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Paul Weissman

Education
  • A.B., Physics, Cornell University (1969)
  • M.S., Astronomy, Univ. Massachusetts (1971)
  • M.S., Planetary and Space Physics, UCLA (1973)
  • Ph.D., Planetary and Space Physics, UCLA (1978)
Professional Experience
  • Jet Propulsion Laboratory (1974-Present)
    • Astronomy Science Lead, Table Mountain Observatory (2003-present)
    • Project Scientist, Deep Space 4/Champollion (1996-1999)
    • Interdisciplinary Scientist, International Rosetta Mission (1996-present)
    • Senior Research Scientist (1995-present)
    • Co Investigator, Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer, Galileo Project (1988-2003)
    • Deputy Project Scientist, Comet Rendezvous Asteroid Flyby Project (1987-1992)
    • Guest Investigator, Infrared Astronomical Satellite Project, (1987-1989)
    • Science Coordinator, Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer, Galileo Project (1977-1993)
    • Mission Scientist, Mariner Mark II Project (1981-1982)
    • Research Scientist, Earth and Space Sciences Division (1977-1995)
    • Mission Analyst, Advanced Project Group (1974-1977)
  • Visiting Member, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ (1985)
  • Program Scientist, NASA Headquarters, Solar System Exploration Division (1979)
Selected Awards
  • NASA Group Achievement Award, Stardust Mission
  • 6 NASA Group Achievement Awards for various phases of Galileo mission
  • Letter of Excellence in Reviewing, Icarus (1997)
  • Main belt asteroid 3197 named Weissman (1986)
Selected Publications
Books
  1. The Great Voyager Adventure, A. Harris and P. Weissman (Julian Messner: New York) 79 pp. (1990)
  2. The Encyclopedia of the Solar System, P. R. Weissman, L. A. McFadden, and T. V. Johnson, editors (Academic Press: New York) 992 pp. (1999)
  3. The Encyclopedia of the Solar System, 2nd Edition, L. A. McFadden, P. R. Weissman, and T. V. Johnson, editors (Academic Press: New York) 985 pp. (2007)
Recent Publications
  1. Stern, S. A., and Weissman, P. R. Rapid collisional evolution of comets during the formation of the Oort cloud. Nature 409, 589-591, 2001.
  2. García-Sánchez, J., Preston, R. A., Jones, D. L., Weissman, P. R., Lestrade, J.-F., Latham, D. W., Stefanik, R. P., and Paredes, J. M. Stellar encounters with the solar system. Astronomy & Astrophysics 379, 634-659, 2001.
  3. Weissman, P. R., Bottke, W. F., and Levison, H. F. Evolution of comets into asteroids. In Asteroids III, eds. W. Bottke, A. Cellino, P. Paolicchi, and R. Binzel (Univ. Arizona Press: Tucson), pp. 669-686, 2002.
  4. Kaasalainen, M., Kwiatkowski, T., Abe, M., Pironen, J., Nakamura, T., Ohba, Y., Dermawan, B., Farnham, T., Colas, F., Lowry, S., Weissman, P., Whiteley, R. J., Tholen, D. J., Larson, S. M., Yoshikawa, M., Toth, I., and Velichko, F. P. CCD photometry and model of MUSES-C target (25143) 1998 SF36. Astron. & Astrophys. 405, L29-L32, 2003.
  5. Lowry, S. C., and Weissman, P. R. CCD observations of distant comets from Palomar and Steward observatories. Icarus 164, 492, 2003.
  6. Dones, L., Weissman, P. R., Levison, H. F., Duncan, M. J. Oort cloud formation and dynamics. In Star Formation in the Interstellar Medium: In Honor of David Hollenbach, Chris McKee and Frank Shu, eds. D. Johnstone, F.C. Adams, D.N.C. Lin, D.A. Neufeld, and E.C. Ostriker, ASP Conference Proceedings 323, pp. 371-384, 2004.
  7. Weissman, P. R., Asphaug, E. and Lowery, S. C. Structure and density of cometary nuclei. In Comets II, eds. M. Festou, H. U. Keller, and H. Weaver (Univ. Arizona Press: Tucson), pp. 337-357, 2004.
  8. Dones, L., Weissman, P. R., Levison, H. F., and Duncan, M. J. Oort cloud formation and dynamics. In Comets II, eds. M. Festou, H. U. Keller, and H. A. Weaver (Univ. Arizona Press, Tucson), pp. 153-174, 2004.
  9. Lederer, S. M., Domingue, D. L., Vilas, F., Abe, M., Farnham, T. L., Jarvis, K. S., Lowry, S. C., Ohba, Y., Weissman, P. R., French, L. M., Fukai, H., Hasegawa, S., Ishiguro, M., Larson, S. M., and Takagi, Y. Physical characteristics of Hayabusa target Asteroid 25143 Itokawa. Icarus 173, 153-165, 2005.
  10. Fernández, Y. R., Lowry, S. C., Weissman, P. R., Mueller, B. E. A., Belton, M. J. S., and Meech, K. J. New near-aphelion light curves of comet 2P/Encke. Icarus 175, 194-214, 2005.
  11. Lowry, S. C., Weissman, P. R., Hicks, M. D., Whiteley, R. J., and Larson, S. Physical properties of asteroid (25143) Itokawa: Target of the Hayabusa mission. Icarus 176, 408-417, 2005.
  12. Meech, K. J., ... Weissman, P. R., and 207 co-authors. Deep Impact: Observations from a worldwide Earth-based campaign. Science 310, 265-269, 2005.
  13. Bauer, J. M., Weissman, P. R., Choi, Y.-J., Troy, M., Lisse, C. M., Dekany, R., and Buratti, B. J. Palomar AO observations during the Deep Impact encounter. Icarus 187, 296 305, 2007.
  14. Weissman, P. R., Lowry, S. C., and Choi, Y.-J. Photometric observations of Rosetta target asteroid 2867 Steins. Astronomy & Astrophysics 466, 737-743, 2007.
  15. Lowry, S. C., and Weissman, P. R. Rotation and color properties of the nucleus of comet 2P/Encke. Icarus 188, 212-223, 2007.
  16. Weissman, P. R. The cometary impactor flux at the Earth, In IAU Symposium 236: Near-Earth Objects, Our Celestial Neighbors: Opportunities and Risk, eds. A. Milani, G. B. Valsecchi, D. Vokrouhlicky (Cambridge Univ. Press: Cambridge)
  17. Dones, L., Levison, H. F., Duncan, M. J., and Weissman, P. R. Simulations of the formation of the Oort cloud I. The reference model. Icarus, in press.
  18. Lowry, S. C., Fitzsimmons, A., Lamy, P., and Weissman, P. Kuiper belt objects in the planetary region. In Kuiper Belt, eds: A. Barucci, H. Boenhardt, D. Cruikshank, and A. Morbidelli (Univ. Arizona Press: Tucson) in press.
  19. Weissman, P. R., and Lowry, S. C. Structure and density of cometary nuclei. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, in press.
  20. Weissman, P. R., Hicks, M. D., Abell, P. A., Choi, Y.-J., and Lowry, S. C. Rosetta target asteroid 2867 Steins: An unusual E-type asteroid. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, in press.

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