Milton Keller Drane Bosch
NASA Citizen Scientist
Emory University
Chemistry
Disk Detectives and Planet Hunter, because both are exciting and led to five publications on which I was a co-author.
As a medical doctor, I practiced internal medicine and addiction medicine. My hobbies include tending my fruit orchard (40 trees planted 20 years ago), fishing for king salmon in both the ocean and rivers and playing classical piano.
I learned how to classify and vet Disk Detective objects. Most notably, I discovered the first Peter Pan disk and was co-discoverer of Tabby's star.
The arrival of Time-Life books with their "Space" edition. I marveled at the photos of the planets, the solar system, and distant galaxies. I also ground my own six-inch reflecting telescope mirror, and I bought a ten-inch reflector as well.
Working on vetting a 14,000 object spreadsheet. I did over half the objects, which took over a year and a half.
Just do it! You never know what you'll discover.
Albert Einstein, Edwin Hubble, John Glenn, and Neil Armstrong.
I've visited 49 states and went fishing for king salmon and halibut in Alaska three times. I love to read and have read half of the Encyclopedia Britannica Great Books of the Western World, and all of Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy, Honore de Balzac, Aldous Huxley, Sir Walter Scott, and most of Jack Kerouac. I love playing classical music on the piano. I've also been a Deadhead for 46 years.
Planetary science is a global profession.