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H. Jay Melosh
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American geophysicist (1947โ€“2020)
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H. Jay Melosh (June 23, 1947 โ€“ September 11, 2020) was an American geophysicist specialising in impact cratering. He earned a degree in physics from Princeton University and a doctoral degree in physics and geology from Caltech in 1972. His PhD thesis concerned quarks. Melosh's research interests include impact craters, planetary tectonics, and...

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