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Vesto Slipher

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Vesto Melvin Slipher (November 11, 1875 – November 8, 1969) was an American astronomer who performed the first measurements of radial velocities for galaxies, providing the empirical basis for the expansion of the universe. [1]

34 relations: Asteroid, Astronomer, Astrophysics Data System, Bruce Medal, Celestial sphere, Clyde Tombaugh, Earl C. Slipher, Edwin Hubble, Expansion of the universe, Flagstaff, Arizona, French Academy of Sciences, Galaxy, Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society, Henry Draper Medal, Hubble's law, Indiana Asteroid Program, Indiana University Bloomington, James Edward Keeler, Lalande Prize, Lowell Observatory, Milton L. Humason, Moon, Mulberry, Indiana, Planet, Pluto, Redshift, Slipher (lunar crater), Slipher (Martian crater), Sodium layer, Spectroscopy, The New York Times, United States, William Wallace Campbell, 1766 Slipher.

Asteroid

Asteroids are minor planets, especially those of the inner Solar System.

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Astronomer

An astronomer is a scientist in the field of astronomy who concentrates their studies on a specific question or field outside the scope of Earth.

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Astrophysics Data System

The Astrophysics Data System (ADS) is an online database of over eight million astronomy and physics papers from both peer reviewed and non-peer reviewed sources.

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Bruce Medal

The Catherine Wolfe Bruce Gold Medal is awarded every year by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific for outstanding lifetime contributions to astronomy.

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Celestial sphere

In astronomy and navigation, the celestial sphere is an abstract sphere with an arbitrarily large radius concentric to Earth.

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Clyde Tombaugh

Clyde William Tombaugh (February 4, 1906January 17, 1997) was an American astronomer.

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Earl C. Slipher

Earl Charles Slipher (March 25, 1883 – August 7, 1964) was an American astronomer.

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Edwin Hubble

Edwin Powell Hubble (November 20, 1889 – September 28, 1953) was an American astronomer.

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Expansion of the universe

The expansion of the universe is the increase of the distance between two distant parts of the universe with time.

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Flagstaff, Arizona

Flagstaff is a city in and the county seat of Coconino County in northern Arizona, in the southwestern United States.

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French Academy of Sciences

The French Academy of Sciences (French: Académie des sciences) is a learned society, founded in 1666 by Louis XIV at the suggestion of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, to encourage and protect the spirit of French scientific research.

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Galaxy

A galaxy is a gravitationally bound system of stars, stellar remnants, interstellar gas, dust, and dark matter.

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Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society

The Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) is the highest award given by the RAS.

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Henry Draper Medal

The Henry Draper Medal is awarded every 4 years by the United States National Academy of Sciences "for investigations in astronomical physics".

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Hubble's law

Hubble's law is the name for the observation in physical cosmology that.

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Indiana Asteroid Program

The Indiana Asteroid Program was a photographic astronomical survey of asteroids during 1949–1967, at the U.S. Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana.

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Indiana University Bloomington

Indiana University Bloomington (abbreviated "IU Bloomington" and colloquially referred to as "IU" or simply "Indiana") is a public research university in Bloomington, Indiana, United States.

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James Edward Keeler

James Edward Keeler (September 10, 1857 – August 12, 1900) was an American astronomer.

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Lalande Prize

The Lalande Prize (French: Prix Lalande) was an award for scientific advances in astronomy, given from 1802 until 1970 by the French Academy of Sciences.

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Lowell Observatory

Lowell Observatory is an astronomical observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, United States.

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Milton L. Humason

Milton La Salle Humason (August 19, 1891 – June 18, 1972) was an American astronomer.

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Moon

The Moon is an astronomical body that orbits planet Earth and is Earth's only permanent natural satellite.

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Mulberry, Indiana

Mulberry is a town in Madison Township, Clinton County, Indiana, United States.

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Planet

A planet is an astronomical body orbiting a star or stellar remnant that is massive enough to be rounded by its own gravity, is not massive enough to cause thermonuclear fusion, and has cleared its neighbouring region of planetesimals.

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Pluto

Pluto (minor planet designation: 134340 Pluto) is a dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt, a ring of bodies beyond Neptune.

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Redshift

In physics, redshift happens when light or other electromagnetic radiation from an object is increased in wavelength, or shifted to the red end of the spectrum.

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Slipher (lunar crater)

Slipher is a lunar impact crater, that is located in the northern latitudes on the far side of the Moon.

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Slipher (Martian crater)

Slipher is an impact crater in the Thaumasia quadrangle of Mars, located at 47.8°S latitude and 84.6°W longitude.

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Sodium layer

The sodium layer is a layer of neutral atoms of sodium within Earth's mesosphere.

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Spectroscopy

Spectroscopy is the study of the interaction between matter and electromagnetic radiation.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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William Wallace Campbell

William Wallace Campbell (April 11, 1862 – June 14, 1938) was an American astronomer, and director of Lick Observatory from 1901 to 1930.

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1766 Slipher

1766 Slipher, provisional designation, is a Paduan asteroid from the central regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 18 kilometers in diameter.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesto_Slipher

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