Jerry Nelson (astronomer)

This article is about the astronomer. For the puppeteer, see Jerry Nelson.
Jerry Nelson
Born(1944-01-15)January 15, 1944
Los Angeles County, California
DiedJune 10, 2017(2017-06-10) (aged 73)
Santa Cruz, California
NationalityAmerican
Alma materCalifornia Institute of Technology, University of California, Berkeley
Known forsegmented mirror telescopes
AwardsDannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics (1995)
Kavli Prize for Astrophysics (2010)
Scientific career
Fieldsastronomy
InstitutionsLick Observatory, University of California, Santa Cruz

Jerry Earl Nelson (January 15, 1944 – June 10, 2017) was an American astronomer known for his pioneering work designing segmented mirror telescopes,[1] which led to him sharing the 2010 Kavli Prize for Astrophysics.[2]

He was the principal designer and project scientist for the Keck telescopes.[3]

  1. ^ "2010 Astrophysics Citation". The Kavli Foundation. 3 June 2010. Archived from the original on 12 May 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Ucsc was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Optical Society of America Lauds Designer of Keck Telescope". UC Santa Cruz. 2 January 1996. Archived from the original on 28 May 2010. Retrieved 20 August 2010.