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Fred Lawrence Whipple (November 5, 1906 – August 30, 2004) was an American astronomer, who worked at the Harvard College Observatory for more than 70 years. Among his achievements were asteroid and comet discoveries, the "dirty snowball" hypothesis of comets, and the invention of the Whipple shield.
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TTTA extracted 44 structured relationships around Fred Lawrence Whipple. Examples in this analysis include Fred Lawrence Whipple → Born → (1906-11-05)November 5, 1906 Red Oak, Iowa, U.S. and Fred Lawrence Whipple → Died → August 30, 2004(2004-08-30) (aged 97) Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Lawrence Whipple | Born | (1906-11-05)November 5, 1906 Red Oak, Iowa, U.S. | 1.00 | infobox |
| Fred Lawrence Whipple | Died | August 30, 2004(2004-08-30) (aged 97) Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. | 1.00 | infobox |
| Fred Lawrence Whipple | Doctoral advisor | Donald Menzel, Armin Leuschner | 1.00 | infobox |
| Fred Lawrence Whipple | Doctoral students | Leland Cunningham James W. Warwick Harlan James Smith Frances Woodworth Wright Joseph Veverka | 1.00 | infobox |
| Fred Lawrence Whipple | Education | University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Berkeley | 1.00 | infobox |
| Fred Lawrence Whipple | Fields | Astronomy | 1.00 | infobox |
| Fred Lawrence Whipple | Known for | Composition of comets Whipple shield Operation Moonwatch | 1.00 | infobox |
| Fred Lawrence Whipple | Thesis | A Spectrophotometric Study of the Cepheid Variables η Aquilae and δ Cephei (1931) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Fred Lawrence Whipple | Workplaces | Harvard College Observatory, Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics | 1.00 | infobox |
| Fred Lawrence Whipple | related to Early life and education | November | 0.60 | section |
| Fred Lawrence Whipple | related to Early life and education | Red Oak | 0.60 | section |
| Fred Lawrence Whipple | related to Early life and education | Iowa | 0.60 | section |
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Source: Wikipedia — Fred Lawrence Whipple · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout