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Michele Bannister

New Zealand astrophysicist, science communicator
Person Human Q47503529

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15 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
female[11]
Date of birth
1986
Country of citizenship
New Zealand[5]
Occupation
astrophysicist, poet, writer
Employer
University of Victoria, Queen's University Belfast, University of Canterbury, National Research Council Canada[6][7]
Educated at
Australian National University, Waitara High School[8]
Award received
Rutherford Discovery Fellowship[9]
Official website
www.astro.uvic.ca[15]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[16]
Family name
Bannister[12]
Given name
Michele, T.[13][14]
Member of
International Astronomical Union[10]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
NZThesisProject[17]
Social media followers
1.4k (1.4k–10k, n=7)[18][19][20][21][22][23][24]
🏷️ Also known as
en Michele Bannister en M.T. Bannister en Michele T. Bannister ar ميشيل بانستر cs M.T. Bannister cs Michele T. Bannister da M.T. Bannister da Michele T. Bannister de Michele T. Bannister de M.T. Bannister en-gb Michele T. Bannister en-gb M.T. Bannister es Michele T. Bannister es M.T. Bannister fi Michele T. Bannister fi M.T. Bannister fr Michele T. Bannister fr M.T. Bannister hu Michele T. Bannister hu M.T. Bannister
🔖 Identifiers · 17
ORCID iD
0000-0003-3257-4490
VIAF cluster ID
5951161098975729640007
Library of Congress Authorities ID
no2021001807
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Michele Bannister in Hawai'i.jpg ↗
AstroGen ID
17127
Bluesky handle
astrokiwi.bsky.social
Dimensions author ID
016360121451.04
GitHub account
mtbannister
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/11gk8ws4qt
Google Scholar author ID
RU907eoAAAAJ
IAU member ID
40127
IAU member ID (archived)
17744
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ISFDB author ID
169978
Mastodon address
astrokiwi@mastodon.nz
The Conversation author ID
352155
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PCjDDDwW7QYdKgWWfcBCvVy
X (Twitter) username
astrokiwi

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Author of 5
Col-OSSOS: The Two Types of Kuiper Belt Surfaces, From a Different Star: 3I/ATLAS in the Context of the Ōtautahi–Oxford Interstellar Object Population Model, OSSOS. VI. Striking Biases in the Detection of Large Semimajor Axis Trans-Neptunian Objects, Predicting Interstellar Object Chemodynamics with Gaia, The natural history of ‘Oumuamua
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Col-OSSOS: The Two Types of Kuiper Belt Surfaces, From a Different Star: 3I/ATLAS in the Context of the Ōtautahi–Oxford Interstellar Object Population Model, OSSOS. VI. Striking Biases in the Detection of Large Semimajor Axis Trans-Neptunian Objects, Predicting Interstellar Object Chemodynamics with Gaia, The natural history of ‘Oumuamua
Employer 4
Queen's University Belfast, University of Canterbury, University of Victoria, National Research Council Canada
Affiliated with 3
Queen's University Belfast, University of Canterbury, Max Planck Institute for Astronomy
Occupation 3
writer, poet, astrophysicist
Country of citizenship 1
New Zealand
Educated at 1
Australian National University
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Member of 1
International Astronomical Union
Named after 1
10463 Bannister
Sex or gender 1
female
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Summary

Michele Bannister was born in 1986[1]. She has worked as an astrophysicist[2], poet[3], and writer[4].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for Michele Bannister include 10463 Bannister[25], an asteroid[26].

Why It Matters

Entities named for her include 10463 Bannister[25], an asteroid[26].

FAQs

What did Michele Bannister do for work?

Michele Bannister worked as an astrophysicist[2], poet[3], and writer[4].

Where did Michele Bannister go to school?

Michele Bannister was educated at Waitara High School[8].

What awards did Michele Bannister receive?

Honors received include Rutherford Discovery Fellowship[9].

Related Entities

New Zealand University of Canterbury

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  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  4. [2] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . strangehorizons.com. Retrieved . strangehorizons.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [7] ↑ . royalsociety.org.nz. Retrieved . royalsociety.org.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . royalsociety.org.nz. Retrieved . royalsociety.org.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  11. [1] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  1. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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