Tom Gehrels

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Tom_Gehrels

GPTKB entity

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gptkbp:birthDate	1925-02-21
gptkbp:birthPlace	gptkb:Haarlem
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gptkbp:citizenship	gptkb:Netherlands gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:deathDate	2011-07-11
gptkbp:deathPlace	gptkb:Tucson,_Arizona
gptkbp:discoveredBy	several asteroids
gptkbp:education	gptkb:Leiden_University gptkb:University_of_Chicago
gptkbp:employer	gptkb:University_of_Arizona
gptkbp:field	gptkb:astronomy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Tom Gehrels
gptkbp:knownFor	asteroid surveys photopolarimetry
gptkbp:memberOf	gptkb:Spacewatch_project
gptkbp:nationality	gptkb:American Dutch
gptkbp:notableStudent	gptkb:Neil_Gehrels
gptkbp:occupation	astronomer
gptkbp:publishedIn	gptkb:Encyclopedia_of_the_Solar_System gptkb:Hazards_Due_to_Comets_and_Asteroids gptkb:Planets,_Stars_and_Stellar_Systems
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gptkbp:bfsLayer	5