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Colin Snodgrass
University of Edinburgh, The Open University, Queen's University Belfast, University of St Andrews, Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research
Research areas: Earth and Planetary Sciences · Space and Planetary Science · Astro and Planetary Science · Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies · Space Satellite Systems and Control
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About
Astronomer / planetary scientist, based at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Previously at the Open University, UK, Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Germany, the European Southern Observatory, Chile, and Queen's University, Belfast, UK.
Employment
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The University of Edinburgh Professor / Personal Chair of Planetary Astronomy2022 - Present
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The University of Edinburgh Chancellor's fellow2018 - 2023
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Open University Senior Research Fellow2017 - 2018
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Open University Research Fellow2014 - 2017
- 2010 - 2014
- 2006 - 2010
Education
- 2003 - 2006
- 1999 - 2003
Projects & Funding
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Comet science: Rosetta and beyond Science and Technology Facilities Council2014 - 2019
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Ice: Small and Near, Distant and Large. Understanding planet formation through observation of Solar-System minor bodies and extra-solar planets Research Executive Agency2010 - 2014
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Alsubai Project: Robotic Microlensing Search for Cool Planets Qatar National Research Fund2010 - 2013
Publications (443)
- The morphology of contact binary objects in the Solar system Save
- Time-domain photometry and activity evolution of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS with BHTOM Save
- Ion abundances in the plasma tail of 3I/ATLAS show that it is N2-rich Save
- Identifying Comet-like Morphology in Early Rubin/LSST Alert Data Save
- Activities of the Comet Interceptor Comet Environment Working Group Save
- Adler: Detection and Characterisation of Activity in LSST Alerts Save
- Exploring the Volatile Composition of the Interstellar Visitor 3I/ATLAS with CRIRES+ Save
- Sequential fragmentation of C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) after its near-sun passage Save
- Dust environment of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko in 2021–2022 apparition Save
- Long-term monitoring of WASP-19 b: Signs of apsidal precession and molecular signatures Save
- The shape and spin state of (275677) 2000 RS11 from ground-based radar and optical observations Save
- Rotation period of C/2006 P1 (McNaught) through morphological analysis with narrowband imaging Save
- On the Border: Searching for Cometary Activity near the Centaur–JFC Transition Line Save
- Brightness evolution of LEO Starlink mega-constellation satellites from 2021 to 2023: A multi-year ground-based photometric study Save
- Size, Shape, Density, and Atmospheric Limit of (50000) Quaoar Revealed from 14 years of Stellar Occultation Save
- A search for transit timing variations in the transiting hot Jupiter systems HIP 65, NGTS-6, NGTS-10 and WASP-173 Save
- Snapshot of a new interstellar comet: 3I/ATLAS has a red and featureless spectrum Save
- Analysis of Trajectories to 3I/ATLAS with a Comet Interceptor-like Spacecraft Save
- A New Empirical Brightening Model for Distantly Active Long-Period Comets Save
- Activities of the Comet Interceptor Comet Environment Working Group Save