Richard J. Terrile

Richard John Terrile (born March 22, 1951, in New York) is a Voyager scientist who discovered several moons ^[1] 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. ^[2]

Terrile is a supporter of the simulation hypothesis, the idea that our reality is a computer-generated virtual reality created by unknown programmers. ^{[3] [4]}

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.