Gordon Pettengill, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Gordon Pettengill

American radio astronomer and planetary physicist

Date of Birth: 10-Feb-1926

Place of Birth: Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Profession: astronomer, physicist, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Gordon H.
Pettengill (born February 10, 1926) is an American radio astronomer and planetary physicist.
He was one of the first to take radar from its original military application to its use as a tool for astronomy.
He is professor emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.