Christine Wilson | |
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Nationality | Canadian, American |
Alma mater | University of Toronto California Institute of Technology |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Astronomy, Physics |
Institutions | McMaster University |
Thesis | Star formation and the interstellar medium in M33 (1990) |
Doctoral advisor | Nicholas Z. Scoville |
Christine D. Wilson is a Canadian-American physicist and astronomer, currently a University Distinguished Professor at McMaster University.[1][2]
On August 5, 1986, Wilson discovered a comet, later named Comet Wilson (1987VII) after her, while analyzing photographic plates from the Samuel Oschin telescope at the Palomar Observatory.[3][4][5]