. The main-belt asteroid 7638 Gladman is named in his honor.[3] During 2008–2011 he served as member and chair of the Science Advisory Council of the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope on Mauna Kea in Hawaii. He was awarded a Killam Research Fellowship in 2015.

List of discovered minor planets

Partial listing only below; discoveries number in the many hundreds of asteroids and Kuiper Belt objects.

(44594) 1999 OX321 July 1999list [A][B][C]
(49673) 1999 RA21513 September 1999list [D][E]
(60620) 2000 FD827 March 2000list [A][C][B]
(60621) 2000 FE827 March 2000list [A][C][B]
(62608) 2000 SD33223 September 2000list
(82053) 2000 SZ37023 September 2000list [A]
(118698) 2000 OY5128 July 2000list
(182222) 2000 YU116 December 2000list [B][F]
(182223) 2000 YC217 December 2000list [B][F]
(182926) 2002 FU620 March 2002list [A][G]
(200198) 1999 RE2162 September 1999list
(385191) 1997 RT57 September 1997list [H][J]
(385533) 2004 QD2919 August 2004list
(418993) 2009 MS925 June 2009list [C][A]
(422472) 2014 SZ31923 March 2001list
(444025) 2004 HJ7926 April 2004list
(468422) 2000 FA827 March 2000list [A][C][B]
(469610) 2004 HF7924 April 2004list
(506439) 2000 YB216 December 2000list [B][F]
Co-discovery made with:
A J. J. Kavelaars
B M. J. Holman
C J.-M. Petit
D D. Davis
E C. Neese
F T. Grav
G A. Doressoundiram
H P. Nicholson
J J. A. Burns

See also

References
  1. "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 4 September 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  2. Biography at Astro.ubc.ca
  3. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(7638) Gladman". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (7638) Gladman. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 607. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_6592. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.


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