Person

Derrick Pitts

Acting · Born 1955-01-22 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Derrick Pitts is an American astronomer and science communicator. Pitts studied at St. Lawrence University and has been employed at the Franklin Institute since 1978 where he is chief astronomer and director of the institute's Fels Planetarium.

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  UFOs: Investigating the Unknown

  Self - Chief Astronomer, The Franklin Institute

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  Looking for Life on Mars

  Self

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  Pluto and Beyond

  Himself

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  Touching the Asteroid

  Self

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  Miniverse

  Self

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  To Space & Back

  Writer

• 2023UFOs: Investigating the UnknownSelf - Chief Astronomer, The Franklin Institute
• 2021Looking for Life on MarsSelf
• 2020Touching the AsteroidSelf
• 2019Pluto and BeyondHimself
• 2017MiniverseSelf
• 2013To Space & BackWriter