Oral history interview with William Alvin Baum, 1969.

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Oral history interview with William Alvin Baum, 1969.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/80620609

Discussion of the Planetary Patrol Program ground observation collaboration involving several observatories (Lowell, Lick, and others). Comments on long-time viewing of Mars, its polar cap boundaries; the Martian "clouds." Jupiter observations in the future.

Preliminary transcript.

American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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Lick Observatory

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Lutnes, John, 1969.

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Lowell Observatory

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Baum, William Alvin, 1924-

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Physicist. Affiliations: Naval Research Laboratory, 1946-1949; Mt. Wilson and Paolmar Observatory, 1950-1965; Planetary Research Center (Lowell Observatory), 1965-1990; consultant, Office of Space Science, NASA, 1970-present; Viking Orbiter Imaging Team (1970-1979) and Hubble Space Telescope Camera Team (1977-1997); Professor, University of Washington, 1990-present. Research interests: galaxies, spacecraft implementation, cosmology. From the description of Oral History interview with...