henrietta swan leavitt katy sternberger the woman who measured the universe
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Henrietta Swan Leavitt
Katy Sternberger
The Woman Who Measured
the Universe
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1868-1921
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Behold the distant stars, how high they are. - (Job 22:12)
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The Large and Small Magellanic Clouds
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“A straight line can readily be drawn among each of the two series of points
corresponding to maxima and minima, thus showing
that there is a simple relation between the
brightness of the variables and their periods.”- Henrietta Swan Leavitt
announcing her new law
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Triangulation
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Leavitt
Crater
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There is one glory of the sun, and another glory
of the moon, and another glory of the
stars; for star differs from star in
glory. - (I Corinthians 15:41)
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Johnson, George. Miss Leavitt’s Stars. NewYork: W.W. Norton & Co., 2005.
Sternberger, Katy. “Henrietta Swan Leavitt.” <StarWrite.org>
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