Dr. Susan Benecchi
Senior Scientist
Currently resides in VA
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: HST, New Horizons
Mission Roles: Co-I, Team Lead Planetary Astronomy
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
Past Projects
Principal Investigator
Project Team
Porter
Southwest Research Institute
Holler
Space Telescope Science Institute
Verbiscer
University of Virginia
Fraser
University of Victoria
Marc Buie
Southwest Research Institute
Will Grundy
Lowell Observatory
Protopapa
Southwest Research Institute
John Spencer
Southwest Research Institute
Alan Stern
Southwest Research Institute
Project Team
Leslie A. Young
Southwest Research Institute
Ana Carolina de Souza Feliciano
University of Central Florida
Ian Wong
Space Telescope Science Institute
Joshua P Emery
Northern Arizona University
Richard Cartwright
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Silvia Protopapa
Southwest Research Institute
Jason Campbell Cook
Pinhead Institute
John A. Stansberry
Space Telescope Science Institute
Noemi Pinilla-Alonso
Institute of Space Sciences and Technologies
Rosario Brunetto
Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale
Simone Ieva
Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma
