Nalin Samarasinha

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Nalin Samarasinha is a Sri Lankan born Astronomer based in United States. Currently he works as a Senior Scientist for Planetary Science Institute.^[1][2][3]

Early life[]

Samarasinha earned a BSc first class honours in Physics from University of Colombo after schooling at Nalanda College Colombo. Later he gained a MSc in astronomy from University of Maryland, College Park USA and followed it up furthering studies graduating with a PhD in Astronomy from the University of Maryland.^[4]

Astronomy[]

In 2002 the International Astronomical Union renamed Asteroid (12871) 1998 ML37 found by Lowell Observatory as Asteroid (12871) Samarasinha in his honour. Samarasinha is the first native born citizen of Sri Lanka to gain the distinction of having an Asteroid named after him.^[5]

References[]

• "Comet ISON and Mars imaged together during close approach". phys.org.

• "Dr.Nalin Samarasinha: What Comets Can Teach Us". wordpress.com.

• "Kitt Peak National Observatory Visitor Center and Museum". noao.edu.

• "Bringing Hot Topics in Astronomy into the Classroom". noao.edu.

• "NASA Comet ISON Observing Campaign".

• "Overview of Dr. Nalin Samarasinha's ISON morphology campaign" (PDF). isoncampaign.org.

• "Sigiriya: Asteroid that's far away". colomboherald.

• "Nalanda College Alumni (Academics)". Nalanda College Colombo. Archived from the original on 2014-05-19.