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David Jewitt, Professor |
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| Mailing Address: | Department of Earth and Space Sciences
University of California, Los Angeles
595 Charles Young Drive East,
Box 951567
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567 |
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3713 Geology Building |
| Telephone: | (310) 825-2521 |
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| E-mail: | jewitt@ess.ucla.edu |
| Web Site: | http://www2.ess.ucla.edu/~jewitt/ |
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Current Research Interest |
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| | Planetary Astronomy: Solar system formation, Kuiper belt, comets,
asteroids, Trojans, satellites, dust, debris disks |
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Education |
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| | B. Sc. (Astronomy), University of London, 1979
M. S. (Planetary Science), California Institute of Technology, 1980
Ph. D. (Planetary Science and Astronomy), California Institute of Technology, 1983 |
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Selected Publications |
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D. Jewitt (2009). Six Hot Topics in Planetary Astronomy. Invited chapter for Small Bodies in Planetary Systems, [eds. Ingrid Mann, Akiko Nakamura and T adashi Mukai], Lecture Notes in Physics Volume 758, Springer, Heidelberg, pp. 259-29 |
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H. Hsieh, D. Jewitt and Y. Fernandez (2009). Albedos of Main-Belt Comets 133P/Elst-Pizarro and 176P/LINEAR. Ap. J. Lett., 694, L111-L114 |
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W. Zheng, D. Jewitt and R. Kaiser (2009). Infrared Spectra of Ammonia-Water Ices. Ap. J. Supp., 181, 53-61. |
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D. Jewitt (2009). The Active Centaurs. Astronomical Journal, 137, 4296-4312. |
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D. Jewitt, B. Yang and N. Haghighipour (2009). Main-Belt Comet P/2008 R1 (Garradd). Astronomical Journal, 137, 4313-4321. |
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D. Jewitt, A. Moro-Martin and P. Lacerda (2009). The Kuiper Belt and Other Debris Disks. Astrophysics in the Next Decade (book) Springer. |
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Y. Fernandez, D. Jewitt and J. Ziffer (2009). Albedos of Small Jovian Trojans. Astron. J., 138, 240-250. |
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B. Yang, D. Jewitt and S. Bus (2009). Comet 17P/Holmes in Outburst: The Near Infrared Spectrum. Astronomical Journal, 137, 4538-4546. |
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D. Jewitt, L. Chizmadia, R. Grimm and D. Prialnik (2007). Water in
Small Bodies of the Solar System. Protostars and Planets V, B.
Reipurth, D. Jewitt, and K. Keil (eds.), University of Arizona Press,
Tucson, p.863-878 |
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R. Mann, D. Jewitt and P. Lacerda (2007). Fraction of Contact
Binary Trojan Asteroids. Astronomical Journal, 134, 1133-1144. |
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P. Lacerda and D. Jewitt (2007). Densities of solar system objects
from their rotational lightcurves. Astronomical Journal, 133, 1393-1408. |
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D. Jewitt and J. Luu (2007). On Pluto, Perception and Planetary
Politics. Daedalus, 136, 132-136. |
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W. Zheng, D. Jewitt and R. Kaiser (2007). Electron Irradiation of
Crystalline and Amorphous D2O Ice. Chem. Phys. Letters 435, 289-294. |
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D. Jewitt and N. Haghighipour (2007). Irregular Satellites of the
Planets: Products of Capture in the Early Solar System. Annual
Reviews of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 45, 261-295. |
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D. Jewitt and N. Haghighipour (2007). Irregular Satellites of the
Planets: Products of Capture in the Early Solar System. Annual
Reviews of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 45, 261-295. |
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D. Jewitt (2008). Foreword to Trans-Neptunian Objects, (ed. A.
Barucci), Univ Az. Press, Tucson. |
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B. Yang and D. Jewitt (2007). Spectroscopic Search for Water Ice on
Jovian Trojan Asteroids. Astronomical Journal, 134, 223-228. |
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D. Jewitt, N. Peixinho and H. Hsieh (2007). U-Band Photometry of
Kuiper Belt Objects. Astronomical Journal, 134, 2046-2053. |
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D. Jewitt, C. Garland and H. Aussel (2008). Deep Search for Carbon
Monoxide in Cometary Precursors Using Millimeter Wave Spectroscopy.
Astronomical Journal, 135, 400-407. |
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D. Jewitt (2008). Kuiper Belt and Comets: An Observational
Perspective. In Trans-Neptunian Objects and Comets. Saas Fee Advanced
Courses (eds. K. Altwegg et al). Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg pp. 1-78. |
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W. Zheng, D. Jewitt, Y. Osamura and R. Kaiser (2008). Formation of
Nitrogen and Hydrogen-Bearing Molecules in Solid Ammonia.
Astrophysical Journal, 674, 1242-1250. |
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D. Jewitt (2008). Six Hot Topics in Planetary Astronomy. Invited
chapter for Small Bodies in Planetary Systems, [eds. Ingrid Mann,
Akiko Nakamura and Tadashi Mukai], Lecture Notes in Physics Volume
758, Springer, Heidelberg, pp. 259-296 |
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P. Lacerda, D. Jewitt and N. Peixinho (2008). High Precision
Photometry of Extreme KBO 2003 EL61. Astronomical Journal, 135,
1749-1756. |
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T. Kasuga and D. Jewitt (2008). Observations of 1999 YC and the
Breakup of the Geminid Stream Parent. Astronomical Journal, 136,
881-889. |
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N. Haghighipour and D. Jewitt (2008). A Region Void of Irreglar
Satellites Around Jupiter. Astronomical Journal, 136, 909-918. |
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N. Peixinho, P. Lacerda and D. Jewitt (2008). Color-Inclination
Relation of the Classical Kuiper Belt Objects. Astronomical Journal,
136, 1837-1845. |
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D. Jewitt, A. Moro-Martin and P. Lacerda (2008). The Kuiper Belt
and Other Debris Disks. Astrophysics in the Next Decade (book), in
press. |
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