Plantary Sciences Department -- Lunar and Planetary Laboratory

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Dr. Larry A. Lebofsky


With LPL since: 1977

Current Projects:
* Observations of asteroids and Saturn's rings
* Teacher education (K-8)

Current LPL PhD students:
* Andy Rivkin

Current LPL postdocs:
* Ellen Howell

Classes taught:
* NATS 102 The Universe and Humanity: Origin and Destiny
* PtyS 597tx Teacher Inservice

Selected Memberships/Committee Positions:
* Member: AAS/DPS, AGU, Meteoritical Society, IAU, National Science Teachers' Association
* Member, NASA OSS Educational Committee

Spacecraft involvement:
* Infrared Space Observatory-- IR support scientist
* Comet Rendezvous Asteroid Flyby (CRAF)--Team member, Visual-Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
* Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS)-- Asteroid Advisory Group

Recent references:
* Visible and near-infrared spectral observations of 4179 Toutatis. E.S. Howell, D.T. Britt, J.F. Bell, R.P. Binzel, and L.A. Lebofsky (1995) Icarus, in press.

* Star-based calibration in the far infrared with application to IRAS Band 4. D.J. Kirby, G.H. Rieke, and L.A. Lebofsky (1995) Astron. J., in press.

* CVF Spectroscopy of Pluto: Correlation of composition with albedo. R.L. Marcialis and L.A. Lebofsky (1991) Icarus 89, pp. 255-263

* Project ARTIST: Integrating astronomy and planetary sciences into the elementary and middle school curriculum. L.A. Lebofsky and N.R. Lebofsky (1994) LPSC XXV, pp. 783-784.


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