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Linda A. Morabito

1953 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Linda A. Morabito is the 626th most popular astronomer (down from 616th in 2024), the 1,043rd most popular biography from Canada (down from 931st in 2019) and the 11th most popular Canadian Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Linda A. Morabito ranks 626 out of 644. Before her are Dale Frail, Akimasa Nakamura, Anja Cetti Andersen, Eva Grebel, José Gabriel Funes, and Peter Kušnirák. After her are Ulrika Babiaková, Kenneth J. Lawrence, David J. Asher, Gabriela González, Paulo R. Holvorcem, and Timothy B. Spahr.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Linda A. Morabito ranks 691. Before her are Dennis Daugaard, Kathleen Wynne, Karl-Heinz Brunner, Chris Smith, Dwight Stones, and Kevin Beattie. After her are Hina Jilani, Kath Soucie, Victoria Wood, Nanci Griffith, Sylvia Steiner, and Ricardo Sanchez.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Linda A. Morabito ranks 1,044 out of 1,622. Before her are Alex Tagliani (1973), Claudia Alexander (1959), Bianca Andreescu (2000), Jessica Dubé (1987), Clara Hughes (1972), and Coco Rocha (1988). After her are Tiga (1974), Terrence Paul (1964), Brian Price (1976), Athena Karkanis (1981), Jordan Prentice (1973), and Meghan Ory (1982).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Canada

Among astronomers born in Canada, Linda A. Morabito ranks 11. Before her are Carlyle S. Beals (1899), John Stanley Plaskett (1865), Wendy Freedman (1957), Brett J. Gladman (1966), Sara Seager (1971), and Dale Frail (1961). After her are John J. Kavelaars (1966).

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