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Encyclopedia: William Henry Pickering

William Henry Pickering (February 15, 1858 – January 17, 1938) was an American astronomer, brother of Edward Charles Pickering. Not to be confused with William Hayward Pickering, former director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

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	(Chinese)	威廉·亨利·皮克林
	(Japanese)	ウィリアム・ヘンリー・ピッカリング
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Edward Charles Pickering

Edward Charles Pickering (July 19 1846 – February 3 1919) was an American astronomer and physicist, brother of William Henry Pickering. Along with Carl Vogel, Pickering discovered the first... him and his brother William Henry Pickering...

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DeLisle Stewart

DeLisle Stewart (March 16 1870 – February 2 1941) was an American astronomer. In 1896 he became a staff member of Harvard College Observatory, and from 1898–1901 he worked at that observatory's station at Arequipa, Peru, where he took the photographic plates that William Henry Pickering used...

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Andrew E. Douglass

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Pickering

people with the name Pickering : William Hayward Pickering (1910-2004), former director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory William Henry Pickering (1858-1938), astronomer Edward Charles Pickering... Pickering is a small town in North Yorkshire, England, on the borders of the North York Moors...

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24 Themis

. Themis was also the name given to the spurious lost "tenth" satellite of Saturn that William Henry Pickering believed he had found in 1905. [1...

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Themis

asteroid 24 Themis. Themis was the name given by William Henry Pickering in 1905 to his spurious...

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Phoebe (moon)

bee") is a moon of Saturn. It was discovered by William Henry Pickering in 1899 from photographic... For other meanings see Phoebe . Phoebe Discovery Discovered by W.H. Pickering Discovered in 1898 Orbital characteristics Semimajor axis 12,952,000 km Eccentricity 0.163 Orbital...

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List of astronomers

�� 1826) Edward Charles Pickering (USA, 1846 – 1919) William Henry Pickering (USA, 1858 – 1938) Phil...) William Frederick Denning (Britain, 1848 – 1931) Willem de Sitter (Netherlands, 1872 – 1934) Henri... (Russia, 1918 – ) William Henry Smyth (Britain, 1788 – 1865) Mary Fairfax Somerville (Britain, 1780...

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List of craters on Mars

and William Henry Pickering Pina Pina, Panama Pinglo Pinglo, Ningxia, China Piyi Piyi, Cyprus... Prosper Henry Herculaneum Herculaneum, Italy Herschel William Herschel Hipparchus Hipparchus Hit... Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan Bazas Bazas, France Becquerel Henri Becquerel Beer Wilhelm Beer...

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List of craters on the Moon

Jean Picard Piccolomini Alessandro Piccolomini Pickering Edward Charles Pickering, William Henry.... Bowen Boyle Robert Boyle Brackett Frederick Sumner Brackett Bragg William Henry Bragg Brashear... Brianchon Bridgman Percy Williams Bridgman Briggs Henry Briggs Brisbane Thomas Brisbane...

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