James F. Bell, III

James F. Bell, III

James (Jim) F. Bell III (born July 23, 1965) is an American astronomer and Associate Professor at the Cornell University Astronomy Department. He received his B.S. in Planetary Science and Aeronautics from the California Institute of Technology in 1987, his M.S. at the University of Hawaii at Manoa in Geology and Geophysics and his Ph.D. in Planetary Geosciences from the University of Hawaii in 1992.

Jim's active research involves the NASA Mars Pathfinder, 2001 Mars Odyssey, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, and the 2009 Mars Science Laboratory rover mission teams. He is a lead scientist for the Pancam color imaging system on both the Mars Rovers and has published a book Postcards from Mars which includes many of the images taken. The asteroid 8146 Jimbell was named after him by the IAU in 1999. He is also an editor for the space science journal Icarus.

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External links

* [http://www.astro.cornell.edu/ Department of Astronomy, Cornell University]
* [http://marswatch.astro.cornell.edu/ Personal Web Page]


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