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Dean Benjamin McLaughlin (born October 25, 1901, Brooklyn,[1] New York CIty; died December 8, 1965, Ann Arbor, Michigan, US) was an American astronomer. He was a professor of astronomy at the University of Michigan.[2] He was the father of the science fiction author Dean B. McLaughlin, Jr. He received his B.S. (1923), his M.S. (1924) and his Ph.D. (1927) all from Michigan. McLaughlin married fellow astronomer Laura Elizabeth Hill in 1927.[3]

In 1954 he proposed the theory that there are volcanoes on Mars and that their eruptions change the albedo features called "mare" (The martian equivalent of Lunar mare). His proposal was partially confirmed in 1971 with the arrival of Mariner 9, which showed that strong winds could move dust around the planet, creating the changes of appearance formerly attributed to some kind of vegetation .

A crater on Mars was named in his honor, as is the crater McLaughlin on the far side of the Moon and the asteroid 2024 McLaughlin. In 2014 NASA scientists announced they had discovered evidence of water in Mars' McLaughlin Crater.[4]

See also

• Richard Alfred Rossiter
• Rossiter–McLaughlin effect

References

External links

• Dean B. McLaughlin, Faculty History Project, U. Michigan
• The Ghosts of Astronomers Past by Rudi Paul Lindner

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[de] Dean Benjamin McLaughlin

Dean Benjamin McLaughlin (* 25. Oktober 1901 in Brooklyn, New York; † 8. Dezember 1965 in Ann Arbor, Michigan) war ein US-amerikanischer Astronom.

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- [en] Dean Benjamin McLaughlin

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[es] Dean Benjamin McLaughlin

Dean Benjamin McLaughlin (Brooklyn, Nueva York, 25 de octubre de 1901 - Ann Arbor, Míchigan, 8 de diciembre de 1965)[1] fue un astrónomo estadounidense, profesor de astronomía en la Universidad de Míchigan[2] y padre del autor de ciencia ficción Dean McLaughlin.i

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[ru] Маклафлин, Дин Бенджамин

Дин Бенджамин Маклафлин (англ. Dean Benjamin McLaughlin, 1901—1965) — американский астроном, отец писателя-фантаста Д. Б. Маклафлина.

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