- William Kenneth Hartmann
William K. Hartmann is a noted planetary scientist,
author , andwriter , and is currently a seniorscientist at thePlanetary Science Institute . His career spans over 40 years, from work in the early 1960s with Gerard Kuiper onMare Orientale , and work on theMariner 9 Mars mapping project, to current work on theMars Global Surveyor imaging team.He received his B.S. in physics from
Pennsylvania State University , and an M.S. in geology and Ph.D. in astronomy from theUniversity of Arizona .Strongly influenced by
Chesley Bonestell , he has long been one of America's leadingspace art ists, and has written and illustrated (often collaboratively withRon Miller ) numerous books on thehistory of Earth and theSolar System . He is a Fellow of theInternational Association of Astronomical Artists . His written work also includes textbooks, short fiction, and novels, the most recent being published in 2002. In 1997 he was the first recipient of the "Carl Sagan Medal for Excellence in Public Communication inPlanetary Science " from theAmerican Astronomical Society ,Division for Planetary Sciences .Hartmann was a member of the 1966-1968 University of Colorado UFO Project, informally known as the
Condon Committee , a controversial public study ofUFO s sponsored by the U.S. Air Force. He primarily investigated photographic evidence, rejecting most as unreliable or inconclusive, but in his studies published in the Committee's final report, Hartmann concluded two cases were unexplained and particularly noteworthy as probative evidence of the reality of UFOs.Asteroid
3341 Hartmann is named after him.ee also
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Viktor Safronov External links
* [http://www.novaspace.com/ARTIST/WilliamK.Hartmann.html William K. Hartmann on Novaspace]
* [http://www.psi.edu/hartmann/ William Hartmann's Home Page]
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