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gptkb:person
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gptkbp:almaMater
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gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley
gptkb:University_of_California,_Los_Angeles
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gptkbp:awardReceived
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gptkb:Bruce_Medal
gptkb:Henry_Norris_Russell_Lectureship
gptkb:J._Lawrence_Smith_Medal
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gptkbp:birthDate
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1906-11-05
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gptkb:Red_Oak,_Iowa,_United_States
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gptkbp:deathDate
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2004-08-30
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gptkb:Cambridge,_Massachusetts,_United_States
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gptkb:36P/Whipple
gptkb:asteroid_1252_Celestia
gptkb:asteroid_1940_Whipple
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gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor
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gptkb:Harlow_Shapley
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gptkbp:doctoralStudent
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gptkb:Brian_G._Marsden
gptkb:Paul_W._Hodge
gptkb:Richard_M._West
Eugene Shoemaker
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gptkbp:editor
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gptkb:Sky_and_Telescope
gptkb:Astronomical_Journal
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gptkbp:employer
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gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkb:Smithsonian_Astrophysical_Observatory
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gptkb:Whipple_Observatory
gptkb:Whipple_shield
gptkb:asteroid_1940_Whipple
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gptkbp:fieldOfWork
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gptkb:astronomy
planetary science
meteoritics
cometary science
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Fred L. Whipple
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gptkb:Whipple_shield
gptkb:dirty_snowball_hypothesis
comet research
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gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
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gptkb:American
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gptkb:Whipple_shield
satellite tracking
meteors
comet orbits
dirty snowball model of comets
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gptkbp:occupation
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gptkb:professor
astronomer
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gptkbp:residence
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gptkb:Cambridge,_Massachusetts,_United_States
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gptkbp:spouse
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gptkb:Babette_Whipple
gptkb:Dorothy_Woods
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gptkb:Across_the_Space_Frontier
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6
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