Dirk Reuyl
Dirk Reuyl (1906 – 1972) was a Dutch American physicist and astronomer. He was the cousin of astronomer Peter van de Kamp.
Life
Like his cousin, Reuijl (later "Reuyl") was born in Kampen, Overijssel. He studied physics and mathematics at Utrecht University, where, in October 1931, he defended his PhD dissertation "Photographic measures of close double stars" with Albertus Antonie Nijland as advisor.[1] He came to the United States a few years before Van de Kamp. He joined the staff at
Alexander N. Vyssotsky.[2]
In 1941 he measured angular diameter of Mars using photographic plates.[3]
Claim of planets
In 1943 he claimed to have discovered (with
Wulff Heintz later discredited these claims.[5]
Later life and death
In 1944 he left
guided missiles.[7] During the late 1940s and the 1950s he worked on optically tracking the launch and trajectory of captured V-2 rockets. In 1957 Reuyl began a project for the optical tracking of the first artificial Earth satellites for the International Geophysical Year. This project was in association with the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and tracked the first satellites launched by the U.S and Soviet Union.[8] Reuyl remained associated with Aberdeen through the 1960s.[9]
He died in 1972.
Honors and awards
Reuyl Crater, an impact crater on Mars
, was named in his honor.
References
- ^ "Utrecht University graduation information". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-10-10.
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- Bibcode:1988JRASC..82..140H.
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- Bibcode:1949S&T.....8..299R.
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- ^ Reuyl, D.; Menne, D.; Poetzschke, H. (August 1964). "THE BRL BALLISTIC CAMERA SYSTEM". BALLISTIC RESEARCH LABS ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD.
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