Ben J. Bussey is a planetary scientist.
He earned a Ph.D. in planetary geology at University College London, England. "PhD" redirects here for other uses see PhD (disambiguation. A planet, as defined by the International Astronomical Union (IAU is a celestial body Orbiting a Star or stellar remnant that is Geology (from Greek γη gê, "earth" and λόγος Logos, "speech" lit University College London ( UCL) is a multi-faculty university institution based in the United Kingdom and a constituent college of the University of London England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland In 2001, during his post-doctorate work at the University of Hawaii, he joined the ANSMET (Antarctic Search for METeorites) expedition to recover meteorites from the Antarctic glaciers. The University of Hawaii, formally the University of Hawaii System and popularly known as UH, is a public co-educational college and university system that confers ANSMET ( AN tarctic S earch for MET eorites is a program funded by the Office of Polar Programs of the National Science Foundation that looks for A meteorite is a natural object originating in Outer space that survives an impact with the Earth 's surface "Glacial" and "Glaciation" redirect here For the geological periods see Glacial period. He worked at the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston and the European Space Agency, before joining the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory and becoming a senior staff scientist at that facility. The Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI is a NASA -funded research institute dedicated to studies of the Solar system, its evolution and formation The European Space Agency ( ESA) established in 1975 is an intergovernmental organisation dedicated to the exploration of space, currently with 17 member
Bussey is specialized in the remote sensing of the surfaces of planets. He participated in the Near-Earth Asteroid Rendezvous-Shoemaker (NEAR) mission as a research scholar at Northwestern University, and co-authored an atlas of the Moon based on data and images from the Clementine mission. The Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous - Shoemaker (NEAR Shoemaker renamed after its launch in honor of planetary scientist Eugene M Spacecraft design The spacecraft was an octagonal prism 188 m high and 1 He has a particular interest in the lunar poles, using the Clementine images to locate crater cold traps for hydrogen deposits and mapping the so-called peaks of eternal light. Hydrogen (ˈhaɪdrədʒən is the Chemical element with Atomic number 1 Peak of Eternal Light (PEL describes a point on a body within the Solar System which is eternally bathed in Sunlight.
He is married to Dr. Cari Corrigan.
Bibliography
- The Clementine Atlas of the Moon, Ben Bussey and Paul D. Spudis, 2004, ISBN 0-521-81528-2.
- Small Spacecraft Exploration of the Moon, Ben Bussey and Paul D. Spudis, 2003, International Academy of Astronautics.
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