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Michael F. Skrutskie | Researchclopedia

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Michael F. Skrutskie

University of Virginia ORCID

220

Works

31,144

Citations

56

h-index

103

i10-index

Research Topics

Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysical Research Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies

Affiliations

Max Planck Society2015–2015

Cornell University1987–1987

University of Massachusetts Amherst1989–2007

Five Colleges1990–2000

United States University2004–2016

Top Works

The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)

Michael F. Skrutskie,R. M. Cutri,et al.

200611,497 citations

Astro and Planetary Science

Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae

THE WIDE-FIELD INFRARED SURVEY EXPLORER (WISE): MISSION DESCRIPTION AND INITIAL ON-ORBIT PERFORMANCE

E. L. Wright,Peter Eisenhardt,et al.

20107,646 citations

Dwarfs Cooler than “M”: The Definition of Spectral Type “L” Using Discoveries from the 2 Micron All‐Sky Survey (2MASS)

J. Davy Kirkpatrick,I. Neill Reid,et al.

1999918 citations

Circumstellar material associated with solar-type pre-main-sequence stars - A possible constraint on the timescale for planet building

K. M. Strom,S. E. Strom,et al.

1989745 citations

THE<i>SPITZER</i>-<i>WISE</i>SURVEY OF THE ECLIPTIC POLES

T. H. Jarrett,Martin Cohen,et al.

2011698 citations

THE FIRST HUNDRED BROWN DWARFS DISCOVERED BY THE <i>WIDE-FIELD INFRARED SURVEY EXPLORER</i> ( <i>WISE</i> )

J. Davy Kirkpatrick,Michael C. Cushing,et al.

2011399 citations

THE DISCOVERY OF Y DWARFS USING DATA FROM THE<i>WIDE-FIELD INFRARED SURVEY EXPLORER</i>(<i>WISE</i>)

Michael C. Cushing,J. Davy Kirkpatrick,et al.

2011372 citations

FURTHER DEFINING SPECTRAL TYPE “Y” AND EXPLORING THE LOW-MASS END OF THE FIELD BROWN DWARF MASS FUNCTION

J. Davy Kirkpatrick,Christopher R. Gelino,et al.

2012349 citations

Astrometry with the [ITAL]Hubble Space Telescope[/ITAL]: A Parallax of the Fundamental Distance Calibrator δ Cephei

G. F. Benedict,B. McArthur,et al.

2002309 citations