Gart Westerhout
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1927 – 2012
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Who was Gart Westerhout?
Gart Westerhout was a Dutch-American astronomer. Well before completing his university studies at Leiden, he had already become well-established internationally as a radio astronomer in the Netherlands, specializing in studies of radio sources and the Milky Way Galaxy based on observations of radio continuum emissions and 21-cm spectral line radiation that originates in interstellar hydrogen. He emigrated to the United States, became a naturalized citizen, and held a number of important scientific and management positions in academic and government institutions.
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- Born
- Jun 15, 1927
The Hague - Also known as
- Вестерхут, Гарт
- Nationality
- Netherlands
- Education
- Leiden University
- Died
- Oct 14, 2012
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on July 23, 2013
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