Carolyn Porco
Carolyn C. Porco is an American planetary scientist who explores the outer Solar System, beginning with her imaging work on the Voyager missions to Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune in the 1980s. She led the imaging science team on the Cassini mission in orbit around Saturn.
Background
- Born in
- The Bronx
- Educated at
- California Institute of TechnologyStony Brook UniversityCardinal Spellman High School
- Awards
- 🏆 Lennart Nilsson Award🏆 Carl Sagan Medal for Excellence in Public Communication in Planetary Science🏆 Isaac Asimov Science Award🏆 Leif Erikson Award
- Doctoral Advisors
- 🎓 Peter Goldreich
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1953
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