Background
Elliot was born in 1943 in Columbus, Ohio and received his S.B. degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) in 1965 and his Doctor of Philosophy degree from Harvard University in 1972.
Elliot was born in 1943 in Columbus, Ohio and received his S.B. degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) in 1965 and his Doctor of Philosophy degree from Harvard University in 1972.
Harvard University; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Cornell University.
Elliot was also part of a team that observed global warming on Triton, the largest moon of Neptune. He held a postdoctoral position in Laboratory for Planetary Studies at Cornell University, and joined the faculty of Cornell’s Astronomy Department in 1977. After he discovered Uranus"s rings alongside Edward Dunham and Douglas Mink at Cornell, he returned to Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1978 to serve as Professor of Physics, Professor of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, and Director of the George R. Wallace, Junior.
Astrophysical Observatory until his death on March 3, 2011.
There is some debate on whether Elliot, et al. discovered the rings of Uranus, or whether William Herschel made an observation in 1797. However, scientific consensus seems to support Elliot as the discoverer.
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