Adrastea Discovery8 July 1979
With G. Edward Danielson, identifies Adrastea in Voyager 2 images of Jupiter's ring region.
Historical person
David Jewitt Biography
Historical biography and chronological timeline for David Jewitt, based on 5 World History Database records associated with Great Britain.
5 records1979–20205 events1 places
Chronological biography
1979
2013
Six-Tailed Asteroid7 November 2013
Jewitt leads Hubble observations of asteroid P/2013 P5, which displays six comet-like dust tails.
2014
Disintegrating Asteroid P2013 R36 March 2014
Jewitt leads Hubble observations showing asteroid P/2013 R3 breaking into multiple pieces without evidence for a high-speed collision.
2018
Oumuamua Hubble Tracking27 June 2018
Jewitt uses Hubble observations to refine the path of interstellar object Oumuamua and investigate its unexpected acceleration.
2020
Interstellar Comet Borisov Composition20 April 2020
Jewitt uses Hubble observations to help show that interstellar Comet Borisov contains unusually abundant carbon monoxide.
Titles and roles
Astronomer
Record provenance
This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.