Stanton J. Peale

Stanton J. Peale
Born Stanton Jerrold Peale
(1937-01-23)January 23, 1937
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Died May 14, 2015(2015-05-14) (aged 78)
Santa Barbara, California, USA
Citizenship United States
Fields Astrophysics, planetary science
Institutions Cornell University, University of California, Los Angeles, University of California, Santa Barbara
Alma mater Cornell University
Notable awards Newcomb Cleveland Prize (1979)
James Craig Watson Medal Award for Contributions to Astronomy (1982),[1]
Brouwer Award (1992)
National Academy of Sciences (2009)[1]
Kuiper Prize (2016)[2]

Stanton Jerrold Peale (January 23, 1937 – May 14, 2015) was an American astrophysicist, planetary scientist, and Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Santa Barbara.[1] His research interests include the geophysical and dynamical properties of planets and exoplanets.

Career

Stanton J. Peale received a Ph.D. in astronomy from Cornell University in 1965, where he worked with Thomas Gold. He was an assistant professor of astronomy at UCLA before moving to UCSB in 1968.

Scientific contributions

In 1969 Peale published a generalization of Cassini's laws that explain the rotation of the Moon and other bodies subject to tides.[3]

In 1976 Peale published an ingenious procedure to determine the size and state of the core of Mercury.[4]

In 1979 Peale and collaborators predicted that Jupiter's satellite Io might show widespread volcanism as a result of the action of tides.[5] This prediction was confirmed by data from the Voyager 1 Mission which showed that Io is the most volcanically active body in the solar system.

He died on May 14, 2015 in Santa Barbara, California.[6]

Honors

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Stanton J. Peale". National Academy of Sciences Member Directory. Retrieved 2014-05-18.
  2. 1 2 "DPS Prizes". American Astronomical Society.
  3. ↑ Peale, Stanton J. (1969). "Generalized Cassini's Laws". The Astronomical Journal. 74: 483. Bibcode:1969AJ.....74..483P. doi:10.1086/110825. ISSN 0004-6256.
  4. ↑ Peale, S. J. (1976). "Does Mercury have a molten core?". Nature. 262 (5571): 765–766. Bibcode:1976Natur.262..765P. doi:10.1038/262765a0. ISSN 0028-0836.
  5. ↑ Peale, S. J.; Cassen, P.; Reynolds, R. T. (1979). "Melting of Io by Tidal Dissipation". Science. 203 (4383): 892–894. Bibcode:1979Sci...203..892P. doi:10.1126/science.203.4383.892. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 17771724.
  6. ↑ "Stanton J. Peale (1937 - 2015)". American Astronomical Society. Retrieved 2015-05-19.
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