Angioletta Coradini (1 July 1946 – 4 September 2011) was an Italian astrophysicist and

planetary scientist Planetary science (or more rarely, planetology) is the scientific study of planets (including Earth), celestial bodies (such as moons, asteroids, comets) and planetary systems (in particular those of the Solar System) and the processes of th ...

Biography

In 1970 she completed a master's degree in physics at the University of Rome, the city where she would do her research over her entire career—at first at the university, then from 1975 at the

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(CNR), and finally at the National Astrophysics Institute of Italy (INAF).

Participation in international scientific projects

* Co-investigator for NASA lunar and planetary research (1970–74); * Member of the Science Team for the CIRS and VIMS instruments, and PI of the VIMS visible channel, Cassini-Huygens mission (1991–2011) * Coordinator of the Moon Orbiting Observatory (MORO) proposal and member of the MORO science team (1993–96); * Member of the Observing Time Allocation Committee (OTAC) for the ESA Infrared Observatory (ISO) mission (1994–96); * Member of the European Southern Observatory (ESO) observing Program Committee, Panel F (1997–99); * Member of the Scientific Council of the Finnish Academy of Space Studies “Antares” (1999–2004); * Member of the Scientific Council of the International Institute of Space Studies (ISSI), headquartered in Bern (1999–2002); * Member of the High Scientific Committee of the Paris Observatory; * PI of the Jiram Instrument for the NASA New Frontiers Juno mission (2005–11); * Member of the Space Advisory Group (SAG) of the European Community (2008–11);

Awards and recognition

* David Bates Medal (2007) “In recognition of her important and wide ranging work in planetary sciences and Solar System formation, and her leading role in the development of space infrared instrumentation for planetary exploration”; * Jean Dominique Cassini Medal & Honorary Membership 2012; * 2012 NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal; * Angioletta crater on

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(name approved in 2014); * Coradini crater on

Pluto Pluto (minor-planet designation: 134340 Pluto) is a dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt, a ring of bodies beyond the orbit of Neptune. It is the ninth-largest and tenth-most-massive known object to directly orbit the Sun. It is the largest k ...

(name approved in 2022).

Projects

The

Jovian Infrared Auroral Mapper Jovian Infrared Auroral Mapper (JIRAM) is an instrument on the ''Juno'' spacecraft in orbit of the planet Jupiter. It is an image spectrometer and was contributed by Italy. Similar instruments are on ESA ''Rosetta'', '' Venus Express'', and '' ...

instrument project for the Juno orbiter for Jupiter was started by Professor Angioletta Coradini.

Death

Coradini died in 2011 from

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References

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