Bradford A. Smith
Bradford A. Smith | |
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Smith in c. 1980 | |
| Born | September 22, 1931 Cambridge, Massachusetts, US |
| Died | July 3, 2018 (aged 86) Santa Fe, New Mexico, US |
| Alma mater | Northeastern University (BSc 1954) New Mexico State University (PhD 1973) |
| Known for | Voyager imaging team leader |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Planetary astronomy, astronomical imaging |
| Institutions | University of Arizona, New Mexico State University |
| Thesis | Observations of atmospheric limb-darkening in the visual continuum and an analysis of multiple scattering in the atmospheres of Jupiter and Saturn (1973) |
| Doctoral advisors | Herbert Alonzo Beebe |
Bradford Adelbert Smith (September 22, 1931 – July 3, 2018) was an American astronomer who led the imaging team for NASA's Voyager missions and made multiple contributions to planetary astronomy and astronomical imaging techniques. He was instrumental in capturing images of the outer planets and their moons during the Voyager encounters and was the first person to directly image a protoplanetary disk around another star.