Vera Rubin

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American astronomer astronomer human

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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Label	Occurrences
Vera Rubin canonical	30
Vera C. Rubin	3
Vera Florence Cooper Rubin	2
American astronomer Vera Rubin	1
Vera Rubin (posthumous recognition in context of dark matter work, though not a laureate)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American astronomer ⓘ astronomer ⓘ human ⓘ
academicDegree	Bachelor of Arts in astronomy ⓘ Master of Arts in astronomy ⓘ PhD in astronomy ⓘ
awardReceived	Bruce Medal ⓘ Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society ⓘ Henry Norris Russell Lectureship ⓘ National Medal of Science ⓘ
birthName	Vera Florence Cooper ⓘ
causeOfDeath	natural causes ⓘ
child	Allan Rubin ⓘ David Rubin ⓘ Judy Young ⓘ Karl Rubin ⓘ
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 ⓘ
familyName	Rubin ⓘ
fieldOfWork	astronomy ⓘ astrophysics ⓘ galaxy dynamics ⓘ
givenName	Vera ⓘ
hasHonorificName	Rubin Ridge on Mars ⓘ Vera C. Rubin Observatory ⓘ asteroid 5726 Rubin ⓘ
influenced	acceptance of dark matter in cosmology ⓘ
influencedBy	Fritz Zwicky ⓘ
knownFor	galaxy rotation curves ⓘ providing evidence for dark matter ⓘ study of spiral galaxies ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
memberOf	National Academy of Sciences ⓘ surface form: National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
notableStudent	Sandra Faber ⓘ
numberOfChildren	4 ⓘ
occupation	astronomer ⓘ university teacher ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Philadelphia ⓘ surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
placeOfDeath	Princeton, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
religion	Judaism ⓘ
sexOrGender	female ⓘ
spouse	Robert Rubin ⓘ
workInstitution	Georgetown University ⓘ
workLocation	Carnegie Observatories ⓘ

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National Medal of Science → hasRecipient → Vera Rubin ⓘ

Henry Norris Russell Lectureship → notableRecipient → Vera Rubin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vera C. Rubin

Albert Einstein Medal → hasRecipient → Vera Rubin ⓘ

Rubin Ridge on Mars → namedAfter → Vera Rubin ⓘ

subject surface form: Rubin Ridge

Rubin Ridge on Mars → honors → Vera Rubin ⓘ

subject surface form: Rubin Ridge

Rubin → hasNotableBearer → Vera Rubin ⓘ

Robert Rubin → spouse → Vera Rubin ⓘ

Robert Rubin → hasRelative → Vera Rubin ⓘ

Vera C. Rubin Observatory → namedAfter → Vera Rubin ⓘ

Vera → fullName → Vera Rubin ⓘ

subject surface form: Vera Rubin

this entity surface form: Vera Florence Cooper Rubin

David Rubin → mother → Vera Rubin ⓘ

Catherine Wolfe Bruce Gold Medal → notableRecipient → Vera Rubin ⓘ

Allan Rubin → mother → Vera Rubin ⓘ

Allan Rubin → parent → Vera Rubin ⓘ

Allan Rubin → notableFamilyMember → Vera Rubin ⓘ

Henry Draper Medal → notableRecipient → Vera Rubin ⓘ

Vera Florence Cooper → alsoKnownAs → Vera Rubin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vera Florence Cooper Rubin

Judy Young → mother → Vera Rubin ⓘ

Judy Young → parent → Vera Rubin ⓘ

RAS Gold Medal → notableRecipient → Vera Rubin ⓘ

DDA Vera Rubin Early Career Prize → namedAfter → Vera Rubin ⓘ

Vera Rubin Ridge → namedAfter → Vera Rubin ⓘ

intermediate waypoint on Curiosity ascent of Mount Sharp → namedAfter → Vera Rubin ⓘ

subject surface form: Rubin Ridge

Heineman Prize for Astrophysics → notableRecipient → Vera Rubin ⓘ

Bruce Medal (Vera Rubin) → namedAfter → Vera Rubin ⓘ

Bruce Medal (Vera Rubin) → associatedWith → Vera Rubin ⓘ

LSST Camera → associatedWith → Vera Rubin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vera C. Rubin

Shaw Prize in Astronomy → hasLaureate → Vera Rubin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vera Rubin (posthumous recognition in context of dark matter work, though not a laureate)

Karl Schwarzschild Medal → notableRecipient → Vera Rubin ⓘ

Helen B. Warner Prize for Astronomy → notableRecipient → Vera Rubin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vera C. Rubin

Rubin–Ford effect → namedAfter → Vera Rubin ⓘ

asteroid 5726 Rubin → namedAfter → Vera Rubin ⓘ

subject surface form: 5726 Rubin

asteroid 5726 Rubin → namedAfter → Vera Rubin ⓘ

subject surface form: 5726 Rubin

this entity surface form: American astronomer Vera Rubin

James Craig Watson Medal → notableRecipient → Vera Rubin ⓘ

Annie J. Cannon Award in Astronomy → notableRecipient → Vera Rubin ⓘ

Nierenberg Prize for Science in the Public Interest → hasAwarded → Vera Rubin ⓘ