Henrietta Hill Swope
Deceased Person
1902 – 1980
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Who was Henrietta Hill Swope?
Henrietta Hill Swope was an American astronomer who studied variable stars. In particular, she measured the period-luminosity relation for Cepheid stars, which are bright variable stars whose periods of variability relate directly to their intrinsic luminosities. Their measured periods can therefore be related to their distances and used to measure the size of the Milky Way and distances to other galaxies.
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- Born
- Oct 26, 1902
- Parents
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- Barnard College
- Died
- Nov 24, 1980
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on July 23, 2013
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