Baerbel Lucchitta

Baerbel Kösters Lucchitta (October 2, 1938, Münster, Germany) is a Scientist Emeritus at the Astrogeology Science Center at the USGS[1] and one of the first women in the field of Astrogeology. She was one of the people responsible of making lunar maps for the Apollo 11 mission.[2] During her career, she was dedicated to mapping the Moon, Mars, Europa and the Galilean Satellites, and Antarctica.[3] The Lucchiita Glacier[4] is named after her work in Antarctica, and the Asteroid 4569 Baerbel[5] is named after her work in planetary geology.

Baerbel Lucchitta
Dr. Baerbel K. Lucchiita at the Cinder Field, Fall 1972, before the Apollo 17 mission.
BornOctober 2, 1938
Münster
Alma materKent State University,
Pennsylvania State University
Scientific career
InstitutionsUnited States Geological Survey,
Northern Arizona University

Life and career

She was born before the beginning of World War II, and her family had to move around out of fear of the war. Her father was a conscript soldier and later a war prisoner. He gathered back in Münster with his family in 1947 after being released in England. Baerbel attended a Catholic all-girl, public high school in Germany. After she graduated from school, she went to study Geology.

She was awarded a Fulbright scholarship and moved into Kent State University in Ohio, where she earned a B.S. degree in Geology in 1961. She earned an assistantship position at Pennsylvania State University, and she received a M.S. degree in 1963 and in 1966 earned a Ph.D. in structural geology. She then moved to Flagstaff, and from 1967 to her retirement in 1995 she worked at the USGS. In 1995 she was named Scientist Emerita at the USGS. From 1995 to 2003 she was an Adjunct faculty member at Northern Arizona University.

She is known for her work in mapping and the use of satellite imagery for geological and glaciological studies. She is also known for her theories on the influence of ice in the geology of Mars.

She married Ivo Lucchitta in 1964.

Honors and awards
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References
  1. "Baerbel K Lucchitta [Person] - ScienceBase-Directory". www.sciencebase.gov. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
  2. Sevigny, Melissa. "Apollo's 50th Anniversary: Ivo and Baerbel Lucchitta". www.knau.org. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
  3. Chapman, Mary (November 14, 2002). "Baerbel Lucchitta". Astropedia. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  4. "Lucchiita Glacier in the USGS Geonames". USGS. January 31, 2003. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  5. "Asteroid 4569 in the JPL Small-Body Database Browser". ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
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