David Merritt
David Merritt | |
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David Merritt | |
| Born | November 16, 1955 |
| Alma mater | Princeton University |
| Known for | Leonard–Merritt mass estimator Osipkov–Merritt model M–sigma relation |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astrophysics |
| Institutions | Rochester Institute of Technology Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation |
| Doctoral advisor | Jeremiah P. Ostriker |
David Roy Merritt (born November 16, 1955, in Los Angeles) is an American astrophysicist. He is known for Osipkov–Merritt model, the Leonard–Merritt mass estimator and the M–sigma relation.