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Laurence Trafton
Senior Research Scientist

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astro-ph
Planetary atmospheres; volatile transport; evolution of the solar system.
Address
The University of Texas at Austin
Department of Astronomy
RLM 16.326
Austin, TX 78712
(512) 471-1476
lmt@astro.as.utexas.edu
Education
B.A., CalTech, 1960
M.S., CalTech, 1961
Ph.D., CalTech, 1965
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Laurence Trafton came to UT as a Special Research Associate at
McDonald Observatory after fulfillment of an ROTC committment with
the Air Force. He has conducted many observations from the H. J. Smith
telescope there in solar system astronomy and was involved in the
instrument development of the High Resolution Spectrograph
on the Hubble Space Telescope. His recent research has involved
near- and mid-infrared observations of the outer planets from
various observatories on Mauna Kea, HI. He continues to do research
from UT.
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