David Rubincam

David Perry Rubincam, Ph.D. (born February 27, 1947) is an American geophysicist with specialties in solid-earth geophysics, planetary geodynamics and celestial mechanics. He has worked as a civilian scientist for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration since 1978. The main-belt asteroid 9921 Rubincam was named in his honor.[1]

David Perry Rubincam
Born (1947-02-27) February 27, 1947
NationalityUSA
Scientific career
FieldsGeophysics
InstitutionsNational Academy of Sciences
United States National Research Council
Wolf Research and Development Group, EG&G, Inc.
NASA

Education

He received a B.S. in Physics (1970), M.S. in Physics (1972), and Ph.D. in Physics (1973) from the University of Maryland, College Park.

Professional career

From 1974-1976 he served as a Resident Research Associate at the National Academy of Sciences and National Research Council.

From 1976-1978 he served as Lead Analyst in Geophysics at Wolf Research and Development Group, EG&G, Inc.

From 1978 to present, he has served as a Geophysicist in the Laboratory for Terrestrial Physics, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.[2] He studies secular effects in the solar system such as tidal friction, the Yarkovsky effect, and the Yarkovsky–O'Keefe–Radzievskii–Paddack effect (YORP) effect.[3] One of his many contributions while at NASA was conducting research to understand the dynamics of orbital decay of artificial Earth satellites. Current interests include asteroids and asteroid pairs.[4]

Society memberships

Rubincam is a member of the American Geophysical Union and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Bibliography
  • 2000 "Dynamical Evolution of Main Belt Meteoroids: Numerical Simulations Incorporating Planetary Perturbations and Yarkovsky Thermal Forces," W. F. Bottke, D. P. Rubincam, and J. A. Burns, Icarus, 145, 301-331.
  • 1999 "Mars Secular Obliquity Change Due to Water Ice Caps," J. Geophys. Res., 104, 30,765-30,771.
  • 1998 "The Incredible Shrinking Tropics," D. P. Rubincam, B. F. Chao, and B. G. Bills, Sky & Telescope, 95, [6], 36-38 (June).
  • 1998 "Yarkovsky Thermal Drag on Small Asteroids and Mars-Earth Delivery," J. Geophys. Res., 103, 1725-1732.
  • 1997 "Tidal Friction," in ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PLANETARY SCIENCES, edited by J. H. Shirley and R. W. Fairbridge, Chapman & Hall, New York, pp. 825–828.
  • 1995 ""Has Climate Changed the Earth's Tilt?" Paleoceanography, 10, 365-372.
  • 1995 "America's Foremost Early Astronomer," D.P. Rubincam and M. Rubincam, Sky & Telescope, 89, [5], 38-41 (May).
  • 1995 "Asteroid Orbit Evolution Due to Thermal Drag," J. Geophys. Res., 100, 1585- 1594.
  • 1994 "Isolation in Terms of Earth's Orbital Parameters," Theor. Appl. Climatol., 48, 195-20
  • 1993 "The Obliquity of Mars and "Climate Friction," J. Geophys. Res., 98, 10, 827-10,832.
  • 1993 "The Night the Titanic Went Down," D.P. Rubincam and D.D. Rowlands, Sky & Telescope, 86, [4], 79-83 (October).
  • 1990 "Mars: Change in Axial Tilt Due to Climate?" Science, 248, 720-721.
  • 1989 "The Gravitational Field of Phobos," B.F. Chao and D.P. Rubincam, Geophys. Res. Letters, 16, 859-862.
  • 1987 "LAGEOS Orbit Decay due to Infrared Radiation from Earth", J. Geophys. Res., 92, 1287-1294.
  • 1984 "Postglacial Rebound Observed by Lageos and the Effective Viscosity of the Lower Mantle," J. Geophys. Res., 89, 1077-1087.
  • 1979 "Gravitational Potential Energy of the Earth: A Spherical Harmonic Approach," J. Geophys. Res., 84, 6219-6225. A284, 485-494.
  • 1975 "Tidal Friction and the Early History of the Moon's Orbit," J. Geophys. Res., 80, 1537-1548.

References
  1. "9921 Rubincam (1981 EO18)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  2. "Bio page: David P. Rubincam". Sciences and Exploration Directorate. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
  3. "David Rubincam". American Physical Society. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
  4. Rubincam, David; Paddack, Stephen J. (13 April 2007). "As Tiny Worlds Turn". Science. 316 (5822): 211–212. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.205.5777. doi:10.1126/science.1141930. PMID 17431161. S2CID 118802966.
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