de Sitter, Willem (1872-1934)

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4008. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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History And Archaeoastronomy, Biographies

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Cosmologist, born in Sneek, Netherlands, and started a rather traditional career in astronomy, observing with DAVID GILL at the Cape of Good Hope, determining the masses and orbits of the satellites of Jupiter, determining the variation of the rotation of the Earth, and studying the distribution and motions of stars. He became director of the Leiden Observatory, and turned to a range of problems ...

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