Gerhard Neukum

{{Short description|German planetary scientist}}

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Gerhard Neukum (1944-2014) was a German planetary scientist who worked on the chronology of solar system bodies. He obtained a Ph.D. in physics at the Heidelberg University. He was a professor at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and at the Free University of Berlin.[https://dps.aas.org/news/gerhard-neukum-1944-2014#:~:text=Gerhard%20Neukum%2C%20our%20planetary%20scientist,recognised%20experts%20in%20the%20field. Gerhard Neukum 1944-2014], biographical note at American Astronomical Society

Neukum was involved in the ESA Mars Express mission, the joint ESA-NASA Cassini–Huygens mission, the ESA Rosetta mission, and the NASA Dawn mission.

The asteroid 6150 was named after Neukum.

The crater Neukum on Mars was named after him by the IAU in 2017.{{cite web |url = http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/15687 |title = Neukum |publisher = NASA |work = Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature |accessdate = 29 June 2020}}