Kenneth Franklin
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1923 – 2007
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Who was Kenneth Franklin?
Kenneth Linn Franklin was an American astronomer and educator. Franklin was the chief scientist at the Hayden Planetarium from 1956 to 1984 and was co-credited with discovering radio waves originating on Jupiter, the first detection of signals from another planet. He was often a local and national media figure including during Apollo 11, the first manned mission to the moon, when Franklin was an on-camera astronomy expert for NBC.
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- Born
- Mar 25, 1923
Alameda - Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- University of California, Berkeley
- Died
- Jun 18, 2007
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on July 23, 2013
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