Fred Lawrence Whipple
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 20 years ago |
| Date of birth | November 5,1906 |
| Zodiac sign | Scorpio |
| Born | Red Oak |
| Iowa | |
| United States | |
| Date of died | August 30,2004 |
| Died | Cambridge |
| Massachusetts | |
| United States | |
| Field | Astronomy |
| Awards | Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society |
| Bruce Medal | |
| Retro Hugo Award for Best Related Work | |
| Known for | Composition of comets, Whipple shield |
| Discovered | 1252 Celestia |
| 36P/Whipple | |
| C/1942 C1 (Whipple-Bernasconi-Kulin) | |
| Books | Conquest of the Moon, Moon: Man's Greatest Adventure |
| Conquest of the Moon | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 689110 |
Fred Lawrence Whipple Life story
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 the Whipple shield.
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