Angioletta Coradini
{{short description|Italian astrophysicist and planetary scientist}}
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{{Infobox scientist
|name = Angioletta Coradini
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|birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1946|7|1}}
|birth_place = Rovereto, Italy
|death_date = {{Death date and age|2011|9|5|1946|7|1|df=yes}}
|death_place = Rome, Italy
|workplaces = {{ubl|Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza"| Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche|Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica}}
|spouse = Costanzo Federico
|fields = Astrophysics, planetology, geophysics
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Angioletta Coradini (1 July 1946 – 4 September 2011{{cite web | url=https://dps.aas.org/news/memoriam-angioletta-coradini-1946-%E2%80%93-2011 | title=DPS News | Division for Planetary Sciences }}) was an Italian astrophysicist and planetary scientist.{{cite web|url=http://www.nature.it/scienze/angioletta-coradini-una-vita-per-le-stelle |title=Angioletta Coradini, una vita per le stelle |date=6 September 2011 |publisher=Nature |language=Italian |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111102135808/http://www.nature.it/scienze/angioletta-coradini-una-vita-per-le-stelle/ |archivedate=2011-11-02 }}
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 National Research Council of Italy (CNR), and finally at the National Astrophysics Institute of Italy (INAF).{{Cite news|url=http://www.media.inaf.it/2011/09/05/addio-angioletta-signora-dei-pianeti/|title=Addio Angioletta, "signora dei pianeti"|last=Battifoglia|first=Enrica|work=MEDIA INAF|access-date=2018-03-08|language=it-IT}}
=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){{Cite web|url=https://lunarscience.arc.nasa.gov/awards/coradini|title=Coradini Award {{!}} SSERVI Awards|website=lunarscience.arc.nasa.gov|language=en|access-date=2018-03-08}}
- Coordinator of the Moon Orbiting Observatory (MORO) proposal and member of the MORO science team (1993–96);{{Cite journal|date=1996-01-01|title=MORO: An European Moon Orbiting Observatory|url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0273117796000944|journal=Advances in Space Research|language=en|volume=18|issue=11|pages=85–91|doi=10.1016/0273-1177(96)00094-4|issn=0273-1177|last1=Foing |first1=B.H. |last2=Racca |first2=G. |last3=Moro Science Team |bibcode=1996AdSpR..18k..85F }}
- Member of the Observing Time Allocation Committee (OTAC) for the ESA Infrared Observatory (ISO) mission (1994–96);{{Cite web|url=http://www.anpri.it/vecchiosito/ANPRI/Convegni/convegno2012/Coradini.html|title=ANGIOLETTA CORADINI (1946-2011)|website=www.anpri.it|access-date=2018-03-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180308233954/http://www.anpri.it/vecchiosito/ANPRI/Convegni/convegno2012/Coradini.html|archive-date=2018-03-08|url-status=dead}}
- 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);{{Cite web|url=http://www.issibern.ch/AR/2000/ar5.pdf|title=ISSI Annual Report 2000}}
- Member of the High Scientific Committee of the Paris Observatory;{{Cite web|url=http://www.nature.it/scienze/angioletta-coradini-una-vita-per-le-stelle/#expand|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111102135808/http://www.nature.it/scienze/angioletta-coradini-una-vita-per-le-stelle/#expand|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-11-02|title=Angioletta Coradini, una vita per le stelle {{!}} Portale delle scienze|date=2011-11-02|access-date=2018-03-08}}
- PI of the Jiram Instrument for the NASA New Frontiers Juno mission (2005–11);{{Cite news|url=https://www.asi.it/en/activity/solar-system-exploration/juno|title=JUNO|date=2008-12-01|work=A.S.I. - Agenzia Spaziale Italiana|access-date=2018-03-08|language=en}}
- 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”;{{cite web|url=http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/team/interviews/award_a_coradini.asp|title=David Bates Medal Awarded to VIR Co-Investigator for Mapping Spectrometer|date=18 April 2007|publisher=Jet Propulsion Laboratory}}
- Jean Dominique Cassini Medal & Honorary Membership 2012;{{cite web|url=http://www.egu.eu/awards-medals/award/jean-dominique-cassini/2012/angioletta-coradini.html |title=Cassini Medal Awarded to Angioletta Coradini |date=April 2012 |publisher=European Geosciences Union }}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{Cite web|title=JEAN DOMINIQUE CASSINI MEDAL & HONORARY MEMBERSHIP 2012 - Angioletta Coradini|url=https://www.egu.eu/awards-medals/jean-dominique-cassini/2012/angioletta-coradini/}}
- 2012 NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal;{{cite web|url=http://nasapeople.nasa.gov/awards/nasamedals.htm|title=NASA medals|date=9 December 2012|publisher=NASA}}
- Angioletta crater on Vesta (name approved in 2014);{{GPN|15257|Angioletta}}
- Coradini crater on Pluto (name approved in 2022).
Projects
The Jovian Infrared Auroral Mapper instrument project for the Juno orbiter for Jupiter was started by Professor Angioletta Coradini.{{Cite journal|last1=Adriani|first1=Alberto|last2=Filacchione|first2=Gianrico|last3=Iorio|first3=Tatiana Di|last4=Turrini|first4=Diego|last5=Noschese|first5=Raffaella|last6=Cicchetti|first6=Andrea|last7=Grassi|first7=Davide|last8=Mura|first8=Alessandro|last9=Sindoni|first9=Giuseppe|date=2014-10-01|title=JIRAM, the Jovian Infrared Auroral Mapper|journal=Space Science Reviews|volume=213|issue=1–4|language=en|pages=393|doi=10.1007/s11214-014-0094-y|issn=0038-6308|bibcode = 2017SSRv..213..393A |s2cid=11739752}}
Death
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