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(15760) 1992 QB1
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David C. Jewitt
("discoverer")
→
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(15760) 1992 QB1
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Jane X. Luu
("discoverer")
→
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1036 Ganymed
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Walter Baade
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1567–1569 Solomon Islands expedition
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Solomon Islands
("discovererOf")
→
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20000 Varuna
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D. L. Rabinowitz
("discoverer")
→
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20000 Varuna
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K. Rabinowitz
("discoverer")
→
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944 Hidalgo
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Walter Baade
("wasDiscoveredBy")
→
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ATLAS
|
Higgs boson
("co-discovered")
→
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Abel Tasman
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Fiji for Europeans
("discovered")
→
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Abel Tasman
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New Zealand for Europeans
("discovered")
→
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Abel Tasman
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Tasmania for Europeans
("discovered")
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Absalom Lehman
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Lehman Caves
("discovered")
→
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Abu Simbel temples
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Johann Ludwig Burckhardt
("discoveredByEuropeans")
→
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Abu Sir necropolis
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Abusir Papyri
("discovered")
→
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Acadian orogeny
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19th-century geologists studying the Appalachians
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Admiralty Islands
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Alvaro de Saavedra
("discoveredByEuropeans")
→
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Agulhas Current
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Portuguese navigators
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Alabaster Sphinx of Memphis
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Auguste Mariette
→
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Alcatraz Island
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Juan Manuel de Ayala
("discoveredByEuropeans")
→
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Alessandro Volta
|
electrical contact potential
("discovered")
→
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Alessandro Volta
|
methane
("discovered")
→
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Aleutian Trench
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20th century oceanographic surveys
→
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Alpha Ridge
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geophysical surveys
→
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Amarna letters
|
local Egyptian villagers
→
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Amundsen Sea
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Norwegian expedition of Roald Amundsen
→
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Andromeda Galaxy
|
Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi
("firstRecordedBy")
→
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Andromeda Galaxy
|
unknown ancient observers
→
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Angel Falls
|
Jimmie Angel
→
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Archaea
|
Carl Woese
→
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Arecibo Observatory
|
first binary pulsar PSR B1913+16
("discovered")
→
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Arecibo Observatory
|
first millisecond pulsar PSR B1937+21
("discovered")
→
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Arecibo Observatory
|
many new pulsars
("discovered")
→
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Arlington Springs Man site
|
Phil C. Orr
NERFINISHED
→
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Ascension Island
|
Portuguese navigators
→
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Baade’s Window
|
Walter Baade
→
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Baade’s star
|
Walter Baade
→
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Barbara McClintock
|
genetic transposition
("discovered")
→
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Beagle Channel
|
European explorers in the 19th century
→
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Behbeit el-Hagar
|
European travelers in 19th century
→
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Bezymianny
|
Russian explorers
→
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Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain
|
Roy Acuff
("firstRecordedBy")
→
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Bochnia Royal Salt Mine
|
1248
("discovered")
→
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Bouvet Island
|
Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier
→
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Boğazköy (Hattusa)
|
Charles Texier
→
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Bright's disease
|
Richard Bright
→
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Broca's area
|
Paul Broca
→
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Brownian motion
|
Robert Brown
→
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CB1 receptor
|
Lisa Matsuda
→
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CERN
|
Higgs boson
("discovered")
→
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CERN
|
W boson
("discovered")
→
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|
CERN
|
Z boson
("discovered")
→
|
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California Gold Rush
|
James W. Marshall
("discoverer")
→
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Calocedrus
|
botanists of the 19th century
→
|
|
Calypso Deep
|
RV Calypso
→
|
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Cancer
|
Ptolemy
("firstCatalogedBy")
→
|
|
Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy
|
Gérard F. Gilmore
→
|
|
Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy
|
Mike J. Irwin
→
|
|
Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy
|
Rodrigo A. Ibata
→
|
|
Cape of Good Hope
|
Bartolomeu Dias
("discoveredByEuropeans")
→
|
|
Caral
|
archaeologist Ruth Shady
→
|
|
Casiquiare canal
|
18th century explorers
("discoveredByEuropeans")
→
|
|
Cassini–Huygens
|
geysers on Enceladus
("discovered")
→
|
|
Cassini–Huygens
|
global subsurface ocean on Enceladus (evidence)
("discovered")
→
|
|
Cassini–Huygens
|
hydrocarbon lakes on Titan
("discovered")
→
|
|
Catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa
|
early 20th century
("discovered")
→
|
|
Catacombs of Rome
|
rediscovered in the 16th century
("discovered")
→
|
|
Central Indian Ridge
|
marine geophysical surveys
→
|
|
Ceres
|
Giuseppe Piazzi
→
|
|
Challenger Deep
|
HMS Challenger expedition
→
|
|
Chalybeate Spring
|
Dudley North, 3rd Baron North
→
|
|
Chamisso Island
|
Otto von Kotzebue
→
|
|
Chatham Islands
|
1791
("discoveredByEuropeans")
→
|
|
Chavín culture
|
Antonio Raimondi
→
|
|
Chavín de Huántar
|
Antonio Raimondi
→
|
|
Chicxulub impact crater
|
Antonio Camargo
→
|
|
Chicxulub impact crater
|
Glen Penfield
→
|
|
Chile Rise
|
marine geophysical surveys
→
|
|
Christiaan Huygens
|
Titan
("discovered")
→
|
|
Christian Bohr
|
Bohr effect
("discovered")
NERFINISHED
→
|
|
Christmas Island
|
William Mynors
→
|
|
Clive Davis
|
Alicia Keys
("discovered")
→
|
|
Clive Davis
|
Barry Manilow
("discovered")
→
|
|
Clive Davis
|
Chicago
("discovered")
→
|
|
Clive Davis
|
Earth, Wind & Fire
("discovered")
→
|
|
Clive Davis
|
Janis Joplin
("discovered")
→
|
|
Clive Davis
|
Santana
("discovered")
→
|
|
Clive Davis
|
Whitney Houston
("discovered")
→
|
|
Cobb Offset
|
marine geophysical surveys
→
|
|
Cobá
|
John Lloyd Stephens
→
|
|
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
|
William Keeling
→
|
|
Code of Hammurabi
|
French archaeological expedition
→
|
|
Codex Sinaiticus
|
Constantin von Tischendorf
→
|
|
Coloma, California
|
James W. Marshall
("goldDiscoveredBy")
→
|
|
Conway groups
|
John Horton Conway
→
|
|
Crater Glacier
|
volcanologists studying Mount St. Helens after 1980 eruption
→
|
|
Cuban Missile Crisis
|
US U-2 reconnaissance flights
→
|
|
Cyrus Cylinder
|
Hormuzd Rassam
→
|
|
Daitō Islands
|
Meiji period settlers
("discoveredByModernJapan")
→
|
|
Dawn
|
evidence of hydrated minerals on Ceres
("discovered")
→
|
|
Dawn
|
evidence of subsurface ice on Ceres
("discovered")
→
|
|
Dead Sea Scrolls
|
Bedouin shepherds
GENERATED
→
|
|
Diomede Islands
|
Vitus Bering
→
|
|
Djimon Hounsou
|
Thierry Mugler
→
|
|
Domus Aurea
|
Renaissance artists
("rediscoveredBy")
→
|
|
Domus Aurea
|
late 15th century
("discovered")
→
|
|
East Pacific Rise
|
oceanographic surveys
→
|
|
Easter Island
|
Jacob Roggeveen
("discoveredByEuropeans")
→
|
|
Edwin Hubble
|
relationship between redshift and distance of galaxies
("discovered")
→
|
|
El Niño
|
Peruvian fishermen
→
|
|
El Tajín
|
1785
("discoveredByEuropeans")
→
|
|
El Tajín
|
Diego Ruiz
("discoverer")
→
|
|
Ellesmere Island
|
10th century Norse (possible) and later 17th–19th century explorers
("discoveredByEuropeans")
→
|
|
Eris
|
Chad Trujillo
→
|
|
Eris
|
David L. Rabinowitz
→
|
|
Eris
|
Michael E. Brown
→
|
|
Esmeralda Bank
|
oceanographic surveys
→
|
|
Explorer 1
|
Van Allen radiation belts
("discovererOf")
→
|
|
Explorer Ridge
|
marine geophysical surveys
→
|
|
FMNH PR 2081
|
Sue Hendrickson
→
|
|
Faraday's law of induction
|
Michael Faraday
("historicalDiscoveryBy")
→
|
|
Fermium
|
Albert Ghiorso
("wasDiscoveredBy")
→
|
|
Fermium
|
Berkeley team at University of California
("wasDiscoveredBy")
→
|
|
Flint water crisis
|
independent researchers and local activists
→
|
|
Forecast Seamount
|
marine geophysical surveys
→
|
|
Fraser River
|
Simon Fraser
("discoveredByEuropeans")
→
|
|
Frederick Banting
|
insulin
("discovered")
→
|
|
Frederick Gowland Hopkins
|
essential amino acid tryptophan
("discovered")
→
|
|
Fritz Zwicky
|
evidence for missing mass in the Coma cluster
("discovered")
→
|
|
Gakkel Ridge
|
Soviet Arctic expeditions
→
|
|
Galilean moons
|
Galileo Galilei
→
|
|
Galileo Galilei
|
Galilean moons
("discovered")
→
|
|
Galileo Galilei
|
four largest moons of Jupiter
("discovered")
→
|
|
Galileo Galilei
|
mountains and craters on the Moon
("discovered")
→
|
|
Galileo Galilei
|
phases of Venus
("discovered")
→
|
|
Galileo Galilei
|
sunspot rotation of the Sun
("discovered")
→
|
|
Galileo spacecraft
|
Dactyl
("discovered")
→
|
|
Galileo spacecraft
|
intense volcanic activity on Io
("discovered")
→
|
|
Galileo spacecraft
|
magnetic field of Ganymede
("discovered")
→
|
|
Galileo spacecraft
|
subsurface ocean evidence on Europa
("discovered")
→
|
|
Galápagos Islands
|
Fray Tomás de Berlanga
("discoveredByEuropeans")
→
|
|
George Ellery Hale
|
magnetic fields in sunspots
("discovered")
→
|
|
Gilbert Islands
|
European explorers
→
|
|
Glenn T. Seaborg
|
americium
("discovered")
→
|
|
Glenn T. Seaborg
|
berkelium
("discovered")
→
|
|
Glenn T. Seaborg
|
californium
("discovered")
→
|
|
Glenn T. Seaborg
|
curium
("discovered")
→
|
|
Glenn T. Seaborg
|
einsteinium
("discovered")
→
|
|
Glenn T. Seaborg
|
fermium
("discovered")
→
|
|
Glenn T. Seaborg
|
mendelevium
("discovered")
→
|
|
Glenn T. Seaborg
|
nobelium
("discovered")
→
|
|
Glenn T. Seaborg
|
plutonium
("discovered")
→
|
|
Glenn T. Seaborg
|
seaborgium
("discovered")
→
|
|
Govetts Leap
|
William Romaine Govett
→
|
|
Graham Land
|
early 19th-century explorers
→
|
|
Greenwich Island
|
early 19th-century sealers
→
|
|
Grotte de Bétharram
|
Léon Ross
→
|
|
Grotte de Dargilan
|
Armand Viré
NERFINISHED
→
|
|
Grotte de Mas d’Azil
|
local inhabitants
→
|
|
Grotte de Pech Merle
|
André David
→
|
|
Grotte de Pech Merle
|
Henri Dutetre
NERFINISHED
→
|
|
Guadalcanal
|
Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira
("discoveredByEuropeans")
→
|
|
Gulf St Vincent
|
Matthew Flinders
("discoveredByEuropeans")
→
|
|
Gulf Stream
|
Ponce de León
→
|
|
Haumea
|
José Luis Ortiz Moreno
→
|
|
Haumea
|
Sierra Nevada Observatory team
→
|
|
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes
|
superconductivity
("discovered")
→
|
|
Heinrich Hertz
|
electromagnetic waves in free space
("discovered")
→
|
|
Heinrich Hertz
|
radio waves
("discovered")
→
|
|
Henri Becquerel
|
natural radioactivity
("discovered")
→
|
|
Henri Becquerel
|
radioactivity of uranium salts
("discovered")
→
|
|
Henry Cavendish
|
hydrogen
("discovered")
→
|
|
Henry Cavendish
|
inflammable air (hydrogen)
("discovered")
→
|
|
Hiram Bingham III
|
Machu Picchu (to the outside world)
("discovered")
→
|
|
Hispaniola
|
Christopher Columbus
("discoveredByEuropeans")
→
|
|
Horizon Deep
|
bathymetric survey
→
|
|
Hudson Bay
|
Henry Hudson
("discoveredByEuropeans")
→
|
|
Hudson River
|
Henry Hudson
→
|
|
Hudson Strait
|
Henry Hudson
→
|
|
Hyperion
|
George Phillips Bond
→
|
|
Hyperion
|
William Cranch Bond
→
|
|
Hyperion
|
William Lassell
→
|
|
Indian Ocean Ridge system
|
mid-20th century marine geophysical surveys
→
|
|
Isla Salas y Gómez
|
Spanish sailors
→
|
|
J. Cole
|
Jay-Z
→
|
|
J. J. Thomson
|
electron
("discovered")
→
|
|
Jacob Roggeveen
|
Bora Bora for Europe
("discovered")
→
|
|
Jacob Roggeveen
|
Easter Island for Europe
("discovered")
→
|
|
Jacob Roggeveen
|
Samoa for Europe
("discovered")
→
|
|
James Chadwick
|
neutron
("discovered")
→
|
|
James W. Marshall
|
gold at Sutter’s Mill
("discovered")
→
|
|
John H. Hammond Jr.
|
Aretha Franklin
("discovered")
→
|
|
John H. Hammond Jr.
|
Billie Holiday
("discovered")
→
|
|
John H. Hammond Jr.
|
Bob Dylan
("discovered")
→
|
|
John H. Hammond Jr.
|
Bruce Springsteen
("discovered")
→
|
|
John H. Hammond Jr.
|
Count Basie
("discovered")
→
|
|
John H. Hammond Jr.
|
Leonard Cohen
("discovered")
→
|
|
Joinville Island group
|
19th-century Antarctic explorers
→
|
|
Joseph Black
|
carbon dioxide as a distinct chemical species
("discovered")
→
|
|
Joseph Black
|
latent heat
("discovered")
→
|
|
Joseph Black
|
specific heat capacity
("discovered")
→
|
|
Joseph Priestley
|
oxygen
("discovered")
→
|
|
Joseph Priestley
|
several gases including nitrous oxide and ammonia
("discovered")
→
|
|
Juan Fernández Islands
|
Juan Fernández
→
|
|
Jupiter
|
prehistoric astronomers
→
|
|
Justin Bieber
|
Scooter Braun
→
|
|
K2
|
Thomas Montgomerie
("discoveredBySurvey")
→
|
|
Katyn massacre
|
Nazi Germany
→
|
|
Kerguelen Islands
|
Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec
→
|
|
Kermadec Islands
|
Jean-Michel Huon de Kermadec
→
|
|
King George Island
|
William Smith (British mariner)
→
|
|
Knossos
|
Minos Kalokairinos
→
|
|
Kraken Mare
|
Cassini–Huygens mission
→
|
|
Kuiper Belt object
|
(15760) 1992 QB1
("firstConfirmedDiscovery")
→
|
|
Kuiper Belt object
|
astronomer
→
|
|
Lahun Pyramid
|
Flinders Petrie
→
|
|
Lake Champlain
|
Samuel de Champlain
("discoveredByEuropeans")
GENERATED
→
|
|
Laniakea Supercluster
|
Brent Tully
→
|
|
Laniakea Supercluster
|
Daniel Pomarède
→
|
|
Laniakea Supercluster
|
Hélène Courtois
→
|
|
Laniakea Supercluster
|
Yehuda Hoffman
→
|
|
Lanzón monolith
|
archaeologist Julio C. Tello
→
|
|
Lapis Niger
|
Giacomo Boni
→
|
|
Large Hadron Collider
|
ATLAS
("HiggsBosonDiscoveryExperiments")
→
|
|
Large Hadron Collider
|
CMS
("HiggsBosonDiscoveryExperiments")
→
|
|
Lavinia Norcross Dickinson
|
Emily Dickinson’s cache of poems after Emily’s death
("discovered")
→
|
|
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
|
americium
("discovered")
→
|
|
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
|
berkelium
("discovered")
→
|
|
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
|
californium
("discovered")
→
|
|
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
|
curium
("discovered")
→
|
|
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
|
einsteinium
("discovered")
→
|
|
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
|
fermium
("discovered")
→
|
|
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
|
lawrencium
("discovered")
→
|
|
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
|
mendelevium
("discovered")
→
|
|
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
|
neptunium
("discovered")
→
|
|
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
|
nobelium
("discovered")
→
|
|
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
|
plutonium
("discovered")
→
|
|
Lehman Caves
|
Absalom Lehman
→
|
|
Leon Lederman
|
bottom quark
("co-discovered")
→
|
|
Leon Lederman
|
muon neutrino
("co-discovered")
→
|
|
LiberationOfAuschwitz
|
crematoria at Auschwitz
("discovered")
→
|
|
LiberationOfAuschwitz
|
gas chambers at Auschwitz
("discovered")
→
|
|
LiberationOfAuschwitz
|
mass graves
("discovered")
→
|
|
LiberationOfAuschwitz
|
warehouses of victims’ belongings
("discovered")
→
|
|
Ligeia Mare
|
Cassini–Huygens mission
→
|
|
Linear B inscriptions
|
Arthur Evans
("notableDiscoverer")
→
|
|
Linear B inscriptions
|
archaeologists
→
|
|
Lion Capital of Ashoka
|
F. O. Oertel
→
|
|
Lise Meitner
|
nuclear fission (theoretical explanation)
("discovered")
→
|
|
Lockheed bribery scandals
|
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission investigations
→
|
|
Lockheed bribery scandals
|
U.S. Senate hearings
→
|
|
Lomonosov Ridge
|
Soviet Arctic expeditions
→
|
|
Lord Rayleigh
|
argon
("discovered")
→
|
|
Luray Caverns
|
Andrew Campbell
→
|
|
Luray Caverns
|
Benton Stebbins
→
|
|
Luray Caverns
|
William Campbell
→
|
|
M13
|
Edmond Halley
→
|
|
Machu Picchu
|
Hiram Bingham
("rediscoveredBy")
→
|
|
Mackenzie River
|
Alexander Mackenzie
("discoveredByEuropeans")
→
|
|
Madden–Julian Oscillation
|
Paul R. Julian
NERFINISHED
→
|
|
Madden–Julian Oscillation
|
Roland A. Madden
NERFINISHED
→
|
|
Magellan–Elcano expedition
|
Strait of Magellan
("discovered")
→
|
|
Makemake
|
Chad Trujillo
→
|
|
Makemake
|
David Rabinowitz
→
|
|
Makemake
|
Hubble Space Telescope
("satelliteDiscoveredBy")
→
|
|
Makemake
|
Michael E. Brown
→
|
|
Manila–Acapulco route
|
Andrés de Urdaneta
("discovererOrInventor")
→
|
|
Mariana subduction zone
|
early 20th century oceanographic expeditions
→
|
|
Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias
|
mid-19th century
("discoveredByEuropeans")
→
|
|
Mark Twain Cave
|
Jack Simms
→
|
|
Mars Express
|
subsurface water ice deposits at Mars south pole
("discovered")
→
|
|
Meconopsis
|
European botanists in the 19th century
→
|
|
Meissner effect
|
Robert Ochsenfeld
→
|
|
Meissner effect
|
Walther Meissner
→
|
|
Mercury
|
prehistoric astronomers
→
|
|
Merseburg Incantations
|
Georg Waitz
GENERATED
→
|
|
Metonic cycle
|
Meton of Athens
→
|
|
Michel Eugène Chevreul
|
margaric acid
("discovered")
→
|
|
Michel Eugène Chevreul
|
oleic acid
("discovered")
→
|
|
Michel Eugène Chevreul
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stearic acid
("discovered")
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Mid-Atlantic Ridge
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Marie Tharp
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Milwaukee Deep
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USS Milwaukee
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Minoan civilization
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Arthur Evans
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Mohenjo-daro
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R. D. Banerji
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Molloy Deep
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bathymetric surveys in the 20th century
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Mount Foster
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Edward Bransfield
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Mount Foster
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William Smith
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Mount Jackson
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United States Antarctic Service Expedition
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Mount Nivea
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James Weddell expedition
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Mount St. Helens
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George Vancouver
("discoveredByEuropeans")
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Mount Tambora
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early 19th century European explorers
("discoveredByWesterners")
→
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Musashi
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2015
("discovered")
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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Robert Koch
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NW Rota-1
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NOAA scientists
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Nazca Lines
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early 20th century
("discoveredByModernScience")
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Neptune
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Johann Galle
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Neptune
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Urbain Le Verrier
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New Siberian Islands
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Russian explorers
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Norfolk Island
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James Cook
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Norton Sound
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James Cook
("discoveredByEuropeans")
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OGLE-I survey
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gravitational microlensing events
("discovered")
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OGLE-I survey
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numerous variable stars
("discovered")
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Onchocerca volvulus
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Rudolph Leuckart
→
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Oppenheimer–Phillips process
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J. Robert Oppenheimer
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Oppenheimer–Phillips process
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Melba Phillips
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Orcus
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Chad Trujillo
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Orcus
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David Rabinowitz
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Orcus
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Michael E. Brown
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Orinoco River
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Christopher Columbus
("discoveredByEuropeans")
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Our Lady of Kazan
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Matrona (young girl, according to tradition)
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Pacific Decadal Oscillation
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Steven R. Hare
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Pacific-Antarctic Ridge
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marine geophysical surveys
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Palenque
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18th century explorers
("discoveredByEuropeans")
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Paracas culture
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Julio C. Tello
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Parícutin
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Dionisio Pulido
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Patagotitan mayorum
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Diego Pol
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Patagotitan mayorum
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José Luis Carballido
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Paul Broca
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Broca's area
("discovered")
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Paul Steinhardt
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natural quasicrystals in meteorites
("discovered")
→
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Paweł Edmund Strzelecki
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Mount Kosciuszko
("discovered")
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Pedro Álvares Cabral
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Brazil for Europe
("discovered")
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Petra
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Johann Ludwig Burckhardt
("modernDiscoveryBy")
→
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Philippine Trench
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Danish Galathea expedition
→
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Phoebe
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William Henry Pickering
→
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Pitcairn Islands
|
Philip Carteret
("discoveredByEuropeans")
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Pleiades
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prehistoric observers
→
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Pluto
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Clyde Tombaugh
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Porto Santo Island
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Portuguese navigators
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Pribilof Islands
|
Gavriil Pribylov
NERFINISHED
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Pribilof Islands
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Russian explorers
→
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Professor Trevor Bruttenholm
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Hellboy
("discovererOf")
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Puerto Rico Trench
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early 20th century soundings
→
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Punga Mare
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Cassini–Huygens mission
→
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Quaoar
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Chad Trujillo
→
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Quaoar
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Michael E. Brown
→
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Quaoar
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Michael E. Brown
("satelliteDiscoveredBy")
→
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Ramanujan partition congruences
|
Srinivasa Ramanujan
("discoverer")
→
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Redonda
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Christopher Columbus
("discoveredByEuropeans")
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Robert Ballard
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hydrothermal vents in the Galápagos Rift area
("discovered")
→
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Robert Ballard
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wreck of German battleship Bismarck
("discovered")
→
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Robert Ballard
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wreck of PT-109
("discovered")
→
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Robert Ballard
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wreck of RMS Titanic
("discovered")
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Robert Ballard
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wreck of aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-5)
("discovered")
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Robert Brown
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Brownian motion
("discovered")
→
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Robert Bunsen
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cesium
("discovered")
→
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Robert Bunsen
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rubidium
("discovered")
→
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Robert Koch
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Bacillus anthracis
("discovered")
→
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Robert Koch
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis
("discovered")
→
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Robert Koch
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Vibrio cholerae
("discovered")
→
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Robinson Crusoe Island
|
Juan Fernández
→
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Rongorongo
|
Eugène Eyraud
→
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Room of the Three Windows
|
Hiram Bingham III
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Rosetta Stone
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French soldiers
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Rosetta Stone
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Pierre-François Bouchard
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Ross Sea
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James Clark Ross
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Rubin Ridge
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orbital imaging prior to Curiosity landing
→
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Russell’s paradox
|
Bertrand Russell
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Röntgen radiation
|
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen
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SUE the T. rex
|
Sue Hendrickson
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Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy
|
Geraint F. Lewis
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Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy
|
Michael J. Irwin
→
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Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy
|
Rodrigo Ibata
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Saint Helena
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João da Nova
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Sam Phillips
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B.B. King
("discovered")
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Sam Phillips
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Carl Perkins
("discovered")
→
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Sam Phillips
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Elvis Presley
("discovered")
→
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Sam Phillips
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Howlin' Wolf
("discovered")
→
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Sam Phillips
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Jerry Lee Lewis
("discovered")
→
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Sam Phillips
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Johnny Cash
("discovered")
→
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Sambisari Temple
|
local farmer
→
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San Andreas Fault
|
Andrew Lawson
→
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San Jacinto Fault Zone
|
late 19th century
("discovered")
→
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San Lorenzo Tenochtitlán
|
Matthew Stirling
→
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Santa Isabel Island
|
Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira
("discoveredByEuropeans")
→
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Schwarzschild radius
|
Karl Schwarzschild
→
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Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities
|
existence of President Nixon’s White House taping system
("discovered")
→
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Shibasaburo Kitasato
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tetanus bacillus in pure culture
("discovered")
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Shirshov Ridge
|
Soviet marine geologists
→
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Sigsbee Deep
|
U.S. Navy hydrographic surveys
→
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Sirena Deep
|
oceanographic surveys in late 20th century
→
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Skara Brae
|
1850
("discovered")
→
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Skyline Caverns
|
Walter S. Amos
NERFINISHED
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Small Magellanic Cloud
|
known to ancient southern observers
→
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Smith Island
|
William Smith
NERFINISHED
→
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Sojiwan Temple
|
19th century
("discovered")
→
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Solar System
|
humans in prehistory
→
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Solomon Islands
|
Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira
NERFINISHED
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Somali Current
|
European navigators during early Indian Ocean exploration
→
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South Orkney Islands
|
George Powell
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South Orkney Islands
|
Nathaniel Palmer
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South Shetland Islands
|
William Smith
→
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Southeast Indian Ridge
|
marine geophysical surveys
→
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Southern Oscillation
|
Gilbert Walker
→
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Southern Ring Nebula
|
John Herschel
→
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Southwest Indian Ridge
|
marine geophysical surveys
→
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Stark effect
|
Johannes Stark
→
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Stellwagen Bank
|
Henry Stellwagen
→
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Step Pyramid of Djoser
|
ancient Egyptians
→
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Stephan's Quintet
|
Édouard Stephan
→
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Strait of Magellan
|
Ferdinand Magellan
("discoveredByEuropeans")
→
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Sue Hendrickson
|
Tyrannosaurus rex specimen "Sue"
("discovered")
→
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Sun–Earth L2
|
Joseph-Louis Lagrange
→
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Sutherland Falls
|
Donald Sutherland
→
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Sutter's Mill
|
James W. Marshall
("discoverer")
→
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Szilard–Chalmers effect
|
Leó Szilárd
NERFINISHED
→
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Szilard–Chalmers effect
|
Thomas A. Chalmers
NERFINISHED
→
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Tahiti
|
Samuel Wallis
("discoveredByEuropeans")
→
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Taygete
|
David C. Jewitt
→
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Taygete
|
Jan T. Kleyna
→
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Taygete
|
Scott S. Sheppard
→
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Taygete
|
Yanga R. Fernández
→
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Tethys
|
Giovanni Domenico Cassini
→
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Tevatron
|
top quark
("discovered")
→
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The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)
|
Nat King Cole Trio
("firstRecordedBy")
→
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The Smoke that Thunders
|
David Livingstone
("firstEuropeanRecordedBy")
→
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The Taking of Christ
|
1990
("discovered")
→
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This Land Is Your Land
|
Woody Guthrie
("firstRecordedBy")
→
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Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak
|
1944
("discovered")
→
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Titan
|
Christiaan Huygens
→
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Tocharian languages
|
Albert von Le Coq
→
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Tocharian languages
|
Aurel Stein
→
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Triangulum Galaxy
|
Giovanni Battista Hodierna
→
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Tristan da Cunha
|
Tristão da Cunha
→
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Trowulan
|
European scholars in the 19th century
→
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Tycho Brahe
|
that SN 1572 was a supernova beyond the Moon
("discovered")
→
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Ulam spiral
|
Stanislaw Ulam
→
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Uranus
|
William Herschel
→
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Uxmal
|
16th century Spanish chroniclers
("discoveredByEuropeans")
→
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VX
|
J. F. Newman
→
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VX
|
Ranajit Ghosh
→
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Varuna
|
A. H. B. Whipple
→
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Varuna
|
K. Sarneczky
→
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Varuna
|
R. S. McMillan
→
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Venus
|
prehistoric observers
→
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Verner's law
|
Karl Verner
→
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Vibrio cholerae
|
Filippo Pacini
→
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Victoria Falls
|
David Livingstone
("discoveredByEuropeansBy")
→
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Victoria Nile
|
John Hanning Speke
("discoveredByEuropeans")
→
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Vindolanda
|
Vindolanda tablets
("discovered")
→
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Vinson Massif
|
U.S. Navy aerial photography
→
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Voyager 2
|
detailed study of Uranus rings and moons
("discoveriesAtUranus")
→
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W boson
|
UA1 experiment
("wasDiscoveredBy")
→
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W boson
|
UA2 experiment
("wasDiscoveredBy")
→
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WASP-96b
|
Wide Angle Search for Planets
→
|
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Walker Pass
|
Joseph R. Walker
("discoveredByEuropeans")
→
|
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Wallace Line
|
Alfred Russel Wallace
NERFINISHED
→
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Walter Baade
|
Baade’s Window
("discovered")
→
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Walter Baade
|
asteroid 1036 Ganymed
("discovered")
→
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Walter Baade
|
asteroid 944 Hidalgo
("discovered")
→
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Walter Baade
|
several asteroids
("discovered")
→
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|
Walter Baade
|
stellar population I
("discovered")
→
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Walter Baade
|
stellar population II
("discovered")
→
|
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Walther Meissner
|
Meissner effect
("discovered")
→
|
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Weddell Sea
|
James Weddell
→
|
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West Antarctic Rift System
|
geophysical investigations in the 20th century
→
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Wheeler Peak Glacier
|
Euro-American explorers in the late 19th or early 20th century
→
|
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Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
|
Pete Seeger
("firstRecordedBy")
NERFINISHED
→
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Whidbey Island
|
George Vancouver
→
|
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White House tapes
|
during Senate Watergate hearings
("discovered")
→
|
|
Wilhelm Röntgen
|
Röntgen radiation
("discovered")
→
|
|
Wilhelm Röntgen
|
X-rays
("discovered")
→
|
|
William Smith
|
South Shetland Islands
("discovered")
→
|
|
Winged Victory of Samothrace
|
Charles Champoiseau
→
|
|
Wuchereria bancrofti
|
Otto Wucherer
NERFINISHED
→
|
|
Yersinia pestis
|
Alexandre Yersin
→
|
|
Z boson
|
CERN
→
|
|
Z boson
|
UA1 experiment
→
|
|
Z boson
|
UA1 experiment
→
|
|
Z boson
|
UA2 experiment
→
|
|
Z boson
|
UA2 experiment
→
|
|
Zakros
|
early 20th century
("discovered")
→
|
|
Zeeman effect
|
Pieter Zeeman
→
|
|
einsteinium
|
Albert Ghiorso
→
|
|
einsteinium
|
Berkeley Lab scientists
→
|
|
lawrencium
|
Albert Ghiorso
→
|
|
lawrencium
|
Almon E. Larsh
NERFINISHED
→
|
|
lawrencium
|
Robert M. Latimer
→
|
|
lawrencium
|
Torbjørn Sikkeland
→
|
|
mendelevium
|
Albert Ghiorso
("discoverer")
→
|
|
mendelevium
|
Bernard G. Harvey
("discoverer")
NERFINISHED
→
|
|
mendelevium
|
Glenn T. Seaborg
("discoverer")
→
|
|
mendelevium
|
Gregory R. Choppin
("discoverer")
→
|
|
mendelevium
|
Stanley G. Thompson
("discoverer")
NERFINISHED
→
|
|
tau lepton
|
Martin Perl
→
|
|
tau neutrino
|
DONUT experiment
→
|
|
voyages of Henry the Navigator
|
Azores (for Portugal)
("discovered")
NERFINISHED
→
|
|
voyages of Henry the Navigator
|
Madeira Islands (for Portugal)
("discovered")
→
|
|
zanamivir
|
Mark von Itzstein
→
|
|
Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira
|
Solomon Islands
("discovered")
→
|
|
Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum
|
workers installing a cistern
→
|