Neil Herman Jacoby

Background

Jacoby,, Neil Herman was born on October 20, 1940 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Neil Herman and Clair (Gruhn) Jacoby.

Education

Bachelor in Astronomy, University of California at Los Angeles, 1965. Master of Science in Engineering, University of California at Los Angeles, 1969.

Career

Science guide Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles, summer 1962. Comuter program consultant University of California at Los Angeles Western Data Processing Center, 1966-1967. Teaching assistant in astrodynamics University of California at Los Angeles School Engineering and Applied Science, summer 1968.

Staff scientist Computer Sciences Corporation, Los Angeles, 1972-1976. System analyst Systems Development corporation, Santa Monica, 1977-1981. Consultant in astrodynamics, astronautics Los Angeles, since 1981.

Indiana property manager, Los Angeles, since 1979.

Achievements

• Achievements include development of time series for rapid and accurate missile trajectory determination. Development of an original solution to determine predictions of closest approaches of near earth objects. Development of a numerical integration method for predicting orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids, including perturbations of all planets in our solar system.
  
  Development of novel, accurate methods for interplanetary space travel. Development of a novel method of non-co-planer orbital transfer for a geocentric satellite. Development of determined that 5 observations are better than 3 observations for low to moderate eccentricities of heliocentric orbits.
  
  Development of but 3 observations are better than 5 for optimal orbit determination for very high eccentric orbits of comets.

Membership

Member American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Astronautical Society (senior ), New York Academy of Sciences, Planetary Society, Alpha Gamma Sigma.

Connections

Father:

Neil Herman Jacoby,

Mother:

Clair (Gruhn) Jacoby,