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