1947 - 2020
H. Jay Melosh American Scientist
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| First Name |
H.
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| Middle Name |
Jay
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| Last Name |
Melosh
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| Birthday |
23rd June, 1947
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| Birthplace |
Paterson, New Jersey
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| Died |
11th September, 2020
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| Zodiac Sign |
Cancer
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| Nationality |
American
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| Occupation |
Scientist
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| Official Websites |
http://eaps.purdue.edu/people/faculty-pages/melosh.html
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H. Jay Melosh (June 23, 1947 – September 11, 2020) was an American geophysicist specialising in impact cratering. He earned a degree in physics from Princeton University and a doctoral degree in physics and geology from Caltech in 1972. Melosh's research interests include impact craters, planetary tectonics, and the physics of earthquakes and landslides. His recent research includes studies of the giant impact origin of the moon, the Chicxulub impact that is thought to have extinguished most dinosaurs, and studies of ejection of rocks from their parent bodies. He is active in astrobiological studies that relate chiefly to the exchange of microorganisms between the terrestrial planets (a process known as panspermia or transpermia).
