David C. Jewitt

David C. Jewitt is a professor of astronomy to the Institut for Astronomy of the university of Hawaii. It was born in Great Britain in 1958 and obtained its diploma in 1979 with the Université of London. Jewitt received its doctorate in astronomy with the Californien institute of Technology (Caltech) in 1980. Its research relates to the objects transneptuniens, the moons of Jupiter, the formation of the Solar system and the physical properties of the Comet S.

It has in its table of hunting not less than 46 of the Jupiter moons, like Narvi, Margaret, Psamathée and the Astéroïde transneptunien. The asteroid (6434) Jewitt was named in its honor.

Here a selection of its recent publications:

The Nucleus off Makes 48P/Johnson , The Astronomical Journal, Volume 127, Numéro 3, pp. 1784-1790
143P/Kowal-Mrkos and the Shapes off Cometary Nuclei , The Astronomical Journal, Volume 125, Numéro 6, pp. 3366-3377
Physical Properties off Trans-Neptunian Object (20000) Varuna , The Astronomical Journal, Volume 123, Numéro 4, pp. 2110-2120
Population and Size Distribution off Small Jovian Trojan Asteroids , The Astronomical Journal, Volume 120, Numéro 2, pp. 1140-1147
Particulate Mass Loss from Comet Hauls-Bopp , The Astronomical Journal, Volume 117, Numéro 2, pp. 1056-1062
Cometary Rotation: year Overview , Earth, Moon, and Planets, v. 79, Number 1/3, p. 35-53
Broad Kuiper Belt Objects: The Mauna Kea 8K CCC Survey , The Astronomical Newspaper, Volume 115, Number 5, pp. 2125-2135

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