Dr. David O’Brien
Senior Scientist
Currently resides in Arizona
Targets of Interest: Asteroids, Ceres, Comets, Dwarf Planets, Exoplanets, Icy Satellites, Small Satellites, Vesta
Disciplines/Techniques: Astrobiology, Numerical Modeling, Remote Sensing
Missions: DAWN
Dr. David O'Brien works on planet formation and the evolution of the early Solar System, collisional and dynamical evolution of asteroids and small bodies, thermal modeling of geophysical phenomena, and icy satellite geophysics.
Active Projects
High-Resolution Geologic Mapping of Urvara Crater, Ceres
NASA Discovery Data Analysis Program
Principal Investigator
Hanna Sizemore
Project Team
RELATED COVER STORIES & PRESS RELEASES
Water and Ice Helped Form Features in Ceres’ Occator Crater
September 20, 2020
Science Operations End For NASA’s Dawn Spacecraft
November 1, 2018
Dawn Science Team In Tucson to Discuss Ceres
February 15, 2016
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