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Tom
received his Ph.D. degree in Astronomy from Yale University
in 1969. He spent 20 years at the U.S. Naval Observatory,
where he became the Chief of the Celestial Mechanics Branch.
In 1991, Tom formed a Washington, DC-based organization,
Meta Research, to foster research into ideas not otherwise
supported solely because they conflict with mainstream theories
in Astronomy. Tom is editor of the Meta Research Bulletin,
which specializes in reporting anomalies and evidence that
does not fit with standard theories in the field. He is
also a Research Associate at the University of Maryland
Physics Department in College Park, MD working on improving
the accuracy of the Global Positioning System.
North
Atlantic Books is the publisher of Tom's 1993 book, "Dark
Matter, Missing Planets and New Comets". A second edition
was published in 1999. As with his research papers, the
book is critical of many standard models in astronomy, such
as the Oort Cloud, the Dirty Snowball, and the Big Bang
theory. Tom also organizes the Eclipse Edge Expeditions
to optimal solar eclipse viewing sites.
During
his career as a professional research astronomer, Tom has
been honored by a prize from the Gravity Research Foundation;
served on the Council of American Astronomical Society's
Division on Dynamical Astronomy; taught astronomy at the
University of South Florida and to Navy Department employees;
been a consultant to NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab; and done
several spots for the "Project Universe" series
that continues to air occasionally on public TV.
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