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Harry "Hap" Y. McSween Jr. is Chancellor's Professor Emeritus of Planetary Geoscience at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 29 relations: Asteroid, Cambridge University Press, Charlotte, North Carolina, Cosmochemistry, Geological Society of America, Glossary of meteoritics, Harvard University, J. Lawrence Smith Medal, Leonard Medal, List of minor planets: 5001–6000, Mars, Mars Exploration Rover, Mars Global Surveyor, Mars Pathfinder, Meteorite, Meteoritics, NASA, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, Peer review, St. Martin's Press, The Citadel, The Meteoritical Society, United States Air Force, University of Arizona Press, University of Georgia, University of Tennessee, Whipple Award, 2001 Mars Odyssey.

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Asteroid

An asteroid is a minor planet—an object that is neither a true planet nor an identified comet— that orbits within the inner Solar System.

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Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press is the university press of the University of Cambridge.

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Charlotte, North Carolina

Charlotte is the most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina and the county seat of Mecklenburg County.

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Cosmochemistry

Cosmochemistry or chemical cosmology is the study of the chemical composition of matter in the universe and the processes that led to those compositions.

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Geological Society of America

The Geological Society of America (GSA) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the advancement of the geosciences.

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Glossary of meteoritics

This is a glossary of terms used in meteoritics, the science of meteorites.

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Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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J. Lawrence Smith Medal

The J. Lawrence Smith Medal is awarded every three years by the National Academy of Sciences for investigations of meteoric bodies.

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Leonard Medal

The Leonard Medal honors outstanding contributions to the science of meteoritics and closely allied fields.

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List of minor planets: 5001–6000

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Mars

Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun.

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Mars Exploration Rover

NASA's Mars Exploration Rover (MER) mission was a robotic space mission involving two Mars rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, exploring the planet Mars.

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Mars Global Surveyor

Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) was an American robotic space probe developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and launched November 1996.

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Mars Pathfinder

Mars Pathfinder is an American robotic spacecraft that landed a base station with a roving probe on Mars in 1997.

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Meteorite

A meteorite is a rock that originated in outer space and has fallen to the surface of a planet or moon.

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Meteoritics

Meteoritics is the science that deals with meteors, meteorites, and meteoroids.

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NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.

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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM), also known as the National Academies, is a congressionally chartered organization that serves as the collective scientific national academy of the United States.

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National Academy of Sciences

The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is a United States nonprofit, non-governmental organization.

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Peer review

Peer review is the evaluation of work by one or more people with similar competencies as the producers of the work (peers).

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St. Martin's Press

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The Citadel

The Citadel Military College of South Carolina (simply known as The Citadel) is a public senior military college in Charleston, South Carolina, United States.

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The Meteoritical Society

The Meteoritical Society is a non-profit scholarly organization founded in 1933 to promote research and education in planetary science with emphasis on studies of meteorites and other extraterrestrial materials that further our understanding of the origin and history of the Solar System.

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United States Air Force

The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States.

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University of Arizona Press

The University of Arizona Press, a publishing house founded in 1959 as a department of the University of Arizona, is a nonprofit publisher of scholarly and regional books.

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University of Georgia

The University of Georgia (UGA or Georgia) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Athens, Georgia, United States.

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University of Tennessee

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville (or The University of Tennessee; UT; UT Knoxville; or colloquially UTK or Tennessee) is a public land-grant research university in Knoxville, Tennessee.

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Whipple Award

The Fred Whipple Award, established in 1989 by the Planetary Sciences Section of the American Geophysical Union, is presented to an individual who makes an outstanding contribution to the field of planetary science.

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2001 Mars Odyssey

2001 Mars Odyssey is a robotic spacecraft orbiting the planet Mars.

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See also

Meteorite researchers

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_McSween

Also known as Hap McSween, Harold Y. McSween, Harry Y. McSween, Harry Y. McSween Jr., McSween, Harry.