Eric Becklin
Eric Edward Becklin | |
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Born | 6 April 1940 |
Citizenship | USA |
Alma mater | B.S. (Physics) University of Minnesota, 1963 Ph.D. (Physics) California Institute of Technology, 1968 |
Known for | infrared astronomy airborne observatories |
Eric E. Becklin (born 6 April 1940) is an American
Becklin received his
On August 23, 2012, in a ceremony held at Dryden Flight Research Center (now the Armstrong Flight Research Center), Becklin received the NASA Exceptional Public Service Medal “for excellence as a pioneer in the infrared astronomy field and providing key leadership for the scientific success of the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy.”[3] He was awarded the Henry Norris Russell Lectureship by the American Astronomical Society in 2017.[4]
In 1966, Becklin and Gerry Neugebauer discovered an exceptionally bright infrared source within
In 1988, while returning home from an observing run on Mauna Kea, Becklin was a passenger on Aloha Airlines Flight 243, which underwent explosive decompression and had to make an emergency landing in Maui.[7]
External links
Notes
- ^ "Eric Becklin". UCLA Division of Astronomy & Astrophysics. UCLA. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
- ^ Beklin, Eric. "Infrared Observation of the Galatic Center" (PDF). Caltech. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
- ^ "USRA | USRA Employees Receive NASA Exceptional Public Service Medal". Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
- ^ "Henry Norris Russell Lectureship". aas.org. American Astronomical Society. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
- ^ "Becklin-Neugebauer Object". The Internet Encyclopedia of Science.
- ^ "Book of Members, 1780-2010: Chapter B" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved May 29, 2011.
- ^ Uechi, Colleen (22 April 2018). "Aloha Airlines Flt. 243: 30 years later — recalling terror in the skies". The Maui News. Ogden Newspapers, The Nutting Company. Retrieved 8 December 2020.