Interview with AAS Keynote Speaker Prof. Mario Jurić: Solar System Science and Rubin Observatory
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Katya Gozman
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Summary
This article is an interview with Prof. Mario Jurić, a Solar System scientist and expert in Rubin Observatory data, who is a keynote speaker at the 248th AAS meeting. It covers his unexpected career path working on large-scale astronomical projects, his research on estimating distances to millions of stars, and his work with the Rubin Observatory's Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST).
Key quotes
· 2 pulledWhen Mario Jurić began graduate school, he didn't expect to spend the next 20+ years of his life working on once-in-a-quarter century projects.
He realized that he had estimated distances to 48 million stars, almost 700 times more stars than any previous study.
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