Oosterhoff, P Th (1904-78)

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 3902. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

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Dutch astronomer, shared with JAN OORT the administration of the Leiden Observatory. Was in charge of the Leiden southern station in South Africa. His main interest was in variable stars and photometric systems. He discovered the Oosterhoff dichotomy, that the type-ab RR Lyrae variable stars in globular clusters are divided into two groups with different average periods, connected with the abunda...

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