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2003 DPS Prize Winners (1895 words) |
 | Ostro has been a pioneer and principal driving force in the area of planetary radar astronomy and continues to push the capabilities of this field to new heights. |
| Ostro and his colleagues have successfully obtained radar echoes from nearly 200 asteroids, mostly ones that cross Earth's orbit but also including many in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. |
| Ostro is a New Jersey native who earned bachelor's degrees in liberal arts and ceramic science from Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J.; a master's degree in engineering physics from Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.; and a doctorate in planetary sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. |
| Asteroid Radar Publications (1537 words) |
| Ostro, S. Benefits of an upgraded Arecibo Observatory for radar observations of asteroids and natural satellites, in Proceedings of the Arecibo Upgrading Workshop, edited by J. Taylor and M. Davis (National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center, Box 995, Arecibo, PR), pp. |
| Ostro, S. Hudson, R. Jurgens, K. Rosema, R. Winkler, D. Howard, R. Rose, M. Slade, D. Yeomans, J. Giorgini, D. Campbell, P. Perillat, J. Chandler, and I. Shapiro. |
| Ostro, S. Hudson, K. Rosema, J. Giorgini, R. Jurgens, D. Yeomans, P. Chodas, R. Winkler, R. Rose, D. Choate, R. Cormier, D. Kelley, R. Littlefair, L. Benner, M. Thomas, and M. Slade. |
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