Dr. Susan Benecchi
Senior Scientist
Currently resides in Virginia
Targets of Interest: Charon, Comets, Dwarf Planets, Kuiper Belt, Pluto, Trans-Neptunian Objects
Disciplines/Techniques: Astrometry, Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Ground-Based Observing, Photometry, Space-Based Observing
Missions: New Horizons
Instruments: HST WFC3
Facilities: JWST, HST, Subaru, Gemini, Magellan
Dr. Susan Benecchi is passionate about astronomical research and inquiry-based science education. Her research focuses on small bodies, often binaries, in the outer solar system. She is a Co-I on the New Horizons Kuiper Belt Extended Mission and co-lead of the Planetary Astronomy sub-group therein. She also teachings Astronomy and worldview at an online Classical Christian homeschool.
Active Projects
Principal Investigator
External Partners
- Southwest Research Institute
- Space Telescope Science Institute
- University of Virginia
- University of Victoria
- Lowell Observatory
Institutional PI
External Partners
- Space Telescope Science Institute
- Southwest Research Institute
- University of Central Florida
- Northern Arizona University
- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
- Pinhead Institute
- Institute of Space Sciences and Technologies
- Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale
- Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma
