Alan Fitzsimmons
Alan Fitzsimmons https://asteroidday-uploads.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/29161638/Alan-Fitzsimmons.png 480 270 Asteroid Day https://asteroidday-uploads.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/29161638/Alan-Fitzsimmons.pngAsteroid Day Affiliation:
Alan Fitzsimmons is an astronomer and professor in the Queen’s University Belfast Astrophysics Research Centre. He is particularly interested in asteroid photometry, comet activity, and NEO/comet spectroscopy. He is currently a member of the ATLAS Survey, the UK LSST Consortium, and the ESA HERA Science Management Board. In the past he was co-chair of the ISSI ‘Oumuamua team, and a member of the NASA DART Investigation Team and the ESA Rosetta ground-based support team. He was also a member of the NEOShield-2 project and ISSI teams on Near-Sun Comets and Main-Belt Comets.
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How many asteroids do we need to find to feel safe?
Where do we find asteroids?
What’s the difference between an asteroid, comet and meteorite?
The importance of science with Dr. Alan Fitzsimmons
