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Born December 28, 1929 • GroningenNetherlands
Died September 17, 2022 (aged 92) • FresnoCalifornia
Subjects Of Study quasar

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Halton Christian Arp
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Gerard Peter Kuiper
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Bart J. Bok
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Dirk Brouwer
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Margaret Burbidge
British astronomer
Alvan Graham Clark
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Fred L. Whipple
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Henry Norris Russell
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Edwin Hubble
Edwin Hubble
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Christiaan Huygens
Christiaan Huygens
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Vera Rubin
Vera Rubin
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Simon Newcomb, c. 1905.
Simon Newcomb
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George Ellery Hale
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Jane Luu
Jane Luu
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Carl Sagan
Carl Sagan
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Geoffrey Marcy
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Neil deGrasse Tyson
Neil deGrasse Tyson
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Jill Tarter
Jill Tarter
American astronomer
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
British-born American astronomer

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