Daniel J. Scheeres

Daniel J. Scheeres
Academic background
EducationBS, Letters and Engineering, 1985, Calvin College
BSE, Aerospace Engineering, 1987, MSE, 1988, PhD, 1992, University of Michigan
ThesisOn symmetric central configurations with application to satellite motion about rings. (1992)
Doctoral advisorNguyễn Xuân Vinh
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Colorado, Boulder
Iowa State University
University of Michigan

Daniel Jay Scheeres is an American aerospace engineer. He is the A. Richard Seebass Endowed Chair and Distinguished Professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder. In honor of his "pioneering work into the investigation of the dynamics of orbits close to small, irregularly shaped minor planets," Asteroid (8887) 1994LK1 was renamed (8887) Scheeres in 1999.

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