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Thomas Burbine

Visiting Professor of Astronomy and Director of the Williston Observatory Visiting Assistant Professor in Astronomy

Mount Holyoke College

Affiliations

Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty

McCulloch Center for Global Initiatives

Weissman Center for Leadership

Mount Holyoke College

Africana Studies and Critical Race and Political Economy

Department of Biology/Biological Sciences

Department of Neuroscience

Physics

Politics

Weissman Center for Leadership

Department Of Chemistry And Surface Science Research Centre

Sustainability & environmentalism

Weissman Center for Leadership

Thomas Burbine is currently serving as an Academic Affairs And Dean Of Faculty Visiting Professor of Astronomy and Director of the Williston Observatory Visiting Assistant Professor in Astronomy at Mount Holyoke College.

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Thomas Burbine

Mount Holyoke College

Visiting Professor of Astronomy and Director of the Williston Observatory Visiting Assistant Professor in Astronomy

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planetary sciences astronomy asteroids planetary science meteoritics space science planetary change observational astronomy space exploration lunar science spectroscopy earth science geology chemical geology meteorite impacts cosmochemistry petrology mineral geochemistry ore geology atmospheric measurement technique x-ray spectroscopy atomic spectroscopy acta astronautica planetary exploration near-infrared spectroscopy hypervelocity impacts near-earth asteroids reflectance spectra chemistry precambrian research synchrotron radiation geophysical research planetary geology authigenic mineral formation isotope geochemistry spectral properties geochemical exploration space weather astroinformatics planetary bodies v-type asteroids pyroxene mineralogies meteorite spectra x-ray fluorescence oxygen isotopes astrochemistry asteroid belt vibrational spectroscopy marine geology mineral processing applied geochemistry aeronautics x-ray diffraction optical engineering trace element geochemistry mossbauer spectroscopy weathering spectroscopic property mineralogical variations asteroid spectroscopy near-earth object population meteoritic parent bodies muses-c target asteroid ordinary chondrite meteorites possible fragments asteroid families size dependence historical biology planetesimals mercury chemistry prehistory living fossil paleoanthropology orogeny building technology spectral analysis

Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

No Exotic Matter in Asteroids. The European Physical Journal Plus (2026)

dark mattermeteoriticsastronomyplanetary changeasteroidsastrophysicsexotic matterplanetary sciences

Overview of the Findings for Samples Returned From Ryugu and Implications for Early Solar System Processes. Nature Astronomy (2025)

solar system formationsolar energetic particlessolar system processesastronomyspace sciencecosmic rayssolar-terrestrial interactionspace weathercosmochemistryplanetary changesolar physicsastrophysicsspace physicsplanetary scienceplanetary sciencesgeophysical research

Using Machine Learning to Analyze the Reflectance Spectra of Asteroids. Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America (2025)

digital earthastronomyspectral imagingspace sciencehyperspectral imagingobservational astronomyplanetary changeasteroidsspace explorationremote sensingimaging spectroscopyplanetary sciencereflectance modelingplanetary sciencesmachine learning

How Many Vesta‐Like Bodies Existed in the Asteroid Belt?. Meteoritics and Planetary Science (2024)

asteroid beltasteroidsacta astronauticameteoritics

Review of:"Ballistic Motion of Dust Particles in the"Collecting the Big Muley Lunar Rock" Sequence of the Apollo XVI Footage". (2024)

apollo xvi footagehypervelocity impactslunar sciencespace sciencedust particlesballistic motionspace explorationplanetary sciences

Testing the Bus–Demeo Asteroid Taxonomy Using Meteorite Spectra. The Planetary Science Journal (2024)

meteoriticsastronomyspace sciencemeteorite impactsplanetary changeasteroidsspace explorationplanetary scienceplanetary sciences

Using the Chi-Square Test to Compare Asteroid and Laboratory Reflectance Spectra. arXiv (Cornell University) (2024)

chi-square testastronomyspectroscopyspace scienceatmospheric measurement techniquephotometry (optics)observational astronomyplanetary changeasteroidsspace explorationlaboratory reflectance spectraastrophysicsplanetary scienceplanetary sciencesgeophysical research

A Machine Learning Classification of Meteorite Spectra Applied to Understanding Asteroids. Icarus (2023)

meteorite spectrameteoriticsastronomydata classificationspace scienceatmospheric measurement techniqueunderstanding asteroidsplanetary changeasteroidsdata scienceplanetary scienceplanetary sciencesgeophysical prospecting

Determining the Pyroxene Mineralogies of Vestoids. The Planetary Science Journal (2023)

ore geologygeochemistrypyroxene mineralogieschemical measurementenvironmental mineralogypetrologychemistrychemical geologygeochemical explorationmolecular geochemistry

Connecting Asteroids and Meteorites With Visible and Near-Infrared Spectroscopy. Icarus (2022)

Francesca E. DeMeoBrian J. BurtMichaël MarssetDavid PolishookThomas H. BurbineBenoît CarryRichard P. BinzelPierre VernazzaVishnu ReddyMichelle TangCristina A. ThomasAndrew S. RivkinNicholas A. MoskovitzStephen M. SlivanSchelte J. Bus

meteoriticsastronomyspectroscopylunar scienceobservational astronomyasteroidsnear-infrared spectroscopyplanetary scienceplanetary sciences

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Thomas Burbine

Visiting Professor of Astronomy and Director of the Williston Observatory Visiting Assistant Professor in Astronomy

Mount Holyoke College

Affiliations

Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty

McCulloch Center for Global Initiatives

Weissman Center for Leadership

Mount Holyoke College

Africana Studies and Critical Race and Political Economy

Department of Biology/Biological Sciences

Department of Neuroscience

Physics

Politics

Weissman Center for Leadership

Department Of Chemistry And Surface Science Research Centre

Sustainability & environmentalism

Weissman Center for Leadership

Honors

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Experiences

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Education

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Thomas Burbine

Mount Holyoke College

Visiting Professor of Astronomy and Director of the Williston Observatory Visiting Assistant Professor in Astronomy

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

No Exotic Matter in Asteroids. The European Physical Journal Plus (2026)

dark mattermeteoriticsastronomyplanetary changeasteroidsastrophysicsexotic matterplanetary sciences

Overview of the Findings for Samples Returned From Ryugu and Implications for Early Solar System Processes. Nature Astronomy (2025)

Using Machine Learning to Analyze the Reflectance Spectra of Asteroids. Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America (2025)

How Many Vesta‐Like Bodies Existed in the Asteroid Belt?. Meteoritics and Planetary Science (2024)

asteroid beltasteroidsacta astronauticameteoritics

Review of:"Ballistic Motion of Dust Particles in the"Collecting the Big Muley Lunar Rock" Sequence of the Apollo XVI Footage". (2024)

apollo xvi footagehypervelocity impactslunar sciencespace sciencedust particlesballistic motionspace explorationplanetary sciences

Testing the Bus–Demeo Asteroid Taxonomy Using Meteorite Spectra. The Planetary Science Journal (2024)

meteoriticsastronomyspace sciencemeteorite impactsplanetary changeasteroidsspace explorationplanetary scienceplanetary sciences

Using the Chi-Square Test to Compare Asteroid and Laboratory Reflectance Spectra. arXiv (Cornell University) (2024)

A Machine Learning Classification of Meteorite Spectra Applied to Understanding Asteroids. Icarus (2023)

Determining the Pyroxene Mineralogies of Vestoids. The Planetary Science Journal (2023)

ore geologygeochemistrypyroxene mineralogieschemical measurementenvironmental mineralogypetrologychemistrychemical geologygeochemical explorationmolecular geochemistry

Connecting Asteroids and Meteorites With Visible and Near-Infrared Spectroscopy. Icarus (2022)

meteoriticsastronomyspectroscopylunar scienceobservational astronomyasteroidsnear-infrared spectroscopyplanetary scienceplanetary sciences

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