Vesto Slipher
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 55 years ago |
| Date of birth | November 11,1875 |
| Zodiac sign | Scorpio |
| Born | Mulberry |
| Indiana | |
| United States | |
| Date of died | November 8,1969 |
| Died | Flagstaff |
| Arizona | |
| United States | |
| Nationality | American |
| Siblings | Earl C. Slipher |
| Job | Astronomer |
| Awards | Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society |
| Bruce Medal | |
| Henry Draper Medal | |
| Lalande Prize | |
| Education | Indiana University Bloomington |
| Known for | Expanding universe |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 457073 |
Vesto Slipher Life story
Vesto Melvin Slipher was an American astronomer who performed the first measurements of radial velocities for galaxies. He was the first to discover that distant galaxies are redshifted, thus providing the first empirical basis for the expansion of the universe.
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