Stamatios (Tom) M. Krimizis | |
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 Stamatios (Tom) M. Krimizis | |
| Born | Stamatios M. Krimizis September 10, 1938 |
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| Employer | Applied Physics Laboratory |
| Title | Head Emeritus, Space Department |
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| Thesis | An interplanetary diffusion model for the time behavior of intensity in a solar cosmic ray event (1965) |
| Doctoral advisor | James Van Allen |
Stamatios (Tom) Mike Krimizis (Greek: Σταμάτιος Κριμιζής; born September 10, 1938) is a Greek-American scientist in space exploration. He has contributed to many of the United States' unmanned space exploration programs of the Solar System and beyond. He has contributed to exploration missions to almost every planet of the Solar System.[1][2] In 1999, the International Astronomical Union named the asteroid 8323 Krimigis (previously 1979 UH) in his honor.[2]
- ^ Brief Curriculum Vitae and publications, Johns Hopkins University.
- ^ a b Europlanet Interview: Stamatios (Tom) Krimigis, Europlanet.