Arlo U. Landolt

Arlo U. Landolt (born 1935) is an American astronomer. Landolt has worked principally in photometry and has published a number of widely used lists[1][2][3] of standard stars.[4][5] In 1995, he received the George van Biesbroeck Prize from the American Astronomical Society.[6] Landolt was the first discoverer of a pulsating white dwarf when he observed in 1965 and 1966 that the luminosity of HL Tau 76 varied with a period of approximately 12.5 minutes.[7] The asteroid 15072 Landolt is named after him.[5]

Education

Arlo Landolt graduated from Highland High School in 1952. He received his Ph.D. in 1962 from Indiana University.[4]

References

  1. ^ UBVRI photometric standard stars around the celestial equator, Arlo U. Landolt, Astronomical Journal, 88, #3 (March 1983), pp. 439–460.
  2. ^ UBV photoelectric sequences in the celestial equatorial selected areas 92–115, Arlo U. Landolt, Astronomical Journal, 78, #9 (November 1973), pp. 959–981.
  3. ^ UBVRI photometric standard stars in the magnitude range 11.5<V<16.0 around the celestial equator, Arlo U. Landolt, Astronomical Journal 104, #1 (July 1992), pp. 340–371, 436–491.
  4. ^ a b Arlo U. Landolt, web page at Louisiana State University. Accessed on line September 19, 2007.
  5. ^ a b 15072 Landolt (1999 BS12), web page from the JPL Small-Body Database Browser. Accessed on line September 19, 2007.
  6. ^ AAS — Grants, Prizes and Awards, web page, accessed on line September 19, 2007.
  7. ^ A New Short-Period Blue Variable, Arlo U. Landolt, Astrophysical Journal 153, #1 (July 1968), pp. 151–164.

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