Arlo U. Landolt
Male, Person
1935 –
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Who is Arlo U. Landolt?
Arlo Udell Landolt is an American astronomer. Landolt has worked principally in photometry and has published a number of widely used lists of standard stars. In 1995, he received the George van Biesbroeck Prize from the American Astronomical Society. Landolt was the first discoverer of a pulsating white dwarf when he observed in 1965 and 1966 that the luminosity of HL Tau 76 varied with a period of approximately 12.5 minutes. The asteroid 15072 Landolt is named after him.
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- Born
- 1935
Highland - Also known as
- Arlo Landolt
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- Highland High School
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on July 23, 2013
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