Birth Name:

Linda A. Morabito

Female

Birth Date:

Sat, Nov 21, 1953

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Age:

71

Zodiac Sign:

Scorpio

Astrology Data:

Sun

29°

Sco

14'

About Linda A. Morabito

Linda A. Morabito (born November 21, 1953), also known as Linda Kelly, Linda Hyder, and Linda Morabito-Meyer, is the astronomer who discovered volcanic activity on Io, a moon of Jupiter. She made this finding on March 9, 1979, at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. At the time of her discovery, she was serving as Cognizant Engineer over the Optical Navigation Image Processing System (ONIPS) on the Voyager deep space mission Navigation Team. While performing image processing analysis of a Voyager 1 picture taken for spacecraft navigation, she detected a 270 kilometres (170 mi) tall cloud off the limb of Io. The cloud was of volcanic origin. This was the first time in history that active volcanism was detected off of Earth. Her discovery is considered by some planetary scientists as the largest discovery of the planetary exploration program that has come out of Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Morabito is currently an associate professor of astronomy at Victor Valley College. Linda Morabito Meyer is also the author of a memoir, Parallel Universes, a Memoir from the Edges of Space and Time.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• LindaMorabito.com

• Space Topics: Voyager - The Stories Behind the Missions

• Discovery of Volcanic Activity on Io. A Historical Review

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Linda A. Morabito: Sun 29 Scorpio, Moon 10 Gemini, Mercury 15 Scorpio, Venus 12 Scorpio, Mars 12 Libra, Jupiter 24 Gemini, Saturn 3 Scorpio, Uranus 22 Cancer, Neptune 24 Libra, Pluto 25 Leo, Sun Square Pluto, Mercury Conjunct Venus, Sun Semi Square Mars, Venus Semi Sextile Mars, Mars Semi Square Pluto, Jupiter Semi Sextile Uranus, Jupiter Trine Neptune, Jupiter Sextile Pluto, Uranus Square Neptune, Neptune Sextile Pluto

Categories related to Linda A. Morabito: Living people, November 21 births, American women astronomers, 1953 births, University of Southern California alumni, NASA people, Scientists from Vancouver

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