Keith Horne (astronomer)

Keith Douglas Horne FRSE is an American astronomer. He is Emeritus Professor in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of St Andrews.[1]

Horne completed his undergraduate degree in Mathematics and Physics at Pomona College in 1977, and earned his doctorate from Caltech in 1983.[1] His doctoral advisor was John Beverley Oke.[2] In 2010, he was part of an international team that discovered the Hot Jupiter exoplanet Qatar-1b.[3]

Horne was the 2004 recipient of the Herschel Medal, which he received for his observational astronomy work on cataclysmic variable stars.[4][5][6]

References

  1. ^ a b "Keith Douglas Horne". University of St Andrews Research Portal. University of St Andrews. Archived from the original on 23 January 2025. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  2. ^ "Keith Douglas Horne". AstroGen. American Astronomical Society. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  3. ^ "International team discovers alien planet that's Jupiter-sized". Smithsonian Insider. Smithsonian Institution. 14 December 2010. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  4. ^ "Awards". The Times. 11 March 2004. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  5. ^ "National prize for St Andrews star-gazer". University of St Andrews. 31 March 2004. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  6. ^ "Herschel Medal Winners" (PDF). Royal Astronomical Society. 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
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