Henrietta Hill Swope

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American astronomer astronomer human

Henrietta Hill Swope was an American astronomer known for her pioneering work on variable stars and for being one of the first women to make significant contributions to modern observational astronomy.

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Henrietta Hill Swope canonical	9

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instanceOf	American astronomer ⓘ astronomer ⓘ human ⓘ
awardReceived	Annie J. Cannon Award in Astronomy ⓘ Royal Geographical Society Patron’s Medal ⓘ surface form: Patron’s Medal of the Royal Geographical Society
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
donatedTo	Carnegie Observatories ⓘ Las Campanas Observatory ⓘ
educatedAt	Barnard College ⓘ Radcliffe College ⓘ
employer	Carnegie Institution of Washington ⓘ Harvard College Observatory ⓘ
familyName	Swope ⓘ
fieldOfWork	astronomy ⓘ variable stars ⓘ
gender	female ⓘ
givenName	Henrietta ⓘ
hasRelative	Gerard Swope ⓘ Henrietta Hill ⓘ
honorificEponym	Swope Supernova Survey ⓘ Swope Telescope ⓘ asteroid 2168 Swope ⓘ crater Swope on the Moon ⓘ
influenced	development of extragalactic distance scale ⓘ
influencedBy	Henrietta Swan Leavitt’s work on Cepheid variables ⓘ
knownFor	contributions to distance scale measurements in astronomy ⓘ measuring periods and magnitudes of variable stars ⓘ work on Cepheid variable stars in nearby galaxies ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
memberOf	Harvard College Observatory staff ⓘ
name	Henrietta Hill Swope self-link ⓘ
notableAchievement	among the first women to hold a prominent research role in modern observational astronomy ⓘ
notableFor	early contributions to modern observational astronomy ⓘ philanthropic support of astronomical observatories ⓘ pioneering work on variable stars ⓘ
notableWork	photographic studies of variable stars in globular clusters ⓘ variable star surveys in the Magellanic Clouds ⓘ
occupation	astronomer ⓘ
partOf	early 20th-century women in astronomy ⓘ
relativeType	daughter of Gerard Swope ⓘ granddaughter of Henrietta Hill ⓘ
researchFocus	period–luminosity relations of variable stars ⓘ photometry of variable stars ⓘ
workLocation	Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ Las Campanas, Chile ⓘ surface form: Las Campanas Observatory region, Chile

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Edward Charles Pickering → notableStudent → Henrietta Hill Swope ⓘ

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asteroid 2168 Swope → namedAfter → Henrietta Hill Swope ⓘ

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Henrietta Hill → relativeOf → Henrietta Hill Swope ⓘ

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