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Gibson, James Benjamin was born on June 9, 1928 in Ellensburg, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of James and Angie (Faler) Gibson.
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James Benjamin Gibson
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James Benjamin Gibson, American astronomer. Achievements include recoveries of returning periodic comets; application of astrometric techniques for photographic plates to images from solid-state electronic detectors to obtain high-accuracy positions of faint comets and minor planets. Fellow Royal Astronomical Society; member International Astronomical Union, American Astronomical Society, Society Sigma Xi.
Education
Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley, 1952.
Career
Research assistant, Yale University Observatory, New Haven, Connecticut, 1968-1971; principal observer, Yale-Columbia Southern Observatory, San Juan, Argentina, 1971-1974; technical official, Boyden Observatory, Bloemfontein, Republic of South Africa, 1974-1976; consultant in field, Glendale, California, 1976-1978; member technical staff, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, 1978-1986; optical astronomy engineer, ITT/Federal Electric Corporation, Pasadena, 1986-1988; optical astronomy engineer, Open Joint-Stock Company (Russian: Открытое Aкционерное Oбщество) Corporation, Altadena, California, since 1988. Guest investigator Palomar Observatory, Palomar Mountain, California, since 1981.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow Royal Astronomical Society. Member International Astronomical Union, American Astronomical Society, Society Sigma Xi.
Connections
Married Ursula Theresa Schindler, June 1, 1968. 1 stepson, Rudolf Lee Shouldice.
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Religion
Unitarian Universalist -
Political Party
Republican