Jean-Luc Margot

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Jean-Luc Margot
Born1969 (age 54–55)
UCLA
Doctoral advisorDonald B. Campbell

Jean-Luc Margot (born 1969) is a Belgian-born

UCLA professor with expertise in planetary sciences and SETI
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Career

Margot has discovered and studied several binary asteroids with radar and optical telescopes. His discoveries include (87) Sylvia I Romulus, (22) Kalliope I Linus, S/2003 (379) 1, (702) Alauda I Pichi üñëm, and the binary nature of (69230) Hermes.

In 2000, he obtained the first images of binary

YORP effects.[3][4][5]

In 2007, Margot and collaborators determined that

Stan Peale.[8][9]

In 2012, Margot and graduate student Julia Fang analyzed Kepler space telescope data to infer the architecture of planetary systems.[10] They described planetary systems as "flatter than pancakes."[11] They also showed that many planetary systems are dynamically packed.[12]

Margot proposed an extension to the

exoplanets.[13][14]

Between 2006 and 2021, Margot and collaborators measured the spin of Venus with a radar speckle tracking technique. They measured the orientation and precession of the spin axis. They also measured the duration of the length of day and the amplitude of length-of-day variations, which they attribute to transfer of momentum between the atmosphere and the solid planet.[15][16]

Since 2016, he has conducted searches for

SETI through the "Are we alone in the universe?" citizen science collaboration.[19]

Honors and awards

Margot was awarded the

9531 Jean-Luc is named after him.[21]

References

  1. ^ "Some Asteroids Have Astronomers Seeing Double". JPL press release. 11 April 2002. Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  2. S2CID 8768432
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  3. ^ "Prediction Proved: Light Speeds Up an Asteroid as it Spins". The New York Times. 13 March 2007.
  4. S2CID 29191700
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  5. S2CID 119502545
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  6. ^ "Mercury's spin reveals molten, not solid core". Reuters. 3 May 2007.
  7. S2CID 8863681
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  8. S2CID 4210179
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  9. doi:10.1029/2012JE004161
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  10. S2CID 20234144
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  11. ^ "Most Alien Solar Systems Are 'Flatter Than Pancakes'". Space.com. 15 October 2012.
  12. S2CID 53706876
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  13. ^ "Why we need a new definition of the word 'planet'". Los Angeles Times. 14 November 2015.
  14. S2CID 51684830
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  15. ^ Crockett, Christopher. "How long is a day on Venus? Scientists crack mysteries of our closest neighbor". phys.org.
  16. S2CID 232092194
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  17. ^ "Researchers Just Scanned 14 Worlds From the Kepler Mission for "Technosignatures", Evidence of Advanced Civilizations". Universe Today. 15 February 2018.
  18. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/acfda4
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  19. ^ "UCLA is asking for the public's help in finding signs of extraterrestrial intelligence". Los Angeles Times. 15 February 2023.
  20. ^ "Harold C. Urey Prize in Planetary Science". Division of Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  21. ^ "Small Body Orbital Elements 9531 Jean-Luc (1981 QK)". JPL. Retrieved 11 December 2021.

External links

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