Stephen E. Thorsett
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Gender | Male |
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Official site | willamette.edu |
Born | New Haven |
Connecticut | |
United States | |
Affiliations | Willamette University |
Spouse | Rachel Dewey |
Discovered | PSR B1620−26 b |
Siblings | David Thorsett |
Jeffrey Thorsett | |
Parents | Karen Thorsett |
Grant Thorsett | |
Education | Princeton University |
Carleton College | |
Worcester College | |
South Salem High School | |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 3754373 |
Stephen E. Thorsett Life story
Stephen Erik Thorsett is an American academic and astronomer serving as the president of Willamette University. His research interests include radio pulsars and gamma ray bursts. He is known for measurements of the masses of neutron stars and for the use of binary pulsars to test the theory of general relativity.