Richard J. Terrile

Richard John Terrile (born March 22, 1951, in New York) is a Voyager scientist who discovered several moons of Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. He works for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

In 1984, together with Bradford A. Smith, Terrile became the first to photograph a protoplanetary disc around Beta Pictoris using a coronagraph.

Terrile is a supporter of the simulation hypothesis, the idea that our reality is a computer-generated virtual reality created by unknown programmers.

References

  1. ↑ Blunck, Jürgen (2009-07-01). Solar System Moons: Discovery and Mythology. Springer. pp. 59, 94. ISBN 978-3-540-68852-5. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
  2. ↑ "Possible Solar System Around Beta Pictoris". JPL. October 16, 1984. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
  3. ↑ Ben Makuch (11 September 2012). "Whoa, Dude, Are We Inside a Computer Right Now?". Vice.com.
  4. ↑ Richard Terrile (2015). "Richard Terrile – The Universe as a Simulation". Ideacity.