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Scott Tremaine
Born
Scott Duncan Tremaine

1950
Toronto,Ontario
NationalityCanadian
CitizenshipCanada
Alma materMcMaster University
Princeton University(PhD)
Known forTheory ofgalacticdynamics
SpouseMarilyn Tremaine
Scientific career
FieldsAstrophysics
Institutions

Scott Duncan Tremaine(born 1950)[1][2]is a Canadian-bornastrophysicist.He is a fellow of theRoyal Society of London,[3]theRoyal Society of Canadaand theNational Academy of Sciences.[4]Tremaine is widely regarded as one of the world's leading astrophysicists[5][6]for his contributions to the theory ofSolar Systemandgalacticdynamics.[7]Tremaine is thenamesakeof asteroid3806 Tremaine.[8][9][10][11]He is credited with coining the name "Kuiper belt".[12]

Career[edit]

He obtained a bachelor's degree atMcMaster Universityin 1971, and a PhD fromPrinceton Universityin 1975.[13]He further received an honorary PhD from McMaster University in 1996.[14]He was an associate professor at theMassachusetts Institute of Technologyfrom 1981 to 1985.[15]He became the first director of theCanadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysicsat theUniversity of Torontoin 1986, a position he held until 1996.[15]He gained the rare distinction of "University Professor" at the University of Toronto in 1995.[16]In 1997, he left CITA and took up a position as a professor at Princeton University, becoming chair of the Astrophysical Sciences department from 1998 to 2006.[1]

Scott Tremaine is currently a professor at theInstitute for Advanced Study,for which he left Princeton University in 2007, being replaced as department chair byDavid Spergel.[17][18]He has been married to Prof.Marilyn Mantei Tremainefor more than two decades, an expert inhuman-computer interactionwho is the past chair of theSIGCHIsection of theAssociation for Computing Machinery.[19]

Scientific accomplishments[edit]

Pandora and Prometheus shepherding Saturn's F ring, as predicted by Goldreich and Tremaine

Tremaine, along withPeter Goldreich,correctly predicted thatshepherd moonscreatedSaturn's thinF ring,as well as the thin rings ofUranusin 1979.[20][21][22]The Saturnian moonsPrometheusandPandorawere first observed in 1981[23]and shepherding moons were found around Uranus' rings in 1986.[24]Tremaine cowrote the bookGalactic DynamicswithJames Binney,which is often regarded as the standard reference in the field[1][25][26][27][28]and has beencitedmore than three thousand times in scholarly publications.[29][30]Tremaine, along with collaborators at the University of Toronto, showed that short periodcometsoriginate in theKuiper belt.[31][32]Tremaine is credited with suggesting that the apparent "double nucleus" of theAndromeda Galaxywas in fact a single ring of old red stars.[33]

Awards and honours[edit]

In 2020, he was elected a Legacy Fellow of theAmerican Astronomical Societyin 2020.[34]

In 2013, he won theTomalla Foundation Prizefor his work on gravitational dynamics.

In 2010, he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Toronto "in recognition of his scholarly contributions to the field of astrophysics, and his administrative leadership in support of Canadian and international science".[35]

In 2005, he won the Research Award from theAlexander von Humboldt Foundation.

In 2002, he was elected to membership in theNational Academy of Sciences.

In 1999, Tremaine also received an honorary Doctor of Science degree from St. Mary's University.

In 1998, he won theDirk Brouwer Awardwhich is awarded by the Division of Dynamical Astronomy of the American Astronomical Society[36]"in recognition of his many outstanding contributions to a wide range of dynamical problems in both solar-system and galactic dynamics."[28]

In 1997, he was awarded theDannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysicsfor "diverse and insightful applications of dynamics to planets, rings, comets, galaxies and the universe."[24]

In 1996, he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science award by McMaster University.

In 1994, Tremaine became a Fellow of theRoyal Societyof London and also of theRoyal Society of Canada.

In 1990, he was awarded theRutherford Memorial Medalin Physics by the Academies of Arts, Humanities and Sciences of Canada for "his outstanding contributions to the field to [sic] astrophysics, particularly his spectacular success in predicting the properties of planetary ring dynamics and the extraplanetary objects that control them ".[37]

In 1990, he won theC.S. Beals Awardfrom theCanadian Astronomical Societywhich is awarded for outstanding research to a Canadian astronomer or an astronomer working in Canada.[38][39]

In 1983, he won theHelen B. Warner Prize for Astronomygiven by theAmerican Astronomical Societyin recognition of "his many outstanding contributions to a wide range of dynamical problems in both solar-system and galactic dynamics".[28][40]

External links[edit]

References[edit]

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  3. ^"Lists of Royal Society Fellows 1660–2007".London: The Royal Society. Archived fromthe originalon 24 March 2010.Retrieved18 July2010.
  4. ^"Tremaine Follows Bahcall's Stellar Path at the Institute".Town Topics.Retrieved9 April2007.
  5. ^"The Institute Letter".Institute for Advanced Studies. Archived fromthe originalon 3 April 2007.Retrieved9 April2007.
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  8. ^"Asteroid 3806 named after eminent Canadian astrophysicist".Discovery Channel.Retrieved9 April2007.
  9. ^"Look, up in the Sky".University of Toronto. Archived fromthe originalon 4 April 2007.Retrieved9 April2007.
  10. ^"McMaster Times – Spring 1997".Archived fromthe originalon 29 September 2005.Retrieved28 May2007.
  11. ^"Asteroids (minor planets) related to UofT people".Archived fromthe originalon 17 November 2002.Retrieved28 May2007.
  12. ^John Davies (2001).Beyond Pluto: Exploring the outer limits of the solar system.Cambridge University Press. p. 191.
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  22. ^"New Clues Emerge in Mystery of Planetary Rings".The New York Times.27 June 1989.Retrieved9 April2007.
  23. ^"Frequently Asked Questions About Saturn's Rings".NASA. Archived fromthe originalon 5 November 1999.Retrieved9 April2007.
  24. ^ab"Cosmologist Scott Tremaine receives two honors".Canadian Institute for Advanced Research. Archived fromthe originalon 11 October 2007.Retrieved9 April2007.
  25. ^"UofT Asteroids".University of Toronto. Archived fromthe originalon 17 November 2002.Retrieved9 April2007.
  26. ^Binney, J. & Tremaine, S."Galactic Dynamics".Princeton University Press. Archived fromthe originalon 20 April 2007.Retrieved9 April2007.
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  32. ^KENNETH CHANG (12 September 2006)."Pluto's Exotic Playmates".The New York Times.Retrieved9 April2007.
  33. ^"Hubble Finds Mysterious Disk of Blue Stars Around A Black Hole".Science Daily.Retrieved9 April2007.
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