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Merri Sue Carter (born 1964) is an American astronomer who works at the United States Naval Observatory as director of the World Data Center for the Rotation of the Earth, Washington. She is also the author of books on the history of astronomy with her father, geodesist William E. Carter.
Atomic clock ensemble at the U.S. Naval Observatory. The U.S. Naval Observatory operates two “Master Clock” facilities, one in Washington, DC, and the other at Schriever SFB near Colorado Springs, CO. The primary facility, in Washington, D.C. maintains 57 HP/Agilent/Symmetricom 5071A-001 high performance cesium atomic clocks and 24 hydrogen ...
The Queen Anne style house in 1895; built of terracotta brick, it was unpainted until 1960. The house at One Observatory Circle was designed by architect Leon E. Dessez and built in 1893 for $20,000 (equivalent to $678,222 in 2023) for the use of the superintendent of the Naval Observatory who was the original resident.
After graduation Hall became an assistant astronomer at the Naval Observatory from 1882-1885. [2] In 1885 he went to Yale University as a graduate student and an assistant at Yale Observatory . Hall received his Ph.D. in 1889 from Yale University when he submitted his thesis explaining the mass of Saturn and the orbit of Titan. [ 2 ]
Howard worked as a visiting professor at Emory University in the Department of Physics as an astronomy professor from September 1985 to May 1986. She conducted post-doctoral research at Los Alamos National Laboratory with the Space and Remote Sensing Sciences Group from January 1989 to January 1991.
Gernot Maria Rudolph Winkler (October 17, 1922 – April 30, 2016) was responsible for the Time Service Department of the United States Naval Observatory (USNO) from 1966 to 1996. [1] Winkler oversaw the introduction of caesium beam-based Coordinated Universal Time based on hyperfine transitions and an internationally transportable "flying clock".
Dennis D. McCarthy is a former director of time at the United States Naval Observatory. McCarthy also works for the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In recognition of his work on Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite navigation, McCarthy was inducted into the Naval Oceanography Hall of Fame on 6 April ...
From 16 October 1911 until 11 February 1914 he was the Superintendent of the United States Naval Observatory, serving with the rank of captain. In December 1917 Jayne was promoted to rear admiral, [6] and after the end of World War I, for his service as Commander of Division 3, Battleship Force 1, Atlantic Fleet, he was awarded the Navy Cross. [3]