Daniel Kirkwood

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Daniel Kirkwood was a 19th-century American astronomer best known for discovering the Kirkwood gaps in the asteroid belt.


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instanceOf American astronomer
astronomer
human
centuryOfActivity 19th century
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1814-09-27
dateOfDeath 1895-06-11
educatedAt Yale University
employer Indiana University
familyName Kirkwood
fieldOfWork astronomy
celestial mechanics
givenName Daniel
hasHonorificEponym Kirkwood Observatory
Kirkwood crater
Kirkwood gaps
knownFor Kirkwood gaps
research on asteroid belt
memberOf American scientific community
name Daniel Kirkwood
nativeLanguage English
notableAchievement linked asteroid belt gaps to orbital resonances with Jupiter
notableWork identification of gaps in the distribution of main-belt asteroids
occupation astronomer
professor
placeOfBirth Harford County, Maryland NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Riverside, California
residence Bloomington, Indiana
sexOrGender male
workLocation Indiana

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