Astronomy Research Faculty

The Solar System

Professor Peter Brown Dr. Peter Brown
Research Areas: I am interested in answering basic questions about the origin and evolution of small bodies in the solar system. These include the origin of metoroids,the origin of meteorites, the physical structure of meteoroids and the flux and interaction of larger meteoroids at Earth.
Research web site: http://aquarid.physics.uwo.ca/~pbrown/research.htm
Email: pbrown [at] uwo.ca
Professor Margaret Campbell-Brown Dr. Margaret Campbell-Brown
Research Areas: Millions of meteoroids, which are fragments of comets and asteroids, hit the Earth each day. These objects provide an opportunity to study the distribution and composition of many comets and asteroids. High-resolution images of meteoroids ablating in the atmosphere can be used to determine their composition, and continuous radar observations have a wealth of information about the history and current state of small bodies in our solar system.
Research web site: http://aquarid.physics.uwo.ca/~mcampbell/research.htm
Email: margaret.campbell [at] uwo.ca
Professor Paul Wiegert Dr. Paul Wiegert
Research Areas: I'm interested in the dynamics of the Solar System, particularly its smaller bodies, asteroids, comets and meteoroid streams. I'm also interested in the dynamics of planets around other stars, and in celestial mechanics in general.
Research web site: http://www.astro.uwo.ca/~wiegert/
Email: pwiegert [at] uwo.ca