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Michael Belton
Emeritus Astronomer, National Optical Astronomy Observatory
Michael Belton is an Emeritus Astronomer at the National Optical Astronomy Observatory in Tuscon, Arizona. He has devoted a large part of his career to space exploration, participating in the Mariner Venus-Mercury and Voyager missions. He also led the Galileo imaging team.