User:Wwheaton

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Re 'WilWheaton'

I am not him !! But my real name is really William Wheaton. Sorry for the confusion, but I have priority, having got my name in 1942.

History

I have especially strong interests in physics, and in space exploration and associated technology.

I got my PhD at UCSD in 1976. After UCSD, I took a postdoc at MIT until 1979. Then I went to JPL to work on cosmic gamma-ray astronomy for 17 years. Then after leaving JPL in 1996, I worked at IPAC on the Caltech campus, on infra-red astronomy, for 15 more.

I finally retired from IPAC in 2010, due to worsening of an old skeletal disability. The latter explains my absence from Wikipedia for the past 10 years. I apologize for leaving here cold turkey, but my disability and sudden change in status made it necessary. I always hope to get back, but based on the past decade, I will be lucky to be able to find the time.

I have a personal web page at

http://www.wwheaton.com/waw,

sadly neglected and out of date, which I hope to revitalize someday...

Wiki Projects

This user participates in WikiProject Physics.

This user is a member of
WikiProject Spaceflight.

This user is a member of WikiProject Astronomy.

This user is a member of WikiProject Astronomical objects.

This user is a member of WikiProject Space Colonization.

Wikipedia interests

Some Wiki articles I have contributed to include

The works of Arthur C. Clarke, especially

Pages I watch and likely have an interest in are (as of 11/18/2008):

2001: A Space Odyssey
2001: A Space Odyssey (film)
2001: A Space Odyssey (novel)
2001 A Space Odyssey
2MASS
4U 1700-37
Alex (parrot)
Altair (spacecraft)
Apollo program
Arches Cluster
Ares I
Ares V
Ariane 5
Arthur C. Clarke
Astronomical Netherlands Satellite
Atomic number
Balint Karosi
Bell's theorem
Benny Peiser
Bevatron
Black hole
CCNet (network)
Celestial mechanics
Childhood's End
Cl* 1806-20
Constellation program
Cosmic infrared background
Counterfactual definiteness
Cygnus X-1
Cygnus X-3
Dirac large numbers hypothesis
E-Prime
Earth Departure Stage
Eddington luminosity
Einstein Observatory
Exploration Systems Architecture Study
FSC15307+3253
Faster-than-light
Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
Flyby anomaly
GRO J1655-40
GRS 1124-683
GRS 1915+105
GX 339-4
Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope
Gamma-ray astronomy
Gamma (satellite)
Gamma ray spectrometer
General relativity
Granat
Gravastar
Gravity Probe B
HEAO Program
HEASARC
Hadron
Hawking radiation
Henry Kolm
Henry Masauko Blasius Chipembere
High Energy Astronomy Observatory
High Energy Astronomy Observatory 1
High Energy Astronomy Observatory 3
High Energy Astrophysics Observatory
Hubble Space Telescope
IRAS
Infrared Space Observatory
Infrared astronomy
International Space Station
Interplanetary Flight: an introduction to astronautics
Interpretations of 2001: A Space Odyssey
Interstellar travel
Interstellar travel and the Wait Calculation
Introduction to general relativity
Introduction to special relativity
Jet Propulsion Laboratory Developmental Ephemeris
L-shell
LBV 1806-20
Large Hadron Collider
Large Synoptic Survey Telescope
Life
Liquid rocket
List of X-ray pulsars
List of basic space exploration topics
List of most luminous stars
List of space telescopes
Local hidden variable theory
Lunar space elevator
Many-worlds interpretation
Matter
Metric expansion of space
Mining the Sky: Untold Riches from the Asteroids, Comets, and Planets
Minkowski diagram
Near-Earth asteroid
Near-Earth object
Opacity (optics)
Orbit
Orbital mechanics
Oreste Piccioni
Orion (spacecraft)
Orion abort modes
PSR J0737-3039
Particle accelerator
Philosophical realism
Phoenix (spacecraft)
Photometry (astronomy)
Photon
Pioneer anomaly
Potentially hazardous asteroid
Principle of locality
Project Constellation
Project Vanguard
Quantum field theory
Quark
Quasar
Quintuplet cluster
Resveratrol
Rietdijk-Putnam argument
Rocket engine
SGR 1806-20
Safety of particle collisions at the Large Hadron Collider
Safety of the Large Hadron Collider
Saturn (rocket family)
Shape of the Universe
Solar power satellite
Space Shuttle program
Space colonization
Space debris
Space elevator
Space elevator economics
Space exploration
Space solar power
Special relativity
Speed of gravity
Spitzer Space Telescope
Stellar black hole
Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence
Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy
Strong
Strong (relative detectability)
Strong (source)
Supermassive black hole
Topic outline of space exploration
Topical outline of space exploration
Uhuru (satellite)
Unruh effect
Van Allen radiation belt
Vanguard (rocket)
Vanguard rocket
Vela X-1
Viking (rocket)
Viking rocket
WR 102ka
Wendell H. Furry
White hole
Wolf-Rayet star
Wormhole
X-ray astronomy
X-ray binary
X-ray pulsar
XTE J1650-500

Please understand that I know essentially nothing about many (or most!) of these.

Barnstars

AWARDS

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		For helping out a n00b(me!) 11341134a (talk) 19:11, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		For helping me out everytime. -- Extra999 (talk) 19:50, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

		The Extra 999's Guestbook Barnstar
		This user has signed Extra 999's guestbook, and deserves this star. If you have not signed yet, be sure to sign. e^xtra999 (talk)

Awesome Wikipedian

Wwheaton has been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian, and therefore, I've officially declared today as Wwheaton's day!
For being such a beautiful person and great Wikipedian,
enjoy being the Star of the day, dear Wwheaton!

Keep up this work,
--Extra999 (Contact ^me + _contribs) 04:10, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

Subdirectories

Test1 Asteroid table test formatting.

Test2 Symbols 4/3/2009

Test3 sockpuppets

Test4 Ref library for LHC safety

Test5 Ref library for Life -- Thermoeconomics aspects.

Princess Leea

Test6 X-ray Astronomy table formatting experiments.

Test7 LHC purpose drafts