a child, also presented a symposium and exhibit in Leighton's honor soon after his death. In 2009, a 66 km-diameter crater in the Syrtis Major region of Mars was named after him. References External links National Academy of Sciences Biographical Memoirs V.75 (1998) - Robert B. Leighton, pp. 164-189. A biographical memoir by Jesse L. Greenstein, which describes the greater part of Leighton's scientific achievements. Robert Leighton, 77, Physicist Involved in Space Exploration (New York Times obituary) The Feynman Lectures on Physics 1919 births 1997 deaths 20th-century American physicists American astronomers California Institute of Technology alumni California Institute of Technology faculty Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences