Background
Duncombe, Raynor Lockwood was born on March 3, 1917 in Bronxville, New York, United States. Son of Frederic Howe and Mabel Louise (Taylor) Duncombe.
Duncombe, Raynor Lockwood was born on March 3, 1917 in Bronxville, New York, United States. Son of Frederic Howe and Mabel Louise (Taylor) Duncombe.
Bachelor of Arts, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1940; Master of Arts, State University Iowa, 1941; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1956.
Astronomer United States Naval Observatory, Washington, 1942-1962. Director Nautical Almanac Office, 1963-1975. Professor aerospace science University Texas, Austin, since 1976.
Emeritus professor, 2007. Research associate Yale University Observatory, 1948-1949. Lecturer dynamical astronomy University Maryland, 1963, Yale Summer Institute, 1959-1970, Office Naval Research Summer Institute in Orbital Mechanics, 1971, North Atlantic Treaty Organization Advanced Study Institute, 1972.
Consultant orbital mechanics Projects Vanguard, Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, United States Navy Space Surveillance System. Member National Aeronautics and Space Administration space science steering committee, National Aeronautics and Space Administration research advisory panel in applied mathematics, 1967. Adviser International Committee on Weights and Measures, International Radio Consultative Committee, International Telecommunications Union.
Member NAS-National Research Council astronomy survey committee, 1970-1972, Hubble Space Telescope Astrometry Team, since 1976.
Fellow Royal Astronomical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science (section chairman). Associate fellow American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Member International Astronomical Union (president committee on ephemerides), Minor Planet 3368 named Duncombe, 1988), American Astronomical Society (chairman division dynamical astronomy 1970), Institute Navigation (councillor 1960-1964, vice president 1964-1966, president 1966-1967, Superior Achievement award 1967, Hays award 1975, fellowship 2010), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (sponsor applied mechanics division 1968-1970), International Association Institutes Navigation (vice president), Association Computing Machinery, Sigma Xi.
Married Julena Theodora Steinheider, January 29, 1948. 1 son, Raynor B.