Christine Wilson (scientist)
Christine Wilson | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Canadian, American |
| Alma mater | University of Toronto California Institute of Technology |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astronomy, Physics |
| Institutions | McMaster University |
| Thesis | Star formation and the interstellar medium in M33 (1990) |
| Doctoral advisor | Nicholas Z. Scoville |
Christine D. Wilson is a Canadian-American physicist and astronomer, currently a University Distinguished Professor at McMaster University.
On August 5, 1986, Wilson discovered a comet, later named Comet Wilson (1987 VII) after her, while analyzing photographic plates from the Samuel Oschin telescope at the Palomar Observatory.