Arlo U. Landolt
Arlo Udell Landolt (September 29, 1935 – January 21, 2022) was an American astronomer.[1]
Arlo U. Landolt | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 29, 1935 Highland, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | January 21, 2022 (aged 86) |
| Alma mater | Indiana University |
| Awards | George van Biesbroeck Prize (1995) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astronomy, photometry |
| Institutions | Louisiana State University |
Life and career
Landolt was born in Highland, Illinois on September 29, 1935. He graduated from Highland High School in 1952 and obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics and physics from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio in 1955. He received his Ph.D. in 1962 from Indiana University.[2]
He worked principally in photometry and published a number of widely used lists[3][4][5] of standard stars.[2][6] The asteroid 15072 Landolt is named after him.[6] Mount Landolt is also named for him.
Landolt died on January 21, 2022, at the age of 86.[7]
Honors and awards
- 1995: George van Biesbroeck Prize from the American Astronomical Society[8]
- 2015: Leslie C. Peltier Award[9]
- 2020: Legacy Fellow of the American Astronomical Society[10]
References
- R.R. Bowker Company. Database Publishing Group (2009). American Men & Women of Science. Vol. 4. Bowker. ISBN 9781414433042. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
- Arlo U. Landolt, web page at Louisiana State University. Accessed on line September 19, 2007.
- UBVRI photometric standard stars around the celestial equator, Arlo U. Landolt, Astronomical Journal, 88, #3 (March 1983), pp. 439–460.
- UBV photoelectric sequences in the celestial equatorial selected areas 92–115, Arlo U. Landolt, Astronomical Journal, 78, #9 (November 1973), pp. 959–981.
- UBVRI photometric standard stars in the magnitude range 11.5<V<16.0 around the celestial equator, Arlo U. Landolt, Astronomical Journal 104, #1 (July 1992), pp. 340–371, 436–491.
- 15072 Landolt (1999 BS12), web page from the JPL Small-Body Database Browser. Accessed on line September 19, 2007.
- "Arlo U. Landolt". Legacy. 23 January 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
- George Van Biesbroeck Prize, AAS website.
- "Arlo U. Landolt named 2015 Leslie C. Peltier Award Recipient". Retrieved January 29, 2022.
- "AAS Fellows". AAS. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
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