Fred Lawrence Whipple
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Fred Lawrence Whipple was an American astronomer best known for his work on comets, including proposing the "dirty snowball" model of their composition.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Fred Lawrence Whipple canonical | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
American astronomer
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human ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Bruce Medal
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Henry Norris Russell Lectureship NERFINISHED ⓘ J. Lawrence Smith Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1906-11-05 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2004-08-30 ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Armin Otto Leuschner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of California, Berkeley
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University of California, Los Angeles ⓘ |
| employer |
Harvard College Observatory
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Harvard University ⓘ Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| eponymOf |
Whipple Observatory
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Whipple shield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Whipple NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
astronomy
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cometary science ⓘ planetary science ⓘ |
| givenName | Fred NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDiscovered |
asteroids
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several comets ⓘ |
| influenced |
modern understanding of comet composition
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spacecraft shielding design ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Whipple shield concept
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dirty snowball model of comets ⓘ research on comets ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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National Academy of Sciences ⓘ |
| middleName | Lawrence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableStudent | Brian Marsden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Comet Model. I. The Acceleration of Comet Encke
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A Comet Model. II. Physical Relations for Comets and Meteors NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
astronomer
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university teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Red Oak, Iowa, United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
director of the Harvard College Observatory
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director of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| theory | icy conglomerate (dirty snowball) model of comet nuclei ⓘ |
| workLocation | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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