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Laurence Trafton Senior Research Scientist  ADS | astro-ph Planetary atmospheres; volatile transport; evolution of the solar system. Address 
The University of Texas at AustinDepartment 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. |
8 April 2005
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