3529 Dowling

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3529 Dowling is an asteroid first discovered in March 1981 in the course of the UK Schmidt-Caltech Asteroid Survey, and originally designated as "1981 EQ."

In 1996 the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union [1] announced the naming of "3529 Dowling" for Dr. Timothy E. Dowling, assistant professor of Planetary Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The accompanying citation was:

"Dowling - An expert in the dynamics of the atmospheres of the giant planets, he determined a relationship between potential vorticity and the zonal wind on Jupiter and developed explicit planetary isentropic-coordinate models for Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. He is also a dedicated teacher of planetary science at the undergraduate and graduate levels."

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• MIT News Office [2]