William Henry Pickering
American astronomer (1858–1938) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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William Henry Pickering (February 15, 1858 – January 16, 1938) was an American astronomer.[1] Pickering constructed and established several observatories or astronomical observation stations, notably including Percival Lowell's Flagstaff Observatory. He led solar eclipse expeditions and studied craters on the Moon, and hypothesized that changes in the appearance of the crater Eratosthenes were due to "lunar insects".[2] He spent much of the later part of his life at his private observatory in Jamaica.
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William Henry Pickering | |
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Born | February 15, 1858 |
Died | January 16, 1938(1938-01-16) (aged 79) |
Education | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1897) |
Relatives | Edward Charles Pickering |
Awards | Lalande Prize (1905) Prix Jules Janssen (1909) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Astronomy |
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