In the course of his work, he has been responsible for the discovery of eleven satellites (moons) of Saturn, eight of Uranus, and four of Neptune, and a hundred or so minor planets. Kavelaars is the Coordinator of the Canada–France Ecliptic Plane Survey which is part of the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Legacy Survey "CFHTLS": a project dedicated to the discovery and tracking of objects in the outer Solar System.
In 2022 Kavelaars was awarded the Canadian Astronomical Society Dunlap Award for Innovation in Astronomical Instrumentation and Software. This award recognized Kavelaars' contributions to the development and leadership of the Canadian Astronomy Data Centre, in particular the development of cloud-based astronomical data analysis using the CANFAR Science Platform.
In 2022 Kavelaars was awarded the National Research Council Dan Wayner award for outstanding achievement in Science and Technology. This award was presented in recognition of Kavelaars' co-discovery of 486958 Arrokoth and contributions to the NASA's New Horizons encounter with that object.
john, kavelaars, minor, planets, discovered, list, discovered, minor, planets, john, kavelaars, better, known, kavelaars, born, 1966, canadian, astronomer, part, team, that, discovered, several, moons, jupiter, saturn, uranus, neptune, also, discoverer, minor,. Minor planets discovered 7 1 see List of discovered minor planets J John Kavelaars better known as JJ Kavelaars born 1966 is a Canadian astronomer who was part of a team that discovered several moons of Jupiter Saturn Uranus and Neptune 2 He is also a discoverer of minor planets and an investigator on the extended New Horizons mission having aided in the discovery of 486958 Arrokoth Contents 1 Biography 1 1 Family 1 2 Honors 2 List of discovered minor planets 3 References 4 External linksBiography editKavelaars is a graduate of the Glencoe District High School in Glencoe Ontario the University of Guelph and Queen s University Kingston Ontario He is currently an astronomer at the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory in Victoria B C In the course of his work he has been responsible for the discovery of eleven satellites moons of Saturn eight of Uranus and four of Neptune and a hundred or so minor planets Kavelaars is the Coordinator of the Canada France Ecliptic Plane Survey which is part of the Canada France Hawaii Telescope Legacy Survey CFHTLS a project dedicated to the discovery and tracking of objects in the outer Solar System Family edit He is the brother of Canadian actress Ingrid Kavelaars and Canadian fencing athlete Monique Kavelaars Honors edit The asteroid 154660 Kavelaars was named in his honor on 1 June 2007 by his colleague David D Balam 2 In 2022 Kavelaars was awarded the Canadian Astronomical Society Dunlap Award for Innovation in Astronomical Instrumentation and Software This award recognized Kavelaars contributions to the development and leadership of the Canadian Astronomy Data Centre in particular the development of cloud based astronomical data analysis using the CANFAR Science Platform In 2022 Kavelaars was awarded the National Research Council Dan Wayner award for outstanding achievement in Science and Technology This award was presented in recognition of Kavelaars co discovery of 486958 Arrokoth and contributions to the NASA s New Horizons encounter with that object List of discovered minor planets edit 44594 1999 OX3 21 July 1999 list A B C 60620 2000 FD8 27 March 2000 list A C B 60621 2000 FE8 27 March 2000 list A C B 82053 2000 SZ370 23 September 2000 list A 182926 2002 FU6 20 March 2002 list A D 418993 2009 MS9 25 June 2009 list C A 468422 2000 FA8 27 March 2000 list A C B Co discovery made with A B GladmanB M J HolmanC J M PetitD A DoressoundiramReferences edit Minor Planet Discoverers by number Minor Planet Center 4 September 2016 Retrieved 5 November 2016 a b 154660 Kavelaars 2004 FX29 Minor Planet Center Retrieved 5 November 2016 External links editAstronomy John J Kavelaars Notable GDHS Graduates Homepage at NRC nbsp nbsp nbsp This article about a Canadian scientist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about an astronomer is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title John J Kavelaars amp oldid 1170419397, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
