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15 de mar. de 2004 · Dr. William H. Pickering (1910-2004) Bill Pickering served the longest term as a Director of JPL. Into his 90s, he was very active and continued to receive national and international recognition. Pickering was born in Wellington, New Zealand, on December 24, 1910. By 1936, he had received a Bachelor of Science, two Masters of Science and a Ph.D ...
William Henry Pickering, né à Boston le 15 février 1858 et mort à Mandeville (Jamaïque) le 17 janvier 1938 (à 79 ans), est un astronome américain, frère d'un autre célèbre astronome, Edward Charles Pickering . Il a découvert le neuvième satellite naturel de Saturne, Phœbé, en 1899, à partir de plaques photographiques prises en 1898.
Pickering es uno de los pocos personajes públicos aparecidos dos veces en la portada de la revista Time sin ser político. Epónimos. El cráter marciano Pickering conmemora su nombre, [6] honor compartido con los hermanos Edward Charles Pickering (1846–1919) y William Henry Pickering (1858–1938), astrónomos estadounidenses.
William Henry Pickering (Boston, 15 febbraio 1858 – Mandeville, 17 gennaio 1938) è stato un astronomo statunitense, fratello di Edward Charles Pickering
In World War II Dr. William Pickering worked for Caltech’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). He was brought into the Lab due to his expertise in telemetry, the science of radio control. He soon transferred much of his attention to aeronautics, however, as JPL began to develop missiles for the war effort. From 1944 to 1946, Pickering was ...
William Henry Pickering (1858-1938) was an American astronomer. He was an enthusiastic explorer, charged with expeditions to view solar eclipses and with establishing observatories for Harvard University in Peru, Arizona, and Jamaica. The collection contains a mix of personal, family, and astronomical materials including letters, notes, data ...
24 de dic. de 2016 · Pickering, William Henry. Born Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 15 February 1858. Died Mandeville, Jamaica, 16 January 1938. William Pickering influenced the selection of mountaintop sites for astronomical observatories in the Western Hemisphere, pioneered the application of photography to astronomy, and was a noted popularizer of the discipline.
