Prof Jacobus Cornelius Kapteyn FRS FRSE LLD was a Dutch astronomer. He carried out extensive studies of the Milky Way. He found that the apparent movement of stars was not randomly distributed but had two preferential directions: the two star... Wikipedia
Born: January 19, 1851, Barneveld, Netherlands
Died: June 18, 1922 (age 71 years), Amsterdam, Netherlands
Discovered: Kapteyn's Star
Education: University of Groningen and Utrecht University
Nationality: Dutch
Awards: Bruce Medal 1913
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