Free the Souls is taking the art world by storm! Thomas Zolotor Artist and Astronomer!
Thomas Zolotor started to draw well at the age of 2. Thomas was first published at the age of 14 in a flyer given out by his church. He drew Moses. Thomas also won his Jr. High School art contest.
Thomas Zolotor holds a World Record for sending the most digital artworks into space. Furthermore, he has been recognized for drawing celebrities for television programs. Thomas draw celebrities for a TV show that airs in L. A. and they autograph his artwork on air. He has done this since 2008.
Thomas Zolotor’s Free the Souls is taking the art world by storm! As an American artist he has been internationally recognized for his unique paintings of both celebrities and landscapes. Zolotor has already managed to accomplish some very unusual things in the art world that most artists never achieve in a lifetime!
The native Texan received a diploma from Harcourt Learning Direct in Computer Graphic Art. Since 1982 his freehand pieces have made their way into the world’s public eye. He is also a published poet, short story and song writer, hypnotist, autograph collector, reiki master, computer graphic artist, and a multiple world record holder! Zolotor, an accomplished astronomer as well, has made many predictions of new and emerging technologies and astrophysics, confirmed by research (http://www.myspace.com/freethesouls/blog/545801896).
As a popular artist, Zolotor’s work has been featured in calendars and magazines. Power pop singer Tiffinni Saint Ranae selected his art work for her CD cover "None of the Rules Apply". Many of Zolotor’s drawings have appeared on the television/online series "Focus in the Mix with Denise Ames". His original pieces were featured in various news segments and also portraits of celebrity guests of the show were presented with his work including musicians such as Lemmy Kilmister of Motorhead, Vinny Appice of Black Sabbath, Rudy Sarzo and Carlos Cavazo of Quiet Riot, Eddie Money, Dale Bozzio of Missing Persons, Buck Dharma and Eric Bloom of Blue Oyster Cult among many others.
His artwork has also been autographed and/or seen by Jennifer Love Hewitt, Danny DeVito, Dakota Fanning, Kirstie Alley, Samuel L. Jackson, Reese Witherspoon, Zoe Saldana and Selena Gomez as well as Vince Neil and Nikki Sixx of Motley Crue, Shania Twain, Toni Braxton, Ron Wood of The Rolling Stones, Ace Frehley of Kiss, Dee Snyder and Eddie Ojeda of Twister Sister, Grace Slick, Sharon Osbourne and even First Lady Michelle Obama! Athletes like Scott Hamilton, Joe Namath, Shannon Miller and Michael Jordan are also counted among those whom have seen Zolotor’s art.
Here are a few quotes from celebrities about Zolotor’s work as an artist:
“You're an incredible artist!” Miley Cyrus
“Amazing! I can't paint to save my life! That's so great.” Debbie Gibson (singer)
“Tom, lovely artwork.” Melissa Gilbert (actress)
“You are already getting professional jobs drawing for a television show, keep up the great work and you have a bright future ahead of you!” Mark Hamill (actor, "Luke Skywalker" in Star Wars)
“This artwork is beautiful.” Henry Winkler (actor, "Fonzie" on Happy Days)
“Very cool! Who's your inspiration?” LeAnn Rimes
Celebrity Comments regarding Zolotor’s artwork can be viewed at https://plus.google.com/112544086115145822932/about
Link to a video testimonial regarding Zolotor’s artwork from Poison’s Bret Michaels: http://youtu.be/qPxTEy_Acr0
One of his pieces was also selected for inclusion on the 35th Anniversary Elvis Fan Mosaic which will be featured on the CD cover for this and shown at Graceland during Elvis Week in August of 2012. This is a rarity since most of the selections are actual photographs versus artwork.
UPDATE:
Thomas (Free The Souls) Zolotor's artwork was on display at Graceland in Elvis's 35th anniversary Mosaic. The Mosaic is so large that anyone can spot Thomas's artwork in it. It was put up on Aug. 2rd, 2012. Thomas's art is also, on the Elvis CD album cover of the 35th anniversary Mosaic. The album has several of Elvis's songs on it.
Zolotor's art has been featured in several art shows and galleries throughout the world including the Chiller Theater Expo two years in a row, MonsterCon and the Sapphire Lounge Art Gallery in New York City. One of the most successful fine art retailers Artisan Fine Art extended Zolotor a personal invitation to advertise his artwork on Artisan at no charge. (Bob Dylan and Ron Wood have also exhibited their artwork at Artisan.
Zolotor also currently holds several world records (All records can be viewed at: http://recordsetter.com/user/ThomasZolotor):
Art
· Most Original Digital Art Pieces in Space (aboard various space shuttle flights)
· Most Trees Without Leaves Drawn in One Minute (8) (http://rec.st/EJX)
· Most Smiley Faces Drawn In One Minute (46) (http://rec.st/EIn)
· Included in The One Million Masterpiece, officially the world's largest collaborative arts project, joining 29,651artists in 174 countries
Other Records
· Longest Time Brushing Teeth (Zolotor’s art can be seen in background while he performs at: http://rec.st/E9K)
· Most Pisces-Born Celebrities Listed In A Single Tweet (9): (http://rec.st/E5f)
· Most Social Media Messages in 24 Hours: by helping pop star Justin Bieber celebrate his 18th birthday, Zolotor was among the 251,878 who tweeted that took part for http://www.happybirthdayjustinbieber.com/.
· Tom Zolotor tweeted the most astronomy terms in a single tweet (13): http://rec.st/g9hr
The following outlines the achievements of Rev. Dr. Thomas Scott Zolotor (also known as Free the Souls or FREETHESOULS on science papers) in the fields of Astronomy and Space Science:
· Rev. Dr. Zolotor's tag #fhb was used to help classify CANDELS/FHB galaxies to ready them for the public in record time. His Hashtag FHB retired thousands of CANDELS galaxies for final classification.
· Rev. Dr. Zolotor's work assisted in the discovery that Hubble’s photos of the farthest spiral galaxies have bars with record distances in time. This was a world record discovery.
· Rev. Dr. Zolotor also helped in the discovery that barred spiral galaxies are settling two billion years earlier than thought by astronomers and computer models.
· Rev. Dr. Tom Zolotor co-discovered Supernova, SMT17nyw | AT2017fvn
· Rev. Dr. Zolotor's work targeted and discovered areas on Mars, previously unknown to NASA. This led to the discovery of many different types of Martian ‘spiders,’ which were of great interest to scientists. This work was reported by FOX news and many other news outlets. Martian ‘Spiders’ are areas where carbon dioxide rises to the upper sheet. Zolotor’s work was mentioned in the following video in which citizen scientists assist professionals in their science projects: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RK...
· Rev. Dr. Zolotor found evidence of previously undiscovered stellar clusters in the Andromeda galaxy, and helped in the largest cataloguing of stellar clusters. This led to the discovery that there were fewer elements and fewer supernovas in the planetary makeup of the Andromeda galaxy, a discovery which may have similar application to our own Milky Way Galaxy. The Andromeda galaxy is the closest spiral galaxy to our own.
Thomas Scott Zolotor's efforts helped astronomers expedite classification for the three discoveries listed below:
By combining Galaxy Zoo classifications with multi-wavelength light profile fitting — where we fit a 2D equation to the distribution of light in a galaxy, the properties of which correlate pretty well with whether a galaxy has a strong disk component — we’ve identified a population of likely disk-dominated galaxies that also completely lack the features that are common in disk galaxies in the nearby, more evolved Universe. These disks do not have spiral arms, bars, or clumps. They are smooth yet disk-shaped, not elliptical. They tend to be a bit more compact than disk galaxies that do not have these features, even though they have the same luminosities. They are also hard to identify using color alone, which echoes what we’ve seen in past Galaxy Zoo studies of various different kinds of galaxies. One really needs both kinds of morphological information to reliably find these galaxies.
Even with a pretty generous definition of what counts as “featured,” less than 15% of galaxies in the relatively young Universe that this data examines have clear signs of features. Most galaxies in the data set are relatively smooth and featureless.
Thomas Scott Zolotor, who's timely work led to the publication of newly formed galaxies, is now identified and published in a scientific paper at these redshifts.
Below, is a letter written to DR. Zolotor by DR. Brooke Simmions;
Galaxy zoo and Dr. Brooke Simmions call these newly published galaxies "featureless disks," and we may be the first scientific paper to have identified an actual sample of them at these redshifts.
· Thousands of Citizen Scientists took part in these above projects, but Dr. Zolotor listed only those in which he was the primary initiate.
Rev. Dr. Thomas Scott Zolotor predicted that Albert Einstein's gravitational wave theory, which is part of Einstein's theory of relativity, would be detected in the near future. Three years following this prediction, three scientists won the 2017 Nobel Prize in physics for detecting these gravitational waves.
The article below identifies these scientists for their work: https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2017/ Below is the prediction made by Dr. Zolotor: http://vixra.org/abs/1308.0044
* Rev. Dr. Zolotor suggested using the name Albertus Alauda for the planet orbiting Proxima Centauri B, our solar system's closest exoplanet. Albertus Alauda was originally proposed by Jay Lark for another exoplanet, which was ultimately disproved.
Below, is a letter written to Rev. Dr. Thomas Scott Zolotor:
Hello Tom!
Yes, I’m happy to let you know that the name of Albertus Alauda has been updated in Uwingu’s internal catalog as of 1-October-2017, and for all of our purposes from here on out that name will apply to the planet surrounding Proxima Centauri B. This name now applies to all users of Uwingu’s catalog of exoplanets from that day forward. Onward and upward!
Henry Throop
Uwingu.com
Thomas Zolotor, using Free the Souls as his screen name, was the first to spot and discover four supernovas, rare exploding stars, and two asteroids in the citizen science projects The Daily Minor Planet and Supernova Hunters.
Thomas Scott Zolotor discovered four supernovas, which are rare exploding stars. He found his first on Aug. 14, 2020.
Below is a letter written to Zolotor by Supernova Hunters' researcher, Daryl Wright.
Darryl Wright (@dwright04)October 6th 2020, 11:26 am
Hi Thomas,
Nice work! That is a lot of objects! I did a quick check of a few and found these four(!) that you are the first discoverer of. You were the first human to see these objects which I always think is pretty cool!
https://wis-tns.weizmann.ac.il/object/2020slw
https://wis-tns.weizmann.ac.il/.../wis-tns.../object/2020src
https://wis-tns.weizmann.ac.il/object/2020snj
There were others in your list where you were the first person to see them, but weren't added to the TNS report.
I also put together a talk post that lays out the steps I took to determine whether you really were the first discoverer here:
https://www.zooniverse.org/.../supern.../talk/478/1603750...
Hopefully, you can use that to check the remaining objects in your list if you like.
All the best and happy hunting!
Darryl.
One can go to the below link to see Mr. Zolotor name that appears on the site for his Supernova discoveries:
Supernova Hunters » About — Zoo Niverse
https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/dwright04/supernova-hunters/about/results?fbclid=IwY2xjawHvm-1leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHQ0lregPJ519ZFVvKABBJ_UBAdLttew1Jo8jxNzg5U7AbhvcUzcLrkJlZg_aem_F9mUVa76z_VCJw4ojdmOwA
https://www.zooniverse.org/.../supernova.../about/results
Thomas Zolotor was the first to spot an Asteroid discovered on September 25th, 2024, with his name T. S. Zolotor appearing first on the list below:
I T. S. Zolotor have my first confirmed Asteroid discovery. Below is my name after the Asteroid's name.
The name of it is 2024 SG18 which was CGP28KZ.
102828165 CGP28KZ
T. S. Zolotor, HFBSPG, NASIAR99, fundin, Dolorous_Edd, Jose_Campos, Pietro Maiorana (Pietro_Maiorana), wirg78, hermesp, RoksolanaKot, raptor197, mutabilitie
https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/fulsdavid/the-daily-minor-planet/talk/6403/3478200?fbclid=IwY2xjawHvlaJleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHd9XgT_nJDT3ig73E-Qm2Yu6YZ8g6OWb7AOLMQx6H_kOOSTnvPd17qPhMQ_aem_CaIke1MhQG8wQigtSEFWuA
Please search for CGP28KZ on the above link to see my name.
and
https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/cgi-bin/cgipy/wamo?obs=CGP28KZ%20G96
and
https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/fulsdavid/the-daily-minor-planet/talk/6403/3478200?comment=5733789&fbclid=IwY2xjawHvlHtleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHVxVEtPxAv5_QgVLDJLuscanNBK-VPpiHNfUgQ698Uc69CKBadyYb5yUgQ_aem_TAkJvkfwHCj9WdlCghyTaw&page=4
Also, could you search for CGP28KZ on the above link too? My name will be by it. This is a list of Discoveries.
October 2024 Results! » Talk — Zooniverse
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To View a moving image of it go here:
https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/fulsdavid/the-daily-minor-planet/talk/subjects/102828165?fbclid=IwY2xjawHvqjNleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHYj-EuxmrUQz2adf-grmGUjTaN8S3EBZIS1X8rafdzR-GAHc26UGfR13lw_aem_aH-VJ_mb_SDWyLU_GUHEmQ
And the MPC I am published in which is the Minor Planet Center. I am on the page. 953 search for Zolotor:
https://cgi.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/ECS/MPCArchive/2024/MPC_20241115.pdf?fbclid=IwY2xjawHvl7JleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHWlAsDfZ7yyrEQjT2sUKANg-bf3Dkk0hZKJCQKawg0f0Pf7qBFGAJQfF1w_aem_2_IDNmmmES-dRQOs2yrFzg
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey Observers G. J. Leonard, V. F. Carvajal, J. B. Fazekas, J. K. Hogan, T. Beuden, D. Rankin, K. W. Wierzcho ´s , R. A. Kowalski, H. Gr ¨oller , A. R. Gibbs, A. Serrano, D. C. Fuls. Measurers E. Chaghafi, M. J. Wicher, V. Gonano, P. Maiorana, M. T. Mazzucato, S. J. Hennessey, T. G. Fisher, R. R. Zinn, G. Toth, T. Beuden, V. F. Carvajal, D. Fay, J. B. Fazekas, D. C. Fuls, A. R. Gibbs, A. D. Grauer, H. Gr ¨oller , J. K. Hogan, R. A. Kowalski, S. M. Larson, G. J. Leonard, D. Rankin, R. L. Seaman, F. C. Shelly, K. W. Wierzcho ´s , X. Liao, I. A. Terentev, K. D. Danalis, P. J. Hermes, M. Toplic, S. A. Freigeiro, M. C. Batukov, C. P. Simmons, N. Matteini, M. B. Raut, J. A. S. Campos, R. Gorelli, T. Eschweiler, M. J. Martin, D. S. Karmazliyski, A. Hubert, J. F. Delaunay, H. Krawczyk, E. J. Bean, R. H. B. Velthuis, R. Ramos-Moore, E. J. Christensen, A. Serrano, P. G. Kembaren, M. W. Korinko, R. A. Ford, T. S. Zolotor, T. S. Marcos,
Also, the discovered object is published in the MPC above and the two MPS below. In the one above search for 2024 SG18 or go to pages...490 and 763, 955, 1045, and more information on the included object is 2024 SG18 *, 4, 1, 0; For the ones below it in these two:
It's been published in MPS 2254521: K24S18G*0C2024 09 25.38805602 00 58.356-02 55 10.81 22.36GV~8Hn2G96 ... K24S18G 1C2024 10 06.31230901 52 57.918-03 21 09.79 22.34GV~8Hn2G96
https://minorplanetcenter.net/.../2024/MPS_20241011.pdf
and MPS 2235021: K24S18G C2024 10 12.39216401 47 42.865-03 30 28.92 21.30wX~8MrhF52 ... K24S18G C2024 10 31.40907801 31 15.156-03 21 09.16 21.19wX~8MrhF52
https://minorplanetcenter.net/.../2024/MPS_20241101.pdf
My friend wrote this below: mutabilitie (@mutabilitie)
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October 21st 2024, 3:10 pm Congratulations, Tom, you've caught your asteroid: according to the latest results list you were the first to classify CGP28KZ, which has been identified as 2024 SG18, first observed by the Mount Lemmon Survey. So technically it's all yours.
and she wrote the following:
mutabilitie (@mutabilitie)October 21st 2024, 11:04 pm I was going by this: https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?utf8=?&object_id=2024+SG18 It says 'Initial reported observation by Mt. Lemmon Survey on 2024-09-25' - which is the date associated with CGP28KZ on WAMO. And the first measurer listed for CGP28KZ on the October results list is one T.S. Zolotor. https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object...
and
and also his name comes up on the NASA main website if one goes to the upper left and types in Zolotor and does a search for his name. Here is the link:
https://www.nasa.gov/
Below are links to Thomas Zolotor's second asteroid, which he was the first to spot. He discovered it on October 9th, 2024.
CHCQYDZ now known as 2024 TS74
Search for the link below to see Zolotor's name by it.
https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/fulsdavid/the-daily-minor-planet/talk/6403/3515372?page=2&scrollToLastComment=true&fbclid=IwY2xjawHvmIVleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHQ0lregPJ519ZFVvKABBJ_UBAdLttew1Jo8jxNzg5U7AbhvcUzcLrkJlZg_aem_F9mUVa76z_VCJw4ojdmOwA
I wrote this to my friend who knows way more than I do about asteroids.
Freethesouls (@Freethesouls)December 15th 2024, 8:20 am
How are you today?
Can you check object 2024 TS74? It could be my second asteroid discovery. The link below has it in bold. Here the link below. Thanks. This is my second discovery of an asteroid...right?
Thomas Zolotor
https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/fulsdavid/the-daily-minor-planet/talk/6403/3515372?page=2&scrollToLastComment=true&fbclid=IwY2xjawHvuZdleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHRpJdfeoxM_XnKfYbRloFXncvZAjYrvG9XzV2zZoXMkB2dgiWFpJxukKwQ_aem__gbSO1rTQxYQuW2KSOqkzQ
She replied below:
mutabilitie (@mutabilitie)December 15th 2024, 8:27 am
Yep, that's certainly what it looks like. Congratulations!
https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/fulsdavid/the-daily-minor-planet/talk/6403/3515372?page=2&scrollToLastComment=true&fbclid=IwY2xjawHvrg1leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHYEKsfiWxIslzS-qdQzI5MTSwxrdqv6ouI8ZXPQHsoy8XHVsBI5GMlhTjQ_aem_NqljBLiBNjk4LDMHYQ2M5Q
Here are other links to it.
https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/#/?sstr=2024%20TS74
and
https://minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?utf8=%E2%9C%93&object_id=++2024+TS74&fbclid=IwY2xjawHvrZRleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHcXzl44JQybO4IBM7ipZ-JJ2YkV2AuNlJn8mt-DxxbUyyif2aqIaBlXPvA_aem_ivwov8ckLNa1zK3WTnuSWw
and
https://minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?utf8=%E2%9C%93&object_id=++2024+TS74&fbclid=IwY2xjawHvmc1leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHQ0lregPJ519ZFVvKABBJ_UBAdLttew1Jo8jxNzg5U7AbhvcUzcLrkJlZg_aem_F9mUVa76z_VCJw4ojdmOwA
and
https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/cgi-bin/cgipy/wamo?obs=CHCQYDZ%20G96
and to see a moving image of it go here:
https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/fulsdavid/the-daily-minor-planet/talk/subjects/103428563?fbclid=IwY2xjawHvqsJleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHT_MTvPr2ptuLCaTHo-6YxkrDavKfvRpOrltoHs-zoLgMSa8RdQYoILNsA_aem_D7BAhcSif3Rp7l4x5kM7Pw
People often ask me if I get to name the asteroids. If I discovered them with a backyard telescope maybe, but I found them in a Citizen Science project so the short answer is no I don't get to name them but that does not make the discoveries any less real. And I got credit for them and now my name appears in several places. So it is all good!!!
How rare is an unknown Asteroid?
Here is what the Citizen Science project says about that in the FAQ's area on their site.
About how often should I find real asteroids?
We believe that about 1% of the subjects (the short videos we ask you to examine) that we share on this site will contain real, previously unidentified asteroids. If you find yourself saying "Yes" frequently, then we suggest that you review our tutorial and field guide again. Some asteroids are hard to confirm as they are dim. If you are uncertain, we would rather you select "No" and move on.
Thomas Zolotor found evidence of previously undiscovered stellar clusters in the Andromeda Galaxy, and helped in the largest cataloguing of stellar clusters.
This work was mentioned in the April 2013 issue of Astronomy Magazine on page 13, and a more detailed article appeared in the January 2016 issue of Astronomy Magazine page 13. And, yet, another from the same magazine was published on September 4, 2015.
http://www.astronomy.com/.../hubble-survey-unlocks-clues...
Results from the Andromeda Project giving Zolotor credit for co-discovering Star Clusters in the Andromeda Galaxy with others in 2012
Results from the Andromeda Project The Andromeda Project ran for two windows of time: 5-21 December 2012 and 22-30 October 2013. Over these 25 days, about 30,000 volunteers (see list of contributors at bottom of Team page) contributed 1.82 million image classifications that lead to the identification of 2753 star clusters. The resulting catalog represents an unprecedented census of star clusters, providing a sample that is currently unmatched in terms of mass completeness and age precision.
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Contributing Volunteers This work is only possible thanks to the people who came and took part in the project. We list all volunteers who contributed classifications that were used to construct the PHAT star cluster catalog. These volunteers are formally acknowledged in the catalog paper (Johnson et al. 2015) that was published in the Astrophysical Journal. Thank you for all your effort!
Cowboy, tsvi katz-hyman, Laura Gruhle, Tracy Murray, Paul Davis, Diana Seymour, Marco Theberge, Jorge Torres, A R Davis, brijesh, rstory, Matthew Bujold, Robert Tabb, Kjell Nilsen-Nygaard, Harm Kramer, Donald Warrack, Mark Kienzynski, Joris Janssen, Radek Kabaci?ski, Florian Duschl, Cheyenne Meyer, Nuriya, Brian Young, Cathy Ruedinger, Markus, Briana Harder, Zarko Veljkovic, Piotr Mardowski, Sarah Bauver, Alex Hall, coralee yale, Michael Breuer, Zac Thomas, Alan Eggleston, adrian, Dennise, John d'Adesky, Steve Malone, Rob Smith, claude, Shane, Peter Jennings, Jessica, Bruce Adams, Coenegrachts JP, Micheal Marks, Bas Geevers, Clara Mangili, Hannah Roesler, Steven Wade, David Shaw, roy wilhelm, Rick Sullivan, linus bergfeldt, mirko, Matthew R. Dempsky, Sebastien Freudenthal, Jeroen de Neef, Thomas Zolotor, Philipp Schulz, David Aldred, Todd M. Brewer,
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Zolotor's name appears above as a co-discoverer of Steallr Clusters in the Andromeda galaxy. Click on the link below to see the Projects page and credits given to him and others.
https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/zooniverse/andromeda-project/about/results?fbclid=IwY2xjawHvmmhleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHd6PQmSduZJ4HkzH7WvvwzB4rhrspHIdQGVYLcFzWnxlngL-37I7Oove1Q_aem_uvxym6HmyAlxi7QM6NhDPw
https://www.zooniverse.org/.../andromeda.../about/results
and
https://www.zooniverse.org/.../andromeda-project/about/team
Thomas Zolotor was one of the many Citizen Scientists mentioned in Planet Four: Terrains—Discovery of araneiforms outside of the South Polar layered deposits (2018). Zolotor participated in this discovery on Mars.
Data Release 1 Planet Four: Terrains – Discovery of araneiforms outside of the South Polar layered deposits (2018)
Project Volunteers The Planet Four: Terrains Community The science of Planet Four: Terrains is made possible by the work of our volunteers; those who gave us permission to publish their names are included below. Publications that have come about because of the classifications collected on Planet Four: Terrains can be found above.
Theodore Gleinser , Theodore Pritchard , Theresa Clark , Theresa George , Thibaut Blain , Thien Quoc Nguyen Tran , Thijs Hulsinga , Thomas A. Costa , Thomas Battistetti , Thomas Belmont , Thomas Billmeyer , Thomas E Genower , Thomas Ehrismann , Thomas Garcia , Thomas Hajnik , Thomas Hart , Thomas Haverdink , Thomas Hörnschemeyer , Thomas Idris Marquand , Thomas J Felstead , Thomas Javins , Thomas Larson , Thomas Lazaridis , Thomas Lowry , Thomas Martinez , Thomas McFarland , Thomas Miller , Thomas Ottich , Thomas Perkins , Thomas R. Nelson , Thomas Robertson , Thomas Rowton , Thomas Rungeard , Thomas Samartino , Thomas Snyder , Thomas Stampe Brock , Thomas Stebbings , Thomas Zabernig , Thomas Zolotor , Thomas shanahan , Thomas , Thomas , Thomas , Thomas , Thor Rydahl , Thorsten Brennecke , Thuy-Vy Bertin , Théa Ringelstein , Tia Whitehead , Tiago Filipe Nunes Dinis , Tiaira Myers , Tiara Suggs , Tiarra Green , Tierra Gorham , Tifani Parker , Tiffanie Benton , Tiffany Anne Hill , Tiffany Hohmann , Tiffany Hsu , Tiffany Quach , Tiffinay Al-Maqtari , Tiina Airaksinen , Tiina Koota
To see Zolotor's name go to this site below:
https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/mschwamb/planet-four-terrains/about/results?fbclid=IwY2xjawHvmtNleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHWlAsDfZ7yyrEQjT2sUKANg-bf3Dkk0hZKJCQKawg0f0Pf7qBFGAJQfF1w_aem_2_IDNmmmES-dRQOs2yrFzg
https://www.zooniverse.org/.../planet-four.../about/results
· Zolotor's tag #fhb also known as 'Faint Hubble Blob' galaxy, was used to help classify CANDELS/FHB galaxies to ready them for the public in record time. His Hashtag FHB retired thousands of CANDELS galaxies for final classification.
· Zolotor's work assisted in the discovery that Hubble’s photos of the farthest spiral galaxies have bars with record distances in time. This was a world record discovery.
· Zolotor also helped in the discovery that galaxies are settling two billion years earlier than thought by astronomers and computer models.
Thousands participated in the Galaxy Zoo: CANDELS Citizen Science project, but Zolotor was one of the main initiatives.
The above work was published by Sky & Telescope in the January 2015 issue on page 12 and another one published on September 29, 2014, in the same magazine below:
https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/citizen-scientists-probe-early-galaxies-09292014/?fbclid=IwY2xjawHvmx9leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHQVcgZafUYB1ryNbortbDJ5cNd-eq08lx9w5DCjlCgz0s_AYScIwV2Kb0g_aem__w3r516b8T1bnINJ_bwG6g https://www.skyandtelescope.com/.../citizen-scientists.../
and
Another was published in a scientific paper on September 3, 2014, as listed below:
Galaxy Zoo: CANDELS barred discs and bar fractions, Simmons+, 2014
https://arxiv.org/abs/1409.1214
and
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/10/141030101241.htm?fbclid=IwY2xjawHvs0xleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHYiFJunnj_aZjcv6snyEoykmz9pD2ex1eO67zq_7J5CsGSLs5VDy7SNGTQ_aem_syC1p_VNDYhGqpKqxyDQQw
and
https://phys.org/news/2014-10-galaxies.html
For his Bio. and Webpage go to the site below:
https://www.artwanted.com/QuasarAZx
For Zolotor's FACEBOOK page go to this site below:
If you find that some of these links don't work go to my Facebook page which has a bio. of my discoveries as most of them work on it and it is similar to this bio.
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10161455694234144&set=a.11263069143
and
https://www.facebook.com/zolotor
ZOLOTOR IN HIS OWN WORDS
Below is Thomas Zolotor’s own words on his new hypotheses and predictions, and ideas.
THE ELECTRON AND PROTON
I Thomas Zolotor hypothesize that the electron is not completely negative or that the proton not completely positive.
Below is from an article I read on the web....
Proton—positive; electron—negative; neutron—no charge. The charge on the proton and electron are exactly the same size but opposite. The same number of protons and electrons exactly cancel one another in a neutral atom.
I Thomas Zolotor hypothesize that The same number of protons and electrons do not exactly cancel one another in a neutral atom.
I thought up of the above ideas after hearing JJ Dewey explain that the neutron is not completely neutral. I also predict that a electron will have a greater or lesser negative charge that won't cancel itself out completely to a proton. And that the proton will also have a larger or smaller positive charge compared to the electron in a neutral atom.
GREEN PEA GALAXY
Thomas Zolotor independently predicted a new form and or similar form of a new green pea galaxy would be found.
He wrote: "I think that a new class of pea galaxies will be found and or it will show these galaxies from way back in the past before they got very bright. I also believe a new form of galaxy ill be found soon by this Zoo project." http://www.galaxyzooforum.org/index.php?topic=3638.2835 Last post Tom Zolotor
Zolotor also wrote on the Galaxy Zoo forum giving his prediction.
For a list of Thomas Zolotors papers go to: viXra.org e-Print archive, Thomas Scott Zolotor then goes to the paper viXra:1310.0206 download and read it as it has Zolotor's pea galaxy prediction in it with a date of 2013.
Here is a 2023 article stating that similar galaxies to the green pea have been discovered
NASA's Webb finds what may be the most chemically primitive galaxy identified | Fox News
A trio of compact infrared objects found using Webb's infrared image that captured thousands of galaxies in and behind the cluster SMACS 0723 – a gravitational lens – looked like they could be distant relatives of green peas.
Also in the article, it says this:
The research shows the galaxies are extremely young and share some similarities to "green peas," which are a rare class of small galaxies near home.
Thomas Zolotor doesn't want to make the same mistake he made a few years ago in believing the green bean galaxy was a new or similar form to the pea galaxies which turn out not to be true. This time he thinks a new or similar form of pea galaxies may have been discovered after he made his prediction.
After writing an Astrophysicist he learned that a similar prediction was made by the Galaxy Zoo team before he made his. Zolotor did not know about this earlier prediction. He independently came up with his prediction on his own. The Astrophysicist did confirm that Zolotor's prediction did come true...which is good news!!!
DARK MATTER
My thoughts on Dark Matter is below in closing. Some scientist believe that Dark Matter is made of one of the following, WIMPs, sterile neutrinos or Axions. I do not believe that Dark Matter is made up of the ones I just mentioned. To be clear Dark Matter is not any of the ones I just mentioned. I don’t think they are the culprits. It is my opinion that scientist do not yet understand what is really is…but perhaps they will in the near future. Some day they will find out. And when they do it will be proven to be unlike anything they have ever imagined.
I, Thomas Zolotor, predict that there will be citizen science projects that involve Dinosaurs and Wolly Mammoth. I, Thomas Zolotor, got another idea...could Theia (the planet that hit Earth to form the Moon) have enough water to fill up the oceans on Earth? Maybe that is where the water came from? Theia is a hypothesized planet that crashed into Earth to form the Moon called The giant-impact hypothesis. I wonder if Theia carried water to ancient Earth.
12/16/2022
Also,
From a google search, I came up with this...A black hole is an extremely massive concentration of matter, created when the largest stars collapse at the end of their lives. Astronomers theorize that a point with infinite density—called a singularity—lies at the center of black holes. That is what scientists believe.
I Thomas Zolotor started thinking and pondering this and figured that the point with the infinite density of a black hole is not so infinite after all but finite. I do not believe that singularity has infinite density. This does not seem possible to me. I am unable to give proof for this problem but believe my hypothesis will be shown true by others.
Steven Hawking, said this about time.
According to Hawking, time did not exist before the Big Bang, so there wasn't a before.
Below are my thoughts on the subject.
But say this is not the only universe but several existed in the past all dying in the big crunch and that energy recreating another big bang. If other universes existed before the big bang would it be logical to assume that time did exist before the most current big bang because time may have existed in past universes? So was Steven Hawking wrong when he said there was no time before the big bang? I think he may have been wrong about it....what do you say about this?
The above was written by Thomas Zolotor Below my friend, JJ Dewey, agrees with my hypothesis that time did exist before the big bang as I suspected!!! JJ wrote the below:
Normal time is associated with form and motion. Hawking is probably thinking that since there was no form or motion before the Big Bang then there was no time.
If there were past universes (which I teach there were) then there was time in them.
The question is - would there be time between the appearance of universes?
I would say yes, but not measured as we understand it since there would be no physical plane. There would be a different type of time on the higher planes measured by the passing of thought.
JJ Dewey
Thomas Scott Zolotor and JJ Dewey believe the universe is older than it is. The Big Bang happened further back in time than scientists believed. Here is the prediction that was posted on May 4th, 2023.: Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10160577590649144&set=a.11263069143
and
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10160577590649144&set=a.11263069143
A new study shows the universe may indeed be more ancient than believed which was made public on July 12, 2023. Here is the article below: A new study claims our universe is 27 billion years old, double the current age estimate A new study claims our universe is 27 billion years old, double the current age estimate (msn.com) This shows the universe may be much older than scientists believed. Here is part of the article: https://www.msn.com/.../new-study-claims.../ar-AA1dJP98... Picture this: our universe is not the spry 13.7 billion-year-old entity that we once believed it to be. Instead, it could be a grand 26.7 billion years old. According to a new study by Rajendra Gupta, an adjunct professor of physics at the University of Ottawa, this finding fundamentally changes our understanding of the universe and may solve the puzzle of the "impossible early galaxy problem." This may show that the prediction may be true after all!!!
JJ Dewey first suggested that the universe is older than scientists believe. I also suspected this and posted a prediction about it, but it was his idea first. This may explain why the JWST keeps finding mature galaxies in the early universe.
Citizen Scientists have named an asteroid.
Citizen Scientists have named an asteroid. Thomas Zolotor was one of them. Zolotor came up with the idea to have an asteroid naming contest to where the citizen scientists suggested names and we then vote on it. Zolotor wrote to the head guy about it, and he liked the idea. During the contest Zolotor voted for Dailyminorplanet which Pietro Maiorana gave. The IAU approved of the name, and now an asteroid has been named, and Zolotor helped initiate it. Here are the details as written by the head astronomer:
Hello everyone!
I'm happy to announce that our asteroid has finally been designated! A link to the WGSBN Bulletin is here: Volume 5, #7
https://wgsbn-iau.org/files/Bulletins/V005/WGSBNBull_V005_007.pdf?fbclid=IwY2xjawJ_SsJleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFmVWFvZ21vMXZrTVZXSU1KAR6IdxxRCPAyChOG6sePtQWrxrcVn814NNDaj8Pj1gqgUEH7AiKHBwkB-28qeA_aem_lHsgQKiNmQAK8064zgYZMA
(227711) Dailyminorplanet = 2006 DP114 Discovery: 2006-02-27 / CSS / Catalina / 703 The Daily Minor Planet is a project developed by the Catalina Sky Survey and hosted on the Zooniverse citizen science platform. This project has had thousands of volunteers discover numerous asteroids from archival images acquired from Catalina's G96, Mt. Lemmon survey.
Here is proof of Zolotor suggesting the name on the TALK boards.
https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/fulsdavid/the-daily-minor-planet/talk/5639/3416226?page=1&fbclid=IwY2xjawJ_ZeVleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETF0U1EwckpmSHZPMmdPY3FqAR4Ges5IEPulBBHKRQRIPjkJWw7mASV5Wr1Bg6fq6e-tcIvB_HYsj-awKp4lww_aem_RHPhXBJ8r3TBwcBRj6xf0Q
Zooniverse The Zooniverse is the world’s largest and most popular platform for people-powered research.
He also wrote to the head astronomer below:
Freethesouls (@Freethesouls)August 16th 2024, 4:33 pm August 16th 2024, 2:26 pm
We still have one or two asteroids that are eligible for a name, so be on the lookout for more in the future!
-Carson
I got an idea how about a naming contest where the people in the citizen science project can suggest names for the Two asteroids that are still eligible for a name...and then we vote on the best name suggestion...if that is ok? What does everyone think of that idea?
-Tom
fulsdavid (@fulsdavid)August 20th 2024, 2:32 pm Hi Tom,
I think that's a fine idea.! We've actually got about 150,000 asteroids eligible to name, so we can get a few names. Let me see about putting a poll together about that.
-Carson
Freethesouls (@Freethesouls)September 10th 2024, 3:28 pm Hello Carson,
I am glad you liked the idea for an asteroid naming contest. When do you expect to have the contest? Thanks, -Tom
fulsdavid (@fulsdavid)September 13th 2024, 12:02 pm Hey Tom,
I'll probably get that going after the next results posting. Stay tuned!
-Carson
Here was the contest:
https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/fulsdavid/the-daily-minor-planet/talk/5639/3487265?comment=5773226&fbclid=IwY2xjawJ_ZjdleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETF0U1EwckpmSHZPMmdPY3FqAR7bFff-og7LDOBrlkckuVjj3DWvs4WyGvBTOGowbHqWHxPpz8DFe2589IIZTQ_aem_h1hU1DnUzxCHOFPNMYNm_A&page=1
and
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfdz2jWnecjqQj3H2jLvX3Q35MEXf2U8KAPsudihRKryfDCyA/closedform?pli=1&fbclid=IwY2xjawJ_ZnNleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETF0U1EwckpmSHZPMmdPY3FqAR4ZxHY6NDWc-vyJs2SUXXXXdf5XXEKkl8xv4ZkwWUkOGJvF2At3d9fcTMvRYA_aem_dbj_8zYm_SDx_RvyO7Tbtg
and another link to information on it.
https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/#/?sstr=227711&view=VOPDA
Put 'Dailyminorplanet' in the search box to the left on the site to the above link to find information about the asteroid.
"I want to thank all the citizen scientists who made this possible for they took part in a voting contest and made naming an asteroid a reality. Congratulations to everyone. We did it." said Thomas Zolotor.
Zolotor said this below:
I want to change the world positively. In closing one should never give up dreaming of changing the world for the good of science!!!
For his Bio. and Webpage go to the site below:
https://www.artwanted.com/QuasarAZx
For Zolotor's FACEBOOK page go to this site below:
If you find that some of these links don't work go to my Facebook page which has a Bio. of my discoveries as most of them work on it and it is similar to this one.
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10161455694234144&set=a.11263069143
and
https://www.facebook.com/zolotor
Also, go to my Linkedin site:
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/following-outlines-achievements-rev-thomas-scott-zolotor-zolotor/?trackingId=ZXUA%2BnL%2BiCTU5sPnPuNUMQ%3D%3D
And my email: [email protected]
Thomas Zolotor
