asteroid 5383 Leavitt

E571550

Asteroid 5383 Leavitt is a main-belt asteroid named in honor of American astronomer Henrietta Swan Leavitt, whose work on Cepheid variable stars enabled the measurement of cosmic distances.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf asteroid
astronomer
main-belt asteroid
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
fieldOfWork astronomy
hasMinorPlanetNumber 5383
knownFor period–luminosity relation for Cepheid variables
study of Cepheid variable stars
locatedIn asteroid belt
namedAfter Henrietta Swan Leavitt NERFINISHED
partOf Solar System NERFINISHED
significantContribution enabled measurement of cosmic distances via Cepheid variables

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Henrietta Swan Leavitt hasNamesake asteroid 5383 Leavitt