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Michael Rowan-Robinson

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British astronomer (born 1942)

Michael Rowan-Robinson
Born
Geoffrey Michael Rowan-Robinson[4]

(1942-07-09)9 July 1942[4]
England
EducationEshton Hall School[4]
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge (BA)
Royal Holloway, University of London (PhD)[2][5]
AwardsFred Hoyle Medal and Prize (2008)
Scientific career
InstitutionsImperial College London
Gresham College
ThesisOn the structure and distribution of quasi-stellar radio-sources (1969)
Doctoral advisorWilliam McCrea[1]
Doctoral studentsBrian May[2][3]
Websiteastro.ic.ac.uk/home/mrrobinson

Geoffrey Michael Rowan-RobinsonFRAS FInstP (born 9 July 1942)[4] is anastronomer, astrophysicist andProfessor ofAstrophysics atImperial College London. He previously served as head of the astrophysics group until May 2007 and from 1981 to 1982, and asGresham Professor of Astronomy.[4][6]

Education

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Rowan-Robinson was educated atEshton Hall School[4] and theUniversity of Cambridge where he completed aBachelor of Arts degree inNatural Sciences as an undergraduate student ofPembroke College, Cambridge. He went on to complete aPhD onQuasars atRoyal Holloway, University of London in 1969 supervised byWilliam McCrea.[2][1]

Research and career

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Rowan-Robinson's research interests include theSpitzer Space Telescope SWIRE project, the European Large Area ISO Survey, the UK SCUBA Survey (seeJames Clerk Maxwell Telescope), theIRAS PSC Redshift Survey, theHerschel Space Observatory SPIRE instrument[7] and thePlanck Surveyor HFI.[8]

Rowan-Robinson co-supervisedBrian May's PhD in Astrophysics initially supervised by James Ring and Ken Reay.[2][3] He wasPresident of the Royal Astronomical Society from 2006 to 2008.[9]

In November 2021 he published an article on theMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society regarding the search forPlanet Nine using IRAS data.[10]

Publications

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His publications[11][12] and books include:

  • The Cosmological Distance Ladder[13]
  • Universe[14]
  • Ripples in the Cosmos[15]
  • The Nine Numbers of the Cosmos[16]
  • Cosmology[17]

Awards and honours

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Rowan-Robinson was awarded the 2008Hoyle Medal by theInstitute of Physics for his research in infrared and submillimetreastronomy, and observationalcosmology.[18]

Theasteroid4599 Rowan, discovered in 1985 byHenri Debehogne at theEuropean Southern Observatory, was renamed[when?] "Rowan" to honor Michael Rowan-Robinson. The credit notes that, even though Rowan-Robinson's contributions have been in extragalactic astronomy, he was able to use data fromIRAS to set a limit on the number of undiscoveredJupiter-like planets beyond the orbit ofNeptune.[19]

References

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  1. ^abRowan-Robinson, Geoffrey Michael (1969).On the structure and distribution of quasi-stellar radio-sources.ethos.bl.uk (PhD thesis).University of London.ISBN 9781339706757.
  2. ^abcdMichael Rowan-Robinson at theMathematics Genealogy Project
  3. ^abMay, Brian Harold (2008).A survey of radial velocities in the zodiacal dust cloud.ethos.bl.uk (PhD thesis). Imperial College London.Bibcode:2008srvz.book.....M.doi:10.1007/978-0-387-77706-1.hdl:10044/1/1333.ISBN 9780387777054.OCLC 754716941.Open access icon
  4. ^abcdef"ROWAN-ROBINSON, Prof. (Geoffrey) Michael".Who's Who. Vol. 1997 (onlineOxford University Press ed.). Oxford: A & C Black.(Subscription orUK public library membership required.)
  5. ^"Professor Michael Rowan-Robinson".ic.ac.uk. Imperial College London. Archived fromthe original on 12 March 2017.
  6. ^Rowan-Robinson, Michael (2017)."Michael Rowan-Robinson CV"(PDF).astro.ic.ac.uk. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 5 May 2015.
  7. ^Griffin, M. J.; Abergel, A.; Abreu, A.; Ade, P. A. R.; André, P.; Augueres, J.-L.; Babbedge, T.; Bae, Y.; Baillie, T.; Baluteau, J.-P.; Barlow, M. J.; Bendo, G.; Benielli, D.; Bock, J. J.; Bonhomme, P.; Brisbin, D.; Brockley-Blatt, C.; Caldwell, M.; Cara, C.; Castro-Rodriguez, N.; Cerulli, R.; Chanial, P.; Chen, S.; Clark, E.; Clements, D. L.; Clerc, L.; Coker, J.; Communal, D.; Conversi, L.; et al. (2010). "TheHerschel-SPIRE instrument and its in-flight performance".Astronomy and Astrophysics.518: L3.arXiv:1005.5123.Bibcode:2010A&A...518L...3G.doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201014519.ISSN 0004-6361.S2CID 1532002.
  8. ^Ade, P. A. R.;Aghanim, N.; Armitage-Caplan, C.; Arnaud, M.; Ashdown, M.; Atrio-Barandela, F.; Aumont, J.; Baccigalupi, C.; Banday, A. J.; Barreiro, R. B.; Bartlett, J. G.; Battaner, E.; Benabed, K.; Benoît, A.; Benoit-Lévy, A.; Bernard, J.-P.; Bersanelli, M.; Bielewicz, P.; Bobin, J.; Bock, J. J.; Bonaldi, A.; Bond, J. R.; Borrill, J.; Bouchet, F. R.; Bridges, M.; Bucher, M.; Burigana, C.; Butler, R. C.; Calabrese, E.; et al. (2014). "Planck2013 results. XVI. Cosmological parameters".Astronomy & Astrophysics.571: A16.arXiv:1303.5076.Bibcode:2014A&A...571A..16P.doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201321591.ISSN 0004-6361.S2CID 118349591.
  9. ^"List of presidents and dates of office".A brief history of the RAS.Royal Astronomical Society. Retrieved18 November 2025.
  10. ^Rowan-Robinson, Michael (2022)."A search for Planet 9 in the IRAS data".Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.510 (3).Royal Astronomical Society:3716–3726.arXiv:2111.03831.doi:10.1093/mnras/stab3212.
  11. ^Michael Rowan-Robinson publications indexed by theScopus bibliographic database.(subscription required)
  12. ^Hughes, David H.; Serjeant, Stephen; Dunlop, James; Rowan-Robinson, Michael; Blain, Andrew; Mann, Robert G.; Ivison, Rob; Peacock, John; Efstathiou, Andreas; Gear, Walter; Oliver, Seb; Lawrence, Andy;Longair, Malcolm; Goldschmidt, Pippa; Jenness, Tim (1998). "High-redshift star formation in the Hubble Deep Field revealed by a submillimetre-wavelength survey".Nature.394 (6690):241–247.arXiv:astro-ph/9806297.Bibcode:1998Natur.394..241H.doi:10.1038/28328.ISSN 0028-0836.S2CID 4428890.
  13. ^Michael., Rowan-Robinson (1985).The cosmological distance ladder : distance and time in the universe. New York, NY:W.H. Freeman.ISBN 978-0716715863.OCLC 10505595.
  14. ^Michael., Rowan-Robinson (1990).Universe. London:Longman.ISBN 9780582044388.OCLC 20964749.
  15. ^Michael., Rowan-Robinson (1993).Ripples in the cosmos : a view behind the scenes of the new cosmology. Diane Pub Co.ISBN 9780788194610.OCLC 948365655.
  16. ^Michael., Rowan-Robinson (2001).The nine numbers of the cosmos. Oxford:Oxford University Press.ISBN 9780192862167.OCLC 828523172.
  17. ^Michael., Rowan-Robinson (2004).Cosmology (4th ed.). Oxford:Clarendon Press.ISBN 9780198527473.OCLC 53156521.
  18. ^"Hoyle Medal and Prize".iop.org. Archived fromthe original on 4 July 2008. Retrieved3 December 2007.
  19. ^"Citation for (4599)". Retrieved20 July 2006.[dead link]
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