Theodore Neil Divine (1939–1994) was an American stellar astrophysicist and planetary scientist whose work centered on the understanding of star formation.
[1] Divine was awarded a full tuition scholarship and the position of research assistant to pursue graduate studies at California Institute of Technology (Caltech).
[1] In the summer of 1961, Divine worked in the planetary sciences division at the RAND Corporation.
[6] He earned a Ph.D. in astronomy at Caltech in 1965 where he developed the first numerical model of the evolution of helium stars, before they were confirmed to exist.
[1] His research yielded fundamental scientific contributions helping to define complex environments space probes face.
He characterized meteoroid environments and other small interplanetary bodies including asteroid fragments.