Fred L. Whipple

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
astronomer
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley
gptkb:University_of_California,_Los_Angeles
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Bruce_Medal
gptkb:Henry_Norris_Russell_Lectureship
gptkb:J._Lawrence_Smith_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate 1906-11-05
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Red_Oak,_Iowa,_United_States
gptkbp:deathDate 2004-08-30
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Cambridge,_Massachusetts,_United_States
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:36P/Whipple
gptkb:asteroid_1252_Celestia
gptkb:asteroid_1940_Whipple
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Harlow_Shapley
gptkbp:doctoralStudent gptkb:Brian_G._Marsden
gptkb:Paul_W._Hodge
gptkb:Richard_M._West
Eugene Shoemaker
gptkbp:editor gptkb:Sky_and_Telescope
gptkb:Astronomical_Journal
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkb:Smithsonian_Astrophysical_Observatory
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gptkb:Whipple_shield
gptkb:asteroid_1940_Whipple
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planetary science
meteoritics
cometary science
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Fred L. Whipple
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Whipple_shield
gptkb:dirty_snowball_hypothesis
comet research
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Whipple_shield
satellite tracking
meteors
comet orbits
dirty snowball model of comets
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:professor
astronomer
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Cambridge,_Massachusetts,_United_States
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Babette_Whipple
gptkb:Dorothy_Woods
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Across_the_Space_Frontier
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6