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Born September 10, 1857 • La Salle • Illinois
Died August 12, 1900 (aged 42) • San Francisco • California
Subjects Of Study Saturn • planetary ring
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Harlow Shapley
American astronomer
Christiaan Huygens
Christiaan Huygens
Dutch scientist and mathematician
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William Cranch Bond
American astronomer
James Clerk Maxwell
James Clerk Maxwell
Scottish mathematician and physicist
Gian Domenico Cassini.
Gian Domenico Cassini
French astronomer
Lassell, William
William Lassell
British astronomer
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Jacques Cassini
French astronomer
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Fred L. Whipple
American astronomer
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Henry Norris Russell
American astronomer
Edwin Hubble
Edwin Hubble
American astronomer
Vera Rubin
Vera Rubin
American astronomer
Simon Newcomb, c. 1905.
Simon Newcomb
American astronomer and mathematician
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George Ellery Hale
American astronomer
Jane Luu
Jane Luu
American astronomer
Carl Sagan
Carl Sagan
American astronomer
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Geoffrey Marcy
American astronomer
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Neil deGrasse Tyson
American astronomer
Jill Tarter
Jill Tarter
American astronomer
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
British-born American astronomer
Nancy Grace Roman
Nancy Grace Roman
American astronomer

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