Henrietta Hill Swope (1902 – 1980) was an American astronomer. Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Astronomy (from the Greek words astron (ἄστρον "star" and nomos (νόμος "law" is the scientific study She was the daughter of Gerard Swope, and niece of Herbert Bayard Swope. Gerard Swope ( December 1, 1872 - November 20, 1957) was a US Herbert Bayard Swope ( January 5 1882 - June 20 1958) was a U
Swope worked with Walter Baade and is credited with several important papers. Biography Along with Fritz Zwicky, he proposed that Supernovae could create Neutron stars He took advantage of wartime blackout conditions during
She received the Annie J. Cannon Award in 1968. The Annie Jump Cannon Award in Astronomy is awarded annually by the American Astronomical Society (AAS to a woman resident of North America who is within five years of receipt Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Swope Telescope at the Las Campanas Observatory in Chile is named in her honor. Las Campanas Observatory is an astronomical Observatory owned and operated by the Carnegie Institution for Science. Chile, officially the Republic of Chile ( Spanish:) is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow Coastal strip wedged between the
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Henrietta Hill Swope Papers.Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University.
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