Ed Tedesco

Dr. Ed Tedesco

Senior Scientist

Currently resides in New Mexico

Targets of Interest: Asteroids, Ceres, Dwarf Planets, Pluto, Vesta

Disciplines/Techniques: Ground-Based Observing, Photometry, Radiometry, Remote Sensing, Space-Based Observing

Missions: Iras, Iso (ESA), IUE, MSX, Spitzer

Instruments: Cameras

Dr. Ed Tedesco is a leader in asteroid studies, spanning such research areas as asteroid physical properties to their collisional evolution. His studies have included Main Belt, Trojan, and Near-Earth asteroids. His research interests focus on the origin and evolution of the asteroid belt and in the physical properties of both asteroid dynamical families and individual asteroids.