Vesto Melvin Slipher

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American astronomer astronomer human

Vesto Melvin Slipher was an American astronomer best known for his pioneering measurements of galaxy redshifts, which provided early evidence for the expansion of the universe.

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Label	Occurrences
Vesto Melvin Slipher canonical	2
Edward C. Slipher	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American astronomer ⓘ astronomer ⓘ human ⓘ
academicDegree	PhD in astronomy ⓘ
awardReceived	Bruce Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry Draper Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ Lalande Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthDate	1875-11-11 ⓘ
birthPlace	Mulberry, Indiana, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
citizenship	United States of America ⓘ
contributedTo	observational foundation for Hubble–Lemaître law ⓘ
deathDate	1969-11-08 ⓘ
deathPlace	Flagstaff, Arizona, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
discovered	large radial velocities of spiral nebulae ⓘ
doctoralAdvisor	Wilbur A. Cogshall NERFINISHED ⓘ
educatedAt	Indiana University Bloomington NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer	Lowell Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime	director of Lowell Observatory 1952 ⓘ
era	20th-century astronomy ⓘ
familyName	Slipher NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork	astronomy ⓘ
givenName	Vesto NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	Edwin Hubble NERFINISHED ⓘ Georges Lemaître NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	measurement of galaxy redshifts ⓘ measurements of radial velocities of spiral nebulae ⓘ planetary spectroscopy ⓘ providing early evidence for the expansion of the universe ⓘ spectroscopic studies of spiral nebulae ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
memberOf	American Astronomical Society NERFINISHED ⓘ
name	Vesto Melvin Slipher NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork	early measurements of extragalactic redshifts ⓘ spectroscopic observations at Lowell Observatory ⓘ
observed	radial velocities of many spiral nebulae by 1917 ⓘ redshift of the Andromeda Nebula ⓘ
positionHeld	director of Lowell Observatory ⓘ
residence	Flagstaff, Arizona NERFINISHED ⓘ
sibling	Earl C. Slipher NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime	director of Lowell Observatory 1916 ⓘ
studied	spectra of planets ⓘ spectra of spiral nebulae ⓘ
workLocation	Flagstaff, Arizona NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Lowell Observatory → employed → Vesto Melvin Slipher ⓘ

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A Relation between Distance and Radial Velocity among Extra-Galactic Nebulae → relatedToWorkOf → Vesto Melvin Slipher ⓘ