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Fred Lawrence Whipple

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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Known for
Composition of comets Whipple shield Operation Moonwatch
Education
University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Berkeley
Born
(1906-11-05)November 5, 1906 Red Oak, Iowa, U.S.
Died
August 30, 2004(2004-08-30) (aged 97) Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Doctoral advisor
Donald Menzel, Armin Leuschner
Doctoral students
Leland Cunningham James W. Warwick Harlan James Smith Frances Woodworth Wright Joseph Veverka

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Born · 1
Fred Lawrence Whipple → (1906-11-05)November 5, 1906 Red Oak, Iowa, U.S.
Died · 1
Fred Lawrence Whipple → August 30, 2004(2004-08-30) (aged 97) Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Doctoral advisor · 1
Fred Lawrence Whipple → Donald Menzel, Armin Leuschner
Doctoral students · 1
Fred Lawrence Whipple → Leland Cunningham James W. Warwick Harlan James Smith Frances Woodworth Wright Joseph Veverka
Education · 1
Fred Lawrence Whipple → University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Berkeley
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Fred Lawrence Whipple → Astronomy
Known for · 1
Fred Lawrence Whipple → Composition of comets Whipple shield Operation Moonwatch
Thesis · 1
Fred Lawrence Whipple → A Spectrophotometric Study of the Cepheid Variables η Aquilae and δ Cephei (1931)

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whipple comet observatory fred comets became harvard space first lawrence university also smithsonian called astronomy college one network 1955 project

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Fred Lawrence WhippleBorn(1906-11-05)November 5, 1906 Red Oak, Iowa, U.S.1.00infobox
Fred Lawrence WhippleDiedAugust 30, 2004(2004-08-30) (aged 97) Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.1.00infobox
Fred Lawrence WhippleDoctoral advisorDonald Menzel, Armin Leuschner1.00infobox
Fred Lawrence WhippleDoctoral studentsLeland Cunningham James W. Warwick Harlan James Smith Frances Woodworth Wright Joseph Veverka1.00infobox
Fred Lawrence WhippleEducationUniversity of California, Los Angeles University of California, Berkeley1.00infobox
Fred Lawrence WhippleFieldsAstronomy1.00infobox
Fred Lawrence WhippleKnown forComposition of comets Whipple shield Operation Moonwatch1.00infobox
Fred Lawrence WhippleThesisA Spectrophotometric Study of the Cepheid Variables η Aquilae and δ Cephei (1931)1.00infobox
Fred Lawrence WhippleWorkplacesHarvard College Observatory, Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics1.00infobox
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Fred Lawrence Whipplerelated to Early life and educationRed Oak0.60section
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