Vera Florence Cooper

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American astronomer astronomer human

Vera Florence Cooper, better known as Vera Rubin, was an American astronomer whose pioneering work on galaxy rotation curves provided key evidence for the existence of dark matter.

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instanceOf American astronomer ⓘ
astronomer ⓘ
human ⓘ
academicDegree PhD in astronomy ⓘ
bachelor's degree in astronomy ⓘ
master's degree ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Vera Rubin ⓘ
surface form: Vera Florence Cooper Rubin

Vera Rubin ⓘ
awardReceived Bruce Medal ⓘ
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society ⓘ
National Medal of Science ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1928-07-23 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2016-12-25 ⓘ
educatedAt Cornell University ⓘ
Georgetown University ⓘ
Vassar College ⓘ
employer Carnegie Institution of Washington ⓘ
Georgetown University ⓘ
familyName Cooper ⓘ
Rubin ⓘ
fieldOfWork astronomy ⓘ
astrophysics ⓘ
dark matter ⓘ
galaxy dynamics ⓘ
givenName Vera ⓘ
hasAsteroidNamedAfterHer asteroid 5726 Rubin ⓘ
surface form: (5726) Rubin
hasTelescopeNamedAfterHer Vera C. Rubin Observatory ⓘ
influenced research on dark matter in galaxies ⓘ
knownFor Rubin–Ford effect ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
surface form: National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
name Vera Florence Cooper self-link ⓘ
notableFor providing evidence for dark matter ⓘ
work on galaxy rotation curves ⓘ
notableStudent Neta Bahcall ⓘ
numberOfChildren 4 ⓘ
occupation astronomer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Philadelphia ⓘ
surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
placeOfDeath Princeton, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
surface form: Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America
religion Judaism ⓘ
sexOrGender female ⓘ
spouse Robert Rubin ⓘ
workLocation Princeton, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
surface form: Princeton, New Jersey

Washington, D.C. ⓘ

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