F. Zwicky

GPTKB entity

Statements (46)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:ETH_Zurich
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Bruce_Medal
gptkb:Gold_Medal_of_the_Royal_Astronomical_Society
gptkb:Henry_Norris_Russell_Lectureship
gptkbp:birthDate 1898-02-14
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Varna,_Bulgaria
gptkbp:child gptkb:Margrit_Zwicky
gptkbp:citizenship gptkb:Switzerland
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:collaboratedWith gptkb:Walter_Baade
gptkbp:deathDate 1974-02-08
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Pasadena,_California,_USA
gptkbp:discoveredBy Zwicky clusters
supernovae in other galaxies
gptkbp:employer gptkb:California_Institute_of_Technology
gptkbp:fieldOfWork gptkb:theoretical_physics
astrophysics
morphological research
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Fritz_Zwicky
gptkbp:hasAsteroidNamedAfter 1803 Zwicky
gptkbp:hasLunarCraterNamedAfter Zwicky (crater)
gptkbp:hasMinorPlanetNamedAfter gptkb:Zwicky
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label F. Zwicky
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:cosmology
galaxy cluster studies
gptkbp:knownFor supernovae
dark matter
morphological analysis
Zwicky catalog
gptkbp:language gptkb:German
English
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
Swiss
gptkbp:notableStudent gptkb:Walter_Baade
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:physicist
astronomer
gptkbp:proposedBy existence of dark matter
use of supernovae as standard candles
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Catalogue_of_Galaxies_and_of_Clusters_of_Galaxies
gptkbp:signature Fritz Zwicky signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Dorothy_Vernon_Gates
Anna Margaritha Zwicky
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:UGC_2173
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7