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Bjorn Davidsson. Education. 2003: PhD in Theoretical Astrophysics, Uppsala University, Sweden. 1998: MSc in Physics, Uppsala University, Sweden. Professional Experience. 2016 – present: JPL Scientist, Asteroids, Comets & Satellites group. 2010 – 2016: Researcher, Uppsala University, Sweden. 2008 – 2009: JPL Visiting Scientist.
Co-Investigator and Lead Scientist for Sweden of the OSIRIS camera system on the ESA spacecraft Rosetta. Member of the JPL MIRO team (Microwave Instrument for the Rosetta Orbiter). Education. 1994-1998: Master of Science (Major in Physics), Uppsala University (UU), Sweden. 1998-2003: PhD in Theoretical Astrophysics, UU, Sweden. Employment history.
My name is Björn J.R. Davidsson (born in 1974) and I am an astronomer. I conduct my Solar System research at the NASA center Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena (CA), USA, that is administrated by the California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
Dr. Björn J. R. Davidsson (July 2022) Relevant experience Thermophysical modeling of small icy bodies (comets, Centaurs, TNOs) and of the surfaces of atmosphereless bodies (asteroids, the Moon); developer of the thermophysics computer code NIMBUS (Numerical Icy Minor Body evolUtion Simulator); Direct Simulation Monte Carlo
Aug 2, 2021 · In a new study, Davidsson and co-author Sona Hosseini, a research and instrument scientist at JPL, suggest that shadows created by the “roughness” of the lunar surface provide refuge for water ice, enabling it to form as surface frost far from the Moon’s poles.
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B. Davidsson's 141 research works with 4,626 citations and 10,489 reads, including: Cliff collapse on Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko – I. Aswan.
Sep 12, 2022 · Authors: Björn J. R. Davidsson, Nalin H. Samarasinha, Davide Farnocchia, Pedro J. Gutiérrez Download PDF Abstract: The European Space Agency Rosetta/Philae mission to Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in 2014-2016 is the most complete and diverse investigation of a comet carried out thus far.
