David Rubincam Explained

David Perry Rubincam
Birth Date:February 27, 1947
Nationality:American
Field:Geophysics
Work Institution:National Academy of Sciences
United States National Research Council
Wolf Research and Development Group, EG&G, Inc.
NASA

David Perry Rubincam (born February 27, 1947) is an American geophysicist with specialties in solid-earth geophysics, planetary geodynamics and celestial mechanics. He has worked as a civilian scientist for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration since 1978. The main-belt asteroid 9921 Rubincam was named in his honor. He is the son of the late genealogist Milton Rubincam.[1]

Education

He received a B.S. in Physics (1970), M.S. in Physics (1972), and Ph.D. in Physics (1973) from the University of Maryland, College Park.

Career

From 1974-1976 he served as a Resident Research Associate at the National Academy of Sciences and National Research Council.

From 1976-1978 he served as Lead Analyst in Geophysics at Wolf Research and Development Group, EG&G, Inc.

From 1978 to present, he has served as a Geophysicist in the Laboratory for Terrestrial Physics, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.[2] He studies secular effects in the solar system such as tidal friction, the Yarkovsky effect, and the Yarkovsky–O'Keefe–Radzievskii–Paddack effect (YORP) effect.[3] One of his many contributions while at NASA was conducting research to understand the dynamics of orbital decay of artificial Earth satellites. Current interests include asteroids and asteroid pairs.[4]

Society memberships

Rubincam is a member of the American Geophysical Union and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. News: Jr . Robert Mcg Thomas . 1997-09-14 . Milton Rubincam, Top Genealogist, Dies at 88 . 2024-08-11 . The New York Times . en-US . 0362-4331.
  2. Web site: Bio page: David P. Rubincam. Sciences and Exploration Directorate. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 29 March 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130222104220/https://science.gsfc.nasa.gov/sed/index.cfm?fuseAction=people.jumpBio&&iPhonebookId=7921 . 22 February 2013 . dead.
  3. Web site: David Rubincam. American Physical Society. 29 March 2013.
  4. Rubincam. David. Paddack, Stephen J.. 13 April 2007. As Tiny Worlds Turn. Science. 316. 5822. 211–212. 10.1126/science.1141930. 17431161. 10.1.1.205.5777. 118802966.