Fred Lawrence Whipple
American astronomer
Fred Lawrence Whipple was an American astronomer, who worked at the Harvard College Observatory for more than 70 years. Amongst his achievements were asteroid and comet discoveries, the "dirty snowball" hypothesis of comets, and the invention of... Wikipedia
Born: November 5, 1906, Red Oak, IA
Died: August 30, 2004 (age 97 years), Cambridge, MA
Discovered: 36P/Whipple, C/1942 X1 (Whipple–Fedtke–Tevzadze), 1252 Celestia, and more
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