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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:astronomy
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gptkbp:affiliation
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gptkb:Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology
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gptkbp:alma_mater
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gptkb:Harvard_University
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gptkbp:associated_with
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gptkb:Harvard_College_Observatory
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gptkbp:awards
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gptkb:Royal_Astronomical_Society_Gold_Medal
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gptkbp:birth_date
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1858-10-15
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gptkbp:birth_place
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gptkb:Boston,_Massachusetts,_USA
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gptkbp:children
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gptkb:3
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gptkbp:contribution
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photography of celestial objects
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gptkbp:death_date
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1938-03-15
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gptkbp:discovery
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Deimos (moon)
Phobos (moon)
Phoebe (moon)
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gptkbp:fellowship
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gptkb:American_Philosophical_Society
gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
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gptkbp:field
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gptkb:astronomy
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gptkbp:field_of_study
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astrophysics
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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William Henry Pickering
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gptkbp:influence
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modern astronomy
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gptkbp:influence_on
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gptkb:Harlow_Shapley
gptkb:Carl_Sagan
gptkb:John_C._Mc_Lennan
gptkb:George_Ellery_Hale
gptkb:E._E._Barnard
gptkb:Robert_Goddard
gptkb:Percival_Lowell
gptkb:Clyde_Tombaugh
gptkb:Vesto_Melvin_Slipher
William H. Pickering (brother)
William H. Pickering (nephew)
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gptkbp:influenced_by
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gptkb:William_Huggins
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gptkbp:invention
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gptkb:spectrometer
photographic plate
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gptkbp:known_for
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discovering moons of Mars
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gptkbp:legacy
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Pickering's Law
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gptkbp:nationality
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gptkb:American
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gptkbp:notable_work
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Mars and its Canals
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gptkbp:occupation
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gptkb:Scientist
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gptkbp:research
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gptkb:spectroscopy
astrometry
observational astronomy
photometry
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gptkbp:research_focus
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planetary science
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gptkbp:spouse
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Margaret Pickering
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:William_H._Pickering
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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4
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