Harald Schenk

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Harald Schenk was born in Berlin, Germany. He has lived in the United States since 1954. He is on the faculty of the University of Wisconsin at Sheboygan.

Between 1966 and 1969, he served in the United States Army with the Strategic Communications Command (US ARMY STRATCOM). After graduating from the University of Wisconsin at Green Bay, he was selected as a finalist in the 'Competition for Amateur Use of the Hubble Space Telescope'. He and his international team conducted a study on "Transition Comets -- UV Search for OH Emissions in Asteroids."

Since that time, he has done research on select asteroids with the Hubble Space Telescope five times. Schenk is currently JPL Solar System Ambassador, and is on a committee to place an amateur telescope on the International Space Station.

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