Yerkes (Morgan) classification

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf stellar classification
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:MKK_system
gptkbp:basisFor stellar spectral classification
gptkbp:class stars
gptkbp:developedBy gptkb:Philip_C._Keenan
gptkb:Edith_Kellman
gptkb:Yerkes_Observatory
gptkb:William_Wilson_Morgan
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Yerkes (Morgan) classification
gptkbp:influenced modern stellar classification
gptkbp:introducedIn 1943
gptkbp:luminosity I (supergiants)
II (bright giants)
III (giants)
IV (subgiants)
V (main-sequence stars)
VI (subdwarfs)
VII (white dwarfs)
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:Harvard_spectral_classification
gptkbp:uses stellar classification
luminosity class
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Hubble_sequence
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5