Henrietta Swan Leavitt

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American astronomer astronomer human

Henrietta Swan Leavitt was an American astronomer whose discovery of the period–luminosity relationship of Cepheid variable stars provided the key to measuring cosmic distances and revolutionized our understanding of the scale of the universe.

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Label	Occurrences
Henrietta Swan Leavitt canonical	3
Henrietta Swan Leavitt (collaborative work context)	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American astronomer ⓘ astronomer ⓘ human ⓘ
awardReceived	posthumous recognition in astronomical community ⓘ
causeOfDeath	cancer ⓘ
contributedTo	establishment of Cepheid variables as standard candles ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1868-07-04 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1921-12-12 ⓘ
describedBySource	biographical works on women astronomers ⓘ scientific literature on Cepheid variables ⓘ
discovered	period–luminosity relationship of Cepheid variable stars ⓘ
educatedAt	Oberlin College ⓘ Radcliffe College ⓘ
employer	Harvard College Observatory ⓘ
ethnicGroup	European American ⓘ surface form: White American
familyName	Leavitt ⓘ
fieldOfWork	astronomy ⓘ astrophysics ⓘ
givenName	Henrietta ⓘ
hasDiscipline	observational astronomy ⓘ
hasEffect	enabled measurement of extragalactic distances ⓘ revolutionized understanding of the scale of the universe ⓘ
hasNamesake	asteroid 5383 Leavitt ⓘ crater Leavitt on the Moon ⓘ
influenced	Edwin Hubble ⓘ Harlow Shapley ⓘ cosmic distance scale measurements ⓘ
knownFor	Leavitt law ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
memberOf	Harvard Computers program ⓘ surface form: Harvard Computers
middleName	Swan ⓘ
notableFor	discovery of the period–luminosity relationship of Cepheid variable stars ⓘ work on variable stars in the Magellanic Clouds ⓘ
notableWork	1912 paper on periods of 25 Cepheid variables in the Small Magellanic Cloud ⓘ
occupation	astronomer ⓘ
partOf	history of astronomy ⓘ history of women in science ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Lancaster, Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: Lancaster, Massachusetts, United States
placeOfDeath	Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
religion	Congregationalism ⓘ
residence	Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
sexOrGender	female ⓘ
studied	Cepheid variable stars ⓘ Magellanic Clouds ⓘ
workLocation	Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

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Harvard College Observatory → notablePerson → Henrietta Swan Leavitt ⓘ

Paris Observatory → notableAstronomer → Henrietta Swan Leavitt ⓘ

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