Historical astronomy

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121Obsolete scientific theories / Space / Nicolaus Copernicus / De revolutionibus orbium coelestium / Heliocentrism / Geocentric model / Celestial spheres / Galileo Galilei / Georg Joachim Rheticus / Astronomy / Science / Astronomers

Thinking Outside the Box! When something is referred to as a “classic,” what does that mean to you? For example a “classic” car reflects a style and design that has become associated with a historical era. Mercur

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Source URL: dawn.jpl.nasa.gov

Language: English - Date: 2011-02-02 14:51:14
122James Gilbert Baker / Opticians / Astrophysics / Arthur Eddington / Donald Howard Menzel / Hans Bethe / Science / Physics / Fellows of the Royal Society

1545 Obituaries Prepared by the Historical Astronomy Division JAMES GILBERT BAKER, 1914–2005 Dr. James Gilbert Baker, renowned astronomer and optical physicist, died 29 June 2005 at his home in Bedford, New

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Source URL: aas.org

Language: English - Date: 2012-08-01 15:52:45
123Astronomy / Astrophysics / Light sources / American Astronomical Society / Solar cycle / Corona / Space science / Sunspot / Sun / Plasma physics / Space plasmas / Physics

1 Obituaries Prepared by the Historical Astronomy Division ARTHUR EDWIN COVINGTON, 1913–2001 Arthur Edwin Covington, Canada’s first radio astronomer

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Language: English - Date: 2012-08-01 15:52:45
124Donald Edward Osterbrock / Observatory / Otto Struve / Frank K. Edmondson / Solar observatory / Science and technology in the United States / Delaware County /  Ohio / Astronomy

1453 Obituaries Prepared by the Historical Astronomy Division LAWRENCE HUGH ALLER, 1913–2003 The announcement still lies in my inbox: ‘‘Lawrence Aller died last Sunday.’’ On 16 March 2003, one of the world’s

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Language: English - Date: 2012-08-01 15:52:45
125Physical cosmology / Astroparticle physics / John N. Bahcall / Hans Bethe / Ralph Asher Alpher / George Gamow / Alpher–Bethe–Gamow paper / Robert Herman / Herbert Gursky / Physics / Science / Cosmologists

1051 Obituaries Prepared by the Historical Astronomy Division JOHN LOUIS AFRICANO III, 1951–2006 The orbital debris, space surveillance, and astronomical

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Language: English - Date: 2012-08-01 15:52:45
126Science / Space / Technology / Email / American Astronomical Society / Historical astronomy

FULL & ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION Complete pages 1-2 of the application in full and be sure to keep a copy for your files. Incomplete applications cannot be processed. Only completed forms will be considered for me

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Language: English - Date: 2013-12-12 15:22:37
127Wulff-Dieter Heintz / Sproul Observatory / United States Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station / Astrometry / Peter van de Kamp / Astrophysics / European Southern Observatory / Space Telescope Science Institute / Radio astronomy / Astronomy / Science / Space

1274 Obituaries Prepared by the Historical Astronomy Division WULFF-DIETER HEINTZ, [removed]Wulff Dieter Heintz, Professor Emeritus of Astronomy at

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Language: English - Date: 2012-08-01 15:52:45
128Astrophysics / Planetary science / Observatory / Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research / James Webb Space Telescope / Space science / Paul G. Abel / Samuel T. Durrance / Space / Science / Astronomy

1665 Obituaries Prepared by the Historical Astronomy Division DAVID FULMER BENDER, [removed]David Fulmer Bender died in San Diego, California, on

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Language: English - Date: 2012-08-01 15:52:45
129East Frisians / Sunspot / Vortices / Galileo Galilei / Christoph Scheiner / Johannes Fabricius / Maunder Minimum / Sun / Thomas Harriot / Science / Astronomy / Physics

The Historical Sunspot Record

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Source URL: chandra.harvard.edu

Language: English - Date: 2012-01-12 14:02:51
130Astrophysics / Astronomy / Light sources / Geomagnetism / Sun / Solar cycle / Solar wind / Geomagnetic storm / Heliosphere / Physics / Space plasmas / Plasma physics

Geomagnetic detection of the sectorial solar magnetic field and the historical peculiarity of minimum 23–24

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Source URL: geomag.usgs.gov

Language: English - Date: 2012-11-01 16:39:54
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