Steven J. Ostro
American scientist
Died when: 62 years 281 days (753 months)Star Sign: Pisces
Steven Jeffrey Ostro (March 9, 1946 – December 15, 2008) was an American scientist specializing in radar astronomy.He worked at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Ostro led radar observations of numerous asteroids, as well as the moons of Jupiter and Saturn, Saturn's rings, and Mars and its satellites.
As of May 2008, Ostro and his collaborators had detected 222 near-Earth asteroids (including 130 potentially hazardous objects and 24 binaries) and 118 main belt objects with radar.
He died December 15, 2008, due to complications related to cancer.He has been remembered fondly by his colleagues for both his personal and professional contributions.
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