D S Vanderbilt, Sc.D.
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Science |
| Occupation | Retired - astronomer, social scientist |
| Location | Crosswicks, New Jersey, New York/New Mexico/Illinois, United States |
| Introduction | Mr. David S. Vanderbilt is 5th cousin to the famous Gloria Vanderbilt Cooper, great-granddaughter of "Commodore" Cornelius Vanderbilt and mother to CNN journalist Anderson Cooper, and fourth cousin to the late and noted social etiquette doyene, Amy Vanderbilt. D. S. Vanderbilt was born and raised near Princeton, NJ. He majored in astronomy, social sciences and geography at Rowan University and the University of Arizona. Mr. Vanderbilt resides in both Illinois and New Mexico. |
| Interests | A retired astronomer who in 2011 was cited by Kepler's Exoplanetary Telescope for being one within a group of 20 colleagues in the discovery of a new solar system in orbit around an (our) Sun-sized yellow-white star near Delta Cygnus. Still awaiting confirmation of the NASA and ground-based observatory data, additional system observations may indicate yet another Earth-sized planet in orbit around the star, and/or th star itself may have an orbiting companion star - an eclipsing binary star. In early 2018, Mr. Vanderbilt was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by CalTech/NASA/Kepler for his discovery. |
| Favorite books | "A Rude Awakening- The Death of Manners in America" (publication date to be announced) |
When you hesitate before hitting snooze on your alarm clock, are you being lazy?
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