Philip T. Metzger

Philip T. Metzger is an American planetary physicist with the Florida Space Institute.[1] In 2012 he co-founded NASA's Swamp Works,[2] and in May 2018 he was honoured with the Outstanding Technical Contribution Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers,[3] later that year he worked with Honeybee Robotics to develop the WINE spacecraft prototype.[4] Metzger disagrees with the IAU definition of a planet.[5]

Philip T. Metzger
Born1962 Edit this on Wikidata
Alma mater
  • Auburn University
  • University of Central Florida
  • University of Central Florida Edit this on Wikidata
Awards
  • Outstanding Technical Contribution Award (2018) Edit this on Wikidata
Websitehttps://www.philipmetzger.com/ Edit this on Wikidata
Academic career
Institutions

A 4.6 km (2.9 mi) wide main-belt asteroid discovered on June 1, 2000 at the Anderson Mesa Station has been named after Metzger: 36329 Philmetzger.[6]

References
  1. "Researchers". Florida Space Institute. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
  2. "Dr. Philip Metzger". The Space Show. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
  3. Kotala, Zenaida Gonzalez (May 7, 2018). "UCF Planetary Physicist Crowned Space Engineering Rock Star". University of Central Florida (Press release). Retrieved March 31, 2024.
  4. Kotala, Zenaida Gonzalez (January 10, 2019). "Steam-powered Asteroid Hoppers Developed Through UCF Collaboration". University of Central Florida (Press release). Retrieved March 31, 2024.
  5. Alt, Eric (February 16, 2024). "Did Pluto ever actually stop being a planet? Experts debate". National Geographic. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
  6. "36329 Philmetzger". JPL Small-Body Database. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. SPK-ID: 36329. Retrieved March 31, 2024.


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