Heidi Hammel
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| Gender | Female |
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| Age | 65 |
| Date of birth | March 14,1960 |
| Zodiac sign | Pisces |
| Born | California |
| United States | |
| Fields | Planetary science |
| Astronomy | |
| Geology | |
| Job | Astronomer |
| Awards | Carl Sagan Medal |
| Harold C. Urey Prize | |
| Klumpke-Roberts Award | |
| Education | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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| ID | 547300 |
Heidi Hammel Life story
Heidi B. Hammel is a planetary astronomer who has extensively studied Neptune and Uranus. She was part of the team imaging Neptune from Voyager 2 in 1989. She led the team using the Hubble Space Telescope to view Shoemaker-Levy 9's impact with Jupiter in 1994.