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Linda A. Morabito

1953 - Today

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Linda A. Morabito (born November 21, 1953), also known as Linda Kelly, Linda Hyder, and Linda Morabito-Meyer, is the astronomer who discovered volcanic activity on Io, a moon of Jupiter. She made this finding on March 9, 1979, at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. At the time of her discovery, she was serving as Cognizant Engineer over the Optical Navigation Image Processing System (ONIPS) on the Voyager deep space mission Navigation Team. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Linda A. Morabito has received more than 35,959 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Linda A. Morabito is the 616th most popular astronomer, the 929th most popular biography from Canada and the 10th most popular Canadian Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Linda A. Morabito ranks 616 out of 644. Before her are Andrea Boattini, Brett J. Gladman, Jeff T. Alu, Peter Kušnirák, David J. Tholen, and Sara Seager. After her are Matthew J. Holman, Martha P. Haynes, Akimasa Nakamura, Marc William Buie, Anja Cetti Andersen, and Eva Grebel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Linda A. Morabito ranks 670. Before her are Claire McCaskill, Lillete Dubey, Brian Duffy, James Guthrie, Susan Pedersen, and Vladimir Kolev. After her are Carl Hiaasen, Desi Arnaz Jr., John Lucas II, Kate Schmidt, Chris Smith, and Victoria Wood.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Linda A. Morabito ranks 929 out of 1,622. Before her are Mark Lee (1999), Drew Seeley (1982), Sara Seager (1971), Cindy Klassen (1979), Bobby Roode (1977), and Michelle MacLaren (1965). After her are Tiga (1974), Danny Antonucci (1957), Dale Mitchell (1958), Cyle Larin (1995), Emeraude Toubia (1989), and Anna Silk (1974).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Canada

Among astronomers born in Canada, Linda A. Morabito ranks 10. Before her are James Craig Watson (1838), David H. Levy (1948), Carlyle S. Beals (1899), Wendy Freedman (1957), Brett J. Gladman (1966), and Sara Seager (1971). After her are Dale Frail (1961).

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