Statements (16)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
astronomical law
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs |
gptkb:Period-Luminosity_Relation
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gptkbp:appliesTo |
gptkb:Cepheid_variable_stars
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gptkbp:basisFor |
gptkb:cosmic_distance_ladder
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gptkbp:describes |
relationship between luminosity and pulsation period of Cepheid variable stars
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gptkbp:discoveredIn |
1908
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gptkbp:enables |
determination of distances to galaxies
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gptkbp:form |
linear relationship between log(period) and absolute magnitude
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gptkbp:formedBy |
gptkb:Henrietta_Swan_Leavitt
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Leavitt Law
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gptkbp:influenced |
Edwin Hubble's discovery of the expanding universe
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gptkbp:publishedIn |
gptkb:Annals_of_the_Astronomical_Observatory_of_Harvard_College
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gptkbp:significance |
helped establish the scale of the universe
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gptkbp:usedFor |
measuring cosmic distances
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gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Henrietta_Swan_Leavitt
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gptkbp:bfsLayer |
5
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