Carolyn Porco

Carolyn C. Porco ( born March 6, 1953 in New York City ) is an American planetary scientist who is best known for her work in the field of exploration of the outer solar system. So it forwards for example, the Imaging Science Team of the Cassini - Huygens mission. She is also an expert in the field of planetary rings of Saturn's moon Enceladus and the.

The Asteroid ( 7231 ) Porco was named after her.

Training

Carolyn Porco was born on March 6, 1953 in New York City, where she 1970, located in the Bronx Cardinal Spellman graduated from high school. In 1974 she received her Bachelor of Science from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Your Ph.D. received in 1983 from the California Institute of Technology in the Department of Geology and Planetary Research. Her dissertation dealt, supervised by astrophysicist Peter Goldreich, with the discoveries of the Voyager spacecraft with respect to the rings of Saturn.