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Glenn Veeder

Education
  • S.B. in Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1968)
  • Ph.D. in Astronomy, California Institute of Technology (1973)
Research Interests
  • Infrared monitoring of the volcanoes and modeling the heat flow of the Galilean satellite Io
  • Infrared radiometry of the satellites of Saturn
  • Visual photometry, JHK photometry and radiometry of near Earth asteroids
  • Detection of near-infrared companions of M dwarf stars in the solar neighborhood
Professional Experience
  • Jet Propulsion Laboratory (1974-present)
    • Member of the Technical Staff (1977-present)
    • Supervisor, IRAS Minor Planet Survey, Infrared Processing and Analysis Center (1993)
    • Group Supervisor, Planetary and Asteroid Sciences (1986-1992)
    • Asteroid Advisory Group (1982-1986)
    • Consultant, Earth and Planetary Science Group (1976-1977)
    • National Research Council Resident Research Associate (1974-1976)
  • Mauna Kea Observatories (MKO), Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF), Guest Investigator (1979 1999)
  • Palomar Observatory, Guest Investigator (1981-1999)
  • Keck Observatory, Guest Investigator (1996-1997)
  • Infrared Processing and Analysis Center (IPAC), Guest Investigator (1985-1986)
  • International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE), Guest Investigator (1979-1984)
  • United Kingdom Infrared Telescope (UKIRT), Observer (1982)
  • Mt. Wilson and Las Campanas Observatories, Guest Investigator (1980)
  • Hale Observatories, Guest Investigator (1974-1980)
  • University of Arizona, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, Guest Observer (1976)
Selected Awards
Asteroid 3510 Veeder
Selected Publications
  1. Veeder, G. J., D. L. Matson, T. V. Johnson, A. G. Davies and D. L. Blaney: The polar contribution to the heat flow of Io. Icarus, 169/1, 264-270, 2004.
  2. Matson, D. L., T. V. Johnson, G. J. Veeder, D. L. Blaney, and A. G. Davies: Upper bound on Ios heat flow. J. Geophys. Res., 106, No.E12, 33021-33024, 2001.
  3. Howell, R.J., et al.: Ground-based observations of volcanism on Io in 1999. J. Geophys. Res., 106, 33129-33139, 2001.
  4. Blaney, D.L., Veeder, G.J., Matson, D.L., Johnson, T.V., Goguen, J.D. and Spencer, J.R.: Ios thermal anomalies: clues to their origins from comparing ground based observations between 1 and 20 microns. Geophys. Res. Lett., 24, #20, 2459-2462, 1997.
  5. Matson, D. L., T. V. Johnson, D. L. Blaney, and G. J. Veeder: Ground-based Observations of Io. Reviews of Geophysics, Supplement, July 1995, 505-508, 1995.
  6. Blaney, D.L., Johnson, T.V., Matson, D.L. and Veeder, G.J.: Volcanic eruptions on Io: Heat flow, resurfacing, and lava composition. Icarus, 113, 220-225, 1995.
  7. Johnson, T.V., Matson, D.L., Blaney, D.L. and Veeder, G.J.: Stealth plumes on Io. Geophys. Res. Letters, 22, 3293-3296, 1995.
  8. Veeder, G.J., Matson, D.L., Owensby, P.D., Gradie, J.C., Bell, J.F. and Tedesco, E.F.: Eos, Koronis, and Maria family asteroids: infrared (JHK) photometry. Icarus, 114, 186-196, 1995.
  9. Orton, G.S. et al.: Spatial organization and time dependence of Jupiters tropospheric temperatures, 1980-1993. Sci., 265, 625-631, 1994.
  10. Veeder, G.J., Matson, D.L., Johnson, T.V., Blaney, D.L. and Goguen, J.D.: Io's heat flow from infrared radiometry: 1983-1993. JGR-Planets, 99, 17095-17162, 1994.
  11. Tedesco, E.F., Veeder, G.J., Fowler, J.W. and Chillemi, J.R.: IRAS Minor Planet Survey. (PL-TR-92-2049, National Technical Information Service), 1992.
  12. Tedesco, E. F., Williams, J. G., Matson, D. L., Veeder, G. J., Gradie, J. C., and Lebofsky, L. A.: A three-parameter asteroid taxonomy. Astron. J. 97, 580-606, 1989.
  13. Veeder, G. J., Hanner, M. S., Matson, D. L., Tedesco, E. F., Lebofsky, L. A., and Tokunaga, A. T.: Radiometry of near-Earth asteroids. Astron. J. 97, 1211-1219, 1989.
  14. Veeder, G. J., Tedesco, E. F., and Matson, D. L.: Asteroid results from the IRAS survey. In Asteroids II, (R. P. Binzel, T. Gehrels and M. S. Matthews, eds.), University of Arizona Press, Tucson, pp. 282-289, 1989.
  15. Goguen, J.D., Sinton, W.M., Matson, D.L., Howell, R.R., Dyck, H.M., Johnson, T.V., Brown, R.H., Veeder, G.J., Lane, A.L., Nelson, R.M. and McLaren, R.A.: Io hot spots: infrared photometry of satellite occultations. Icarus, 76, 465-484, 1988.
  16. Johnson, T. V., Veeder, G. J., Matson, D. L., Brown, R. H., Nelson, R. M., and Morrison, D.: Io: Evidence for silicate volcanism in 1986. Science 242, 1280-1283, 1988.
  17. Tedesco, E. F., Veeder, G. J., Dunbar, R. S., and Lebofsky, L. A.: IRAS constraints on the sizes of Pluto and Charon. Nature 327, 127-129, 1987.
  18. Veeder, G. J., Hanner, M. S., and Tholen, D. J.: The nucleus of comet P/Arend-Rigaux. Astron. J. 94, 169-173., 1987.
  19. Veeder, G. J., Matson, D. L., Tedesco, E. F., Lebofsky, L. A., and Gradie, J. C.: Radiometry of Deimos. Astron. J. 94, 1361-1363, 1987.
  20. Veeder, G. J.: The IRAS asteroid data. In IRAS Asteroid and Comet Survey, (D. L. Matson, ed.), pp. 2-1 to 2-53, 1986.

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