Nationality New Zealand Name Stuart Taylor | Residence Australia Doctoral advisor Brian Mason | |
Born 26 November 1925 (age 98)
Ashburton, New Zealand ( 1925-11-26 ) Institutions Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University Alma mater University of New Zealand (1948),
Indiana University (1954) Known for NASA Principal Investigator 1970-1990, lunar geochemistry Notable awards V. M. Goldschmidt Award (1993)
G. K. Gilbert Award (1994)
Companion of the Order of Australia (2008)
Shoemaker Distinguished Lunar Scientist Award (2012) Books Destiny Or Chance Revisited: Planets and Their Place in the Cosmos Education Indiana University Bloomington, University of New Zealand Fields Cosmochemistry, Planetary science, Geochemistry | ||
Stuart Ross Taylor, (born 26 November 1925) is a New Zealand-born geochemist and planetary scientist known for his studies of the geology of the Moon through lunar samples, the continental crust, tektites and the evolution of the Solar System. He is an emeritus professor and Visiting Fellow at the Australian National University in Canberra.
Honours and awards
5670 Rosstaylor is a main-belt asteroid discovered in 1985.
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