{{Short description|American astronomer}} '''Larry W. Esposito''' (born April 15, 1951<ref name='vita'>{{cite web | url = http://lasp.colorado.edu/~esposito/documents/vitas_resumes/Esposito_vita4page.pdf | title = Curriculum Vitae | accessdate = 2010-01-27 | archive-date = 2016-03-03 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235548/http://lasp.colorado.edu/~esposito/documents/vitas_resumes/Esposito_vita4page.pdf | url-status = dead }}</ref>) is an American [[planetary science|planetary astronomer]] and a professor at the [[Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics]], [[University of Colorado Boulder]].<ref name='home'>{{cite web | url = http://lasp.colorado.edu/~esposito/ | title = Homepage of Dr. Larry Esposito | accessdate = 2010-01-27 | archive-date = 2018-10-24 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181024005344/http://lasp.colorado.edu/~esposito/ | url-status = dead }}</ref> A 1973 graduate at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]], Esposito received his Ph.D. in [[astronomy]] at the [[University of Massachusetts Amherst]].<ref name='vita'/> In 1985, he was awarded the [[H. C. Urey Prize]] by the [[American Astronomical Society]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://dps.aas.org/prizes/ | title = Harold C. Urey Prize in Planetary Science | accessdate=2010-01-27}}</ref> He was also awarded The NASA Medal for Exceptional Scientific Achievement, and the Richtmeyer Lecture Award from the American Association of Physics Teachers and the American Physical Society. His current work involves planetary atmospheres and [[planetary ring|ring]] systems.

Esposito was the principal investigator for the Ultra-Violet Imaging Spectrograph aboard the NASA [[Cassini-Huygens]] uncrewed mission to the [[Saturn]] system,<ref name='home'/><ref>{{cite web | url = http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/spacecraft/cassiniorbiterinstruments/instrumentscassiniuvis/ | title = Cassini Equinox Mission: UVIS | publisher = [[NASA]] | accessdate = 2010-01-27 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20091230031405/http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/spacecraft/cassiniorbiterinstruments/instrumentscassiniuvis/ | archivedate = 2009-12-30 }}</ref> and the co-investigator of the Photopolarimeter Investigation on the [[Voyager program]] spacecraft.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-highest-honors-awarded-to-voyager-teams/ |website=[[Jet Propulsion Laboratory]] |title=NASA Highest Honors Awarded to Voyager Teams &#124; NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)}}</ref>

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