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Born December 28, 1929 • Groningen • Netherlands
Died September 17, 2022 (aged 92) • Fresno • California
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Halton Christian Arp
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Allan Sandage
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Gerard Peter Kuiper
American astronomer
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Bart J. Bok
Dutch-born American astronomer
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Dirk Brouwer
Dutch-born American astronomer and geophysicist
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Margaret Burbidge
English-born American 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
Christiaan Huygens
Christiaan Huygens
Dutch scientist and mathematician
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
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Harlow Shapley
American astronomer

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