Gordon Swann
   HOME



picture info

Gordon Swann
Gordon Alfred Swann (September 21, 1931 – 2013) was an American geologist. He received his PhD from the University of Colorado in 1962, and studied the Precambrian geology of the Front Range of Colorado. He is notable for his work with NASA and the training of the astronauts of the Apollo program in field geology. Swann served as the Principal Investigator of the Apollo Lunar Geologic Experiment for Apollo 14 and Apollo 15. A part of the Montes Apenninus (south of Mons Hadley) at the Apollo 15 landing site was informally called the ''Swann Range'' in his honor by the astronauts. The asteroid 4082 Swann is named after him.(4082) Swann = 1984 SW3
IAU Minor Planet Center


References

1931 births 2013 deaths American geologists Apollo 14 Apollo 15 University of Colorado alumni 20th-centur ...
[...More Info...]      
[...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  




Gordon Alfred Swann 1998
Gordon may refer to: People * Gordon (given name), a masculine given name, including list of persons and fictional characters * Gordon (surname), the surname * Gordon (slave), escaped to a Union Army camp during the U.S. Civil War * Gordon Heuckeroth (born 1968), Dutch performer and radio and television personality, known professionally by the mononym Gordon * Clan Gordon, a Scottish clan Education * Gordon State College, a public college in Barnesville, Georgia * Gordon College (Massachusetts), a Christian college in Wenham, Massachusetts * Gordon College (Pakistan), a Christian college in Rawalpindi, Pakistan * Gordon College (Philippines), a public university in Subic, Zambales * Gordon College of Education, a public college in Haifa, Israel Places Australia * Gordon, Australian Capital Territory * Gordon, New South Wales * Gordon, South Australia * Gordon, Victoria * Gordon River, Tasmania * Gordon River (Western Australia) Canada * Gordon Parish, New Brunswick * Gordon, ...
[...More Info...]      
[...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  



MORE