Carolyn Porco
Carolyn C. Porco (born March 6, 1953) 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. She is an expert on planetary rings and the Saturnian moon, Enceladus.She has co-authored more than 110 scientific papers on subjects ranging from the spectroscopy of Uranus and Neptune, the interstellar medium, the photometry of planetary rings, satellite/ring interactions, computer simulations of planetary rings, the thermal balance of Triton's polar caps, heat flow in the interior of Jupiter, and a suite of results on the atmosphere, satellites, and rings of Saturn from the ''Cassini'' imaging experiment. In 2013, Cassini data confirmed a 1993 prediction by Porco and Mark Marley that acoustic oscillations within the body of Saturn are responsible for creating particular features in the rings of Saturn.
Porco was founder of The Day the Earth Smiled. She was also responsible for the epitaph and proposal to honor the renowned planetary geologist Eugene Shoemaker by sending his cremains to the Moon aboard the Lunar Prospector spacecraft in 1998.
A frequent public speaker, Porco has given two popular lectures at TED as well as the opening speech for Pangea Day, a May 2008 global broadcast coordinated from six cities around the world, in which she described the cosmic context for human existence. Porco has also won a number of awards and honors for her contributions to science and the public sphere; for instance, in 2009, ''New Statesman'' named her as one of 'The 50 People Who Matter Today.'
In 2010, Porco was awarded the Carl Sagan Medal, presented by the American Astronomical Society for Excellence in the Communication of Science to the Public. In 2012, she was named one of the 25 most influential people in space by ''Time'' magazine. Provided by Wikipedia
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4by Helfenstein, Paul, Thomas, Peter, Veverka, Joe, Porco, Carolyn, Giese, Bernd, Wagner, Roland, Roatsch, Thomas, Denk, Tillmann, Neukum, GerhardGet access
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5by Roatsch, Thomas, Wählisch, Marita, Giese, Bernd, Hoffmeister, Angelika, Matz, Klaus-Dieter, Scholten, Frank, Kuhn, Anne, Wagner, Roland, Neukum, Gerhard, Helfenstein, Paul, Porco, CarolynGet access
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6by Ratburn, Julie, Turtle, Elizabeth, Helfenstein, Paul, Squyres, Steve, Thomas, Peter, Veverka, Joe, Denk, Tilmann, Neukum, Gerhard, Roatsch, Thomas, Wagner, Roland, Perry, Jason, Smith, D, Johnson, Torrence, Porco, CarolynGet access
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7by Helfenstein, Paul, Thomas, Peter, Veverka, Joe, Rathbun, Julie, Perry, Jason, Turtle, Elizabeth, Denk, Tilmann, Neukum, Gerhard, Roatsch, Thomas, Wagner, Roland, Giese, Bernd, Squyres, Steve, Burns, Joe, McEwen, Alfred, Porco, Carolyn, Johnson, TorrenceGet access
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8by Dyudina, Ulyana A., Ingersoll, Andrew P., Ewald, Shawn P., Vasavada, Ashwin R., West, Robert A., Baines, Kevin H., Momary, Thomas W., Del Genio, Anthony D., Barbara, John M., Porco, Carolyn C., Achterberg, Richard K., Flasar, E. Michael, Simon-Miller, Amy A., Fletcher, Leigh N.Get access
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9by Dyudina, Ulyana A., Ingersoll, Andrew P., Ewald, Shawn P., Vasavada, Ashwin R., West, Robert A., Baines, Kevin H., Momary, Thomas W., Del Genio, Anthony D., Barbara, John M., Porco, Carolyn C., Achterberg, Richard K., Flasar, E. Michael, Simon-Miller, Amy A., Fletcher, Leigh N.Get access
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10by Porco, Carolyn, Helfenstein, Paul, Thomas, Peter, Ingersoll, Andy, Wisdom, J, West, Robert, Neukum, Gerhard, Denk, Tilmann, Wagner, Roland, Roatsch, Thomas, Kieffer, S, Turtle, Elizabeth, McEwen, Alfred, Johnson, Torrence, Rathbun, Julie, Veverka, Joe, Wilson, Daren, Perry, Jason, Spitale, Joe, Brahic, Andre, Burns, Joe, DelGenio, Anthony, Dones, Luke, Murray, Carl, Squyres, StevenGet access
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11by Porco, Carolyn C., West, Robert A., McEwen, Alfred, Del Genio, Anthony D., Ingersoll, Andrew P., Thomas, Peter, Squyres, Steve, Dones, Luke, Murray, Carl D., Johnson, Torrence V., Burns, Joseph A., Brahic, Andre, Neukum, Gerhard, Veverka, Joseph, Barbara, John M., Denk, Tilmann, Evans, Michael, Ferrier, Joseph J., Geissler, Paul, Helfenstein, Paul, Roatsch, Thomas, Throop, Henry, Tiscareno, Matthew, Vasavada, Ashwin R.Get access
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12by Porco, Carolyn C., West, Robert A., McEwen, Alfred, Del Genio, Anthony D., Ingersoll, Andrew P., Thomas, Peter, Squyres, Steve, Dones, Luke, Murray, Carl D., Johnson, Torrence V., Burns, Joseph A., Brahic, Andre, Neukum, Gerhard, Veverka, Joseph, Barbara, John M., Denk, Tilmann, Evans, Michael, Ferrier, Joseph J., Geissler, Paul, Helfenstein, Paul, Roatsch, Thomas, Throop, Henry, Tiscareno, Matthew, Vasavada, Ashwin R.Get access
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13by Porco, Carolyn C., West, Robert A., McEwen, Alfred, Del Genio, Anthony D., Ingersoll, Andrew P., Thomas, Peter, Squyres, Steve, Dones, Luke, Murray, Carl D., Johnson, Torrence V., Burns, Joseph A., Brahic, Andre, Neukum, Gerhard, Veverka, Joseph, Barbara, John M., Denk, Tilmann, Evans, Michael, Ferrier, Joseph J., Geissler, Paul, Helfenstein, Paul, Roatsch, Thomas, Throop, Henry, Tiscareno, Matthew, Vasavada, Ashwin R.Get access
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