James F. Bell III

For other people named James Bell, see James Bell (disambiguation).
Jim Bell
Jim Bell in 2009
Born (1965-07-23) July 23, 1965 (age 59)
Coventry, Rhode Island
NationalityAmerican
Alma materCalifornia Institute of Technology
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Scientific career
FieldsPlanetary geology
Geochemistry
Mineralogy
InstitutionsArizona State University
Cornell University

James F. Bell III (born July 23, 1965) is a professor of Astronomy at Arizona State University, specializing in the study of planetary geology, geochemistry and mineralogy using data obtained from telescopes and from various spacecraft missions. Bell's active research has involved the NASA Mars Pathfinder, Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR), Comet Nucleus Tour (CONTOUR), 2001 Mars Odyssey, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, and the Mars Science Laboratory missions. His book Postcards from Mars [1] includes many images taken by the Mars rovers. Bell is currently an editor of the space science journal Icarus[2] and president of The Planetary Society.[3] He has served as the lead scientist in charge of the Panoramic camera (Pancam) color imaging system[4] on Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity.

  1. ^ "Postcards from Mars | Jim Bell". Postcardsfrommarsbook.com. Archived from the original on 2006-07-04. Retrieved 2010-12-20.
  2. ^ "ICARUS, International Journal of Solar System Studies". Icarus.cornell.edu. Archived from the original on 2010-08-28. Retrieved 2010-12-20.
  3. ^ "The Planetary Society". Planetary.org. Archived from the original on 2010-12-19. Retrieved 2010-12-20.
  4. ^ Bell, J. F.; Squyres, S. W.; Herkenhoff, K. E.; Maki, J. N.; Arneson, H. M.; Brown, D.; Collins, S. A.; Dingizian, A.; Elliot, S. T.; Hagerott, E. C.; Hayes, A. G.; Johnson, M. J.; Johnson, J. R.; Joseph, J.; Kinch, K.; Lemmon, M. T.; Morris, R. V.; Scherr, L.; Schwochert, M.; Shepard, M. K.; Smith, G. H.; Sohl-Dickstein, J. N.; Sullivan, R. J.; Sullivan, W. T.; Wadsworth, M. (2003). "NASA - NSSDC - Experiment - Details". Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. 108 (E12). Nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov: 8063. Bibcode:2003JGRE..108.8063B. doi:10.1029/2003JE002070. Retrieved 2010-12-20.