| RefNo | EC/1966/16 |
| Previous numbers | Cert XVIII, 16 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | King-Hele, Desmond George: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Description | Citation typed |
| Citation | Distinguished for his theoretical analysis of satellite orbit data. He has been the leading figure in the world on this subject from the beginning.
By novel and reliable methods he has derived a remarkable amount of new information of great importance about the shape of the earth and about the density of the outer atmosphere and its variability. |
| Proposers | From Personal Knowledge: Proposer: H S W Massey; Seconder: M J Lighthill; D R Bates; J A Ratcliffe; W H McCrea; H Bondi; E C Bullard |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Typescript |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA6215 | King-Hele; Desmond George (1927 - 2019); physicist, poet and author | 1927 - 2019 |