Brett J. Gladman, born April 19, 1966, is a Canadian astronomer and an Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia's Department of Physics and Astronomy, in Vancouver, British Columbia. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Historically Astronomy was more concerned with the classification and description of phenomena in the sky while Astrophysics attempted to explain these phenomena The University of British Columbia ( UBC) is a Canadian public research University with campuses near Vancouver and in Kelowna Physics (Greek Physis - φύσις in everyday terms is the Science of Matter and its motion. Astronomy (from the Greek words astron (ἄστρον "star" and nomos (νόμος "law" is the scientific study Vancouver (vænˈkuːvɚ is a coastal British Columbia (ˌbrɪtɨʃ kəˈlʌmbiə ( BC) ( (la Colombie-Britannique C He holds a Canada Research Chair in Planetary Astronomy. Canada Research Chairs (CRCs are Canadian University Research Professorships created through the Canada Research Chairs Program
Gladman is best known for his work in dynamical astronomy in the Solar System. He has studied the transport of meteorites between planets, the delivery of meteoroids from the main asteroid belt, and the possibility of the transport of life via this mechanism, known as panspermia. Panspermia ( Gk. πάς/πάν (pas/pan all and σπέρμα ( sperma, seed is the Hypothesis that "seeds" of Life exist already He also studies planet formation, especially the puzzle of how the giant planets came to be.
He is discoverer or co-discoverer of many astronomical bodies in the solar system, asteroids, Kuiper Belt comets, and many moons of the giant planets:
Uranus: Caliban, Sycorax, Prospero, Setebos, Stephano, and Ferdinand. The Solar System consists of the Sun and those celestial objects bound to it by Gravity. A natural satellite or moon is a Celestial body that Orbits a Planet or smaller body which is called the primary. See also Uranus' natural satellites Irregular satellites Orbit Sycorax follows a distant orbit more than 20 times further from Uranus than the furthest regular moon Oberon. See also Uranus' natural satellites Irregular satellites See also Uranus' natural satellites Irregular satellites * Patagonia See also Uranus' natural satellites Irregular satellites Orbit Ferdinand is the most distant known satellite of Uranus
Saturn: A dozen satellites in several groups, each named after a theme of Canadian Inuit gods, French deities, and Norse gods.
Neptune: The satellite Neso. Neptune ( English|AmE] ] is the eighth and farthest Planet from the Sun in the Solar System.
Jupiter: Discovery and co-discovery of 6 moons.
Gladman was awarded the H. C. Urey Prize by the Division of Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society in 2002. The Harold C Urey Prize is awarded annually by the Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society. The American Astronomical Society (AAS sometimes pronounced "double-A-S" is a US society of professional astronomers and other interested individuals See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Asteroid 7638 Gladman is named in his honor. Asteroids, sometimes called Minor planets or planetoids', are bodies—primarily of the inner Solar System —that are smaller than planets but 7638 Gladman (1984 UX is a Main-belt Asteroid discovered on October 26, 1984 by E
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