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Henrietta Swan Leavitt (* 4. Juli 1868 in Lancaster, Massachusetts; † 12. Dezember 1921 in Cambridge, Massachusetts) war eine US-amerikanische Astronomin. Sie entdeckte 1912 die Perioden-Leuchtkraft-Beziehung beim Sterntypus der Cepheiden, das heißt den Zusammenhang zwischen der absoluten Helligkeit dieser pulsierenden Sterne und der Periode ...
20 de may. de 2020 · Un retrato sin fechar de Henrietta Swan Leavitt. Patricia Sánchez Blázquez Pablo G. Pérez González 20 may 2020 - 17:34 Actualizado: 20 may 2020 - 17:43 CEST
28 de dic. de 2021 · Leavitt working at the Harvard College Observatory. On the evening of December 12, 1921, as 53-year old astronomer Henrietta Swan Leavitt succumbed to cancer, heavy rains fell from the skies over Cambridge, Massachusetts. After nearly 30 years at the Harvard College Observatory, Leavitt and her stars, hidden by rain clouds, parted ways.
Henrietta Swan Leavitt (Lancaster, 4 de julho de 1868 — Cambridge, 12 de dezembro de 1921) foi uma astrônoma norte-americana. Famosa por seu trabalho sobre estrelas variáveis , o resultado de suas pesquisas foi utilizado por Edwin Hubble para calcular a distância das galáxias — à época chamadas de "nebulosas".
12 de nov. de 2016 · published 12 November 2016. Henrietta Swan Leavitt discovered a relationship between the period of a star's brightness cycle to its absolute magnitude. The discovery made it possible to calculate ...
Henrietta Swan Leavitt: The 'star-fiend' who unlocked the Universe (Credit: Emmanuel Lafont) We used to think the Milky Way was the only galaxy, but with one simple law, Henrietta Swan Leavitt ...
4 de feb. de 2019 · Henrietta Swan Leavitt was one of many women “computers” who worked at Harvard University, cataloging stars around the turn of the last century. Women could be paid less than men, and were ...
