喬治·大衛·蓋特伍德(George David Gatewood, 拉蘭德21185爭議 儘管蓋特伍德涉入了巴納德星的行星爭議,因此蓋特伍德的宣稱逐漸不被採信。蓋特伍德預測在地球附近的恆星有多顆行星存在,蓋特伍德在1970年代完成他的學位論文後開始研究拉蘭德21185。1973年發表的兩篇最具影像力的相關論文指出這項聲明並不可信。2009年他出版了一篇關於蒂加登星和其他近地球恆星距離的精密研究論文。並且該作者在蓋特伍德宣稱拉蘭德21185有行星之前十餘年就已在小說中預測該恆星和其他近地球恆星旁有行星存在。蓋特伍德持續對拉蘭德21185進行研究,他一開始並未偵測到該恆星旁有任何行星存在, 蓋特伍德因為在1996年宣稱發現地球附近的多行星系統而受到注目,由蓋特伍德和海因里希·埃克霍恩發表的第二篇論文則是以更精密的儀器對巴納德星再次進行天文測量,結果並沒有偵測到巴納德星的伴星存在。以下是他近年的代表性著作: 2001 “A Combined Hipparcos and MAP Study of the Proposed Planetary System of Rho Coronae Borealis”, Ap J 548, L61. Gatewood, G., Han, I. & Black, D.C. 2001 “Hipparcos and MAP Studies of the Triple Star Pi Cephei”, ApJ 549, 1145 Gatewood, G., Han, I., Kiewiet de Jonge, J., Reiland, C.T., &Pourbaix, D. 2002 “A Precise Orbit Determination of chi 1 Orionis from Astrometric and Radial Velocity Data”, PASP 114, 224. Han, I. and Gatewood, G. 2002, “An Upper Limit to the Mass of the Radial Velocity Companion of rho1 Cancri”, ApJ 564,L27-L30. M.A. McGarth, E. Nelson, D.C. Black, G. Gatewood, K. Noll, A. Schultz, S. Lubow, I. Han, T.F. Stepinski, T. Targett. 2003, Update to “An Upper Limit to the Mass of the Radial Velocity Companion of rho1 Cancri”, Scientific Frontiers in Research on Extrasolar Planets, ASP Conference Series (ed D.Deming and S.Seager) . M.A. McGarth, E. Nelan, K. Noll, A. Schultz, S. Lubow, D.C. Black, T.F.Stepinski, G. Gatewood, I Han, and T. Targett 2003 “An Astrometric Study of the Low-Mass Binary Star Ross 614", AJ 125, 1530, George Gatewood, Han, I., and Louis Coban 2004 "The Allegheny Observatory CCD Parallax Program," G. Gatewood, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, The Annual Meeting of the AAS Division on Dynamical Astronomy, Cannes, France, BAAS, 36, 854. 2005 "An Astrometric Study of the Binary Star α Oph," G. Gatewood, AJ 130, 809. 2006 "Preliminary Parallaxes from the Allegheny and Carnegie Observatories," G. Gatewood, A. Boss, A.J. Weinberger, I. Thompson, S. Majewski, R. Patterson, L. Coban, BAAS, 37, 1269. 2006 "An Astrometric Study of Procyon," G. Gatewood and Inwoo Han, AJ 131, 1015. 2009 "Allegheny Observatory Parallaxes for Late M Dwarfs and White Dwarfs," G. Gatewood, L. Coban, AJ 137, 402. 參考資料 外部連結 George G. Gatewood at the University of Pittsburgh Department of Physics & Astronomy George and Carolyn Gatewood INVISIBLE DANCER George Gatewood directory page at the IAU 美國天文學家 20世紀天文學家 21世紀天文學家 匹茲堡大學校友 匹茲堡大學教師不過他的發現至今仍未被證實。但他並沒有放棄。恆星天文學、再於1972年在匹茲堡大學以巴納德星天文測量的博士論文獲得博士學位。
