Smith, Harlan James (1924-91)

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4012. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

History And Archaeoastronomy, Biographies

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Astronomer, born in Wheeling, WV, became director of the McDonald Observatory of the University of Texas at Austin. He discovered (with Dorrit Hoffleit) that quasars were variable, making it possible to set limits to their size and probe the mechanisms of their emission. He identified the dwarf Cepheid variable stars. He studied the radio emissions from Jupiter and the other planets, and the infl...

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