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Catherine Cesarsky (born 1943), Argentinian–French astrophysicist. Merieme Chadid (born 1969), Moroccan-French astronomer. Kyongae Chang (born 1946), South Korean astrophysicist and instructor. Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Meiningen (1751–1827), German noble and patron of astronomy. Jun Chen, Chinese–American astronomer.
Henrietta Swan Leavitt (/ ˈlɛvɪt /; July 4, 1868 – December 12, 1921 [2]) was an American astronomer. [1] Her discovery of how to effectively measure vast distances to remote galaxies led to a shift in the scale and understanding of the scale and the nature of the universe. [3] Nomination of Leavitt for the Nobel Prize had to be halted ...
This is a timeline of women in science, spanning from ancient history up to the 21st century. While the timeline primarily focuses on women involved with natural sciences such as astronomy, biology, chemistry and physics, it also includes women from the social sciences (e.g. sociology, psychology) and the formal sciences (e.g. mathematics ...
This is a historical list dealing with women scientists in the 20th century. During this time period, women working in scientific fields were rare. Women at this time faced barriers in higher education and often denied access to scientific institutions; in the Western world, the first-wave feminist movement began to break down many of these ...
The following is a list of astronomers, astrophysicists and other notable people who have made contributions to the field of astronomy.They may have won major prizes or awards, developed or invented widely used techniques or technologies within astronomy, or are directors of major observatories or heads of space-based telescope projects.
Caroline Lucretia Herschel [1] (/ ˈ h ɜːr ʃ əl, ˈ h ɛər ʃ əl / HUR-shəl, HAIR-shəl, [2] German: [kaʁoˈliːnə ˈhɛʁʃl̩]; 16 March 1750 – 9 January 1848) was a German astronomer, [3] whose most significant contributions to astronomy were the discoveries of several comets, including the periodic comet 35P/Herschel–Rigollet, which bears her name. [4]
Katherine Johnson Johnson in 1983 Born Creola Katherine Coleman (1918-08-26) August 26, 1918 White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, U.S. Died February 24, 2020 (2020-02-24) (aged 101) Newport News, Virginia, U.S. Other names Katherine Goble Education West Virginia State University (BS) Occupation Mathematician Employers NACA NASA (1953–1986) Known for Calculating trajectories for NASA ...
Conny Aerts. Aglaonice. Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs. Zinaida Aksentyeva. Al-ʻIjliyyah. Christine Allen (astronomer) Kathrin Altwegg. Anja Cetti Andersen. Alice Archenhold.