Robin Canup
Robin M. Canup (born November 20, 1968) is an American astrophysicist. She received her B.S. from Duke University and her PhD from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Her main area of research concerns the origins of planets and satellites.[1] In 2003, Canup was awarded the Harold C. Urey Prize.[2]
Canup is well known for her research based based upon the giant impact hypothesis and has involved intensive modeling testing, simulating how planetary collisions actually unfold.[3][4][5][6] Canup argues that the Moon and the Earth have formed as a part of a massive collision of two planetary bodies, each larger than Mars, which then re-collided to form what we now call Earth. After the re-collision, Earth was surrounded by a disk of material, which combined to form the Moon.[7] She has written a book on the origin of the Earth and Moon.[8] Canup has also published research describing a giant impact origin for Pluto and Charon.[9]
Canup is an accomplished ballet dancer and danced the lead role in Coppélia in the Boulder Ballet one week after finishing her dissertation.[10]
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References
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External links
- NAS Research Briefings: Robin M. Canup - Formation of Planetary Moons on Vimeo from National Academy of Sciences
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