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Martin A. Pomerantz

American physicist

Died when: 91 years 314 days (1102 months)
Star Sign: Sagittarius

 

Martin A. Pomerantz

Martin Arthur Pomerantz (December 17, 1916 – October 26, 2008) was an American physicist who served as Director of the Bartol Research Institute and who had been a leader in developing Antarctic astronomy.

When the astronomical observatory at the United States Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station was opened in 1995, it was named the Martin A.

Pomerantz Observatory (MAPO) in his honor.Pomerantz published his scientific autobiography, Astronomy on Ice, in 2004.


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