What is H. Jay Melosh?
[[File:Jay Melosh.jpg|right|200px]] '''H. Jay Melosh''' (June 23, 1947 – September 11, 2020) was an American [[geophysicist]]. His works focused in [[impact crater]]ing. He was born in [[Paterson, New Jersey]]. In 2003, he became a member of the [[National Academy of Sciences]]. Melosh's research interests include [[impact craters]], [[planetary tectonics]], and the physics of [[earthquakes]] and [[landslides]]. His recent research includes studies of the [[Giant-impact hypothesis|giant impact origin]] of the [[moon]] and the [[Chicxulub crater|Chicxulub impact]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Swapping Rocks - Exchange of Surface Material Among the Planets |url=http://users.tpg.com.au/users/tps-seti/swaprock.html |publisher=Australian Spaceguard Survey |access-date=June 23, 2016 |archive-date=November 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109130157/http://users.tpg.com.au/users/tps-seti/swaprock.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Melosh died on September 11, 2020 at the age of 73.<ref>[http://www.nasonline.org/member-directory/deceased-members/52639.html H. Jay Melosh]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Melosh, H. Jay}} [[Category:1947 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:American geologists]] [[Category:American physicists]] [[Category:Scientists from New Jersey]] [[Category:People from Paterson, New Jersey]] {{US-bio-stub}}