Michael A'Hearn

Michael A'Hearn
Born
Michael Francis A'Hearn

(1940-11-17)November 17, 1940
Wilmington, Delaware, United States
DiedMay 29, 2017(2017-05-29) (aged 76)
Maryland, United States
Alma materBoston College
University of Wisconsin–Madison
AwardsGerard P. Kuiper Prize
Scientific career
Fieldsplanetary science
Thesis The Polarization of Venus  (1966)
Doctoral advisorArthur Code

Michael Francis A'Hearn (November 17, 1940 – May 29, 2017) was an American planetary scientist and astronomy professor at the University of Maryland College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences. He was the principal investigator for NASA's Deep Impact/EPOXI mission, which performed the first impact of a comet.

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