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| Born | July 4, 1868, Lancaster, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | December 12, 1921, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Fields | Astronomy |
| Institutions | Harvard University |
| Alma mater | Radcliffe College, Oberlin College |
| Known for | Leavitt's law: the period-luminosity relationship for Cepheid variables |
About Henrietta Leavitt
Astronomer Henrietta Leavitt was born on July 4, 1868 in Lancaster, Massachusetts, United States (She dies at the age of 53, on December 12, 1921).
Astronomer who assisted in determining the relative brightness of Cepheid variables, which allowed astronomers to calculate star distances. Her study was used after she died to prove that the Milky Way isn't the only galaxy in the visible cosmos.
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Henrietta Leavitt before becoming famous
Henrietta Leavitt was born in the Zodiac sign Cancer (The Crab), and 1868 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Dragon (龍).
She worked at Harvard College Observatory after finishing her schooling, calculating and documenting the brightness of stars.
Achievement of Henrietta Leavitt
Her discovery of a class of stars that 'pulse' brighter and darker allowed for more precise calculations of interstellar distances than ever before.
Henrietta Leavitt's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship
She was born in Lancaster, Massachusetts, the daughter of a Congregational church pastor named George Roswell Leavitt.
Henrietta Leavitt Collabed with
Astronomer Edwin Hubble was able to determine that the universe is expanding based on her study.
Henrietta Leavitt Income & Net worth
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