Van Vleck Observatory (VVO, IAU code 298) is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by Wesleyan University. It was built in 1914 and named after...
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Van Vleck, Texas Van Vleck Observatory, Connecticut (IAU code 298) Van Vleck (crater) Van Vleck House and Barn Van Vleck House and Gardens Van Vleck Independent...
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twice. The Van Vleck Observatory (at Wesleyan University) and the crater Van Vleck on the Moon are named after him. John Monroe Van Vleck was born on...
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This is a list of observatory codes (IAU codes or MPC codes) published by the Minor Planet Center. For a detailed description, see observations of small...
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This is a partial list of astronomical observatories ordered by name, along with initial dates of operation (where an accurate date is available) and...
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Exley Science Center; Shanklin and Hall-Atwater Laboratories; the Van Vleck Observatory; Fayerweather with Beckham Hall; Russell House, a National Historic...
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aperture.The second largest refracting telescope in the world is the Yerkes Observatory 40 inch (102 cm) refractor, used for astronomical and scientific observation...
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December 4, 1944) was an American astronomer. He was the director of Van Vleck Observatory. He was born in Fairhaven, Massachusetts to Frederick and Lydia...
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179 kilograms (395 lb), Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles, California. 169 kilograms (373 lb), Van Vleck Observatory, Wesleyan University, Middletown...
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college or university, which is currently conserved at Wesleyan's Van Vleck Observatory. Wesleyan remained a leader in educational progress throughout its...
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Khedouri Zilka, '46 and his wife), and the Van Vleck Observatory, (Astronomy Professor John Monroe Van Vleck). A history of the society was published in...
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station Great War Memorial, in Naugatuck, Connecticut, c. 1920 Van Vleck Observatory, the Olin Memorial Library, the Eclectic Society House, and many...
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1960–71, after serving as an assistant, he became director of the Van Vleck Observatory; the second to hold that position. During his career he computed...
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Samuel Alfred Mitchell (section Yerkes Observatory)
Oregon (June 8, 1918), San Diego, California (September 10, 1923), Van Vleck Observatory, Middleton, Connecticut (January 24, 1925), Fagernas, Norway (June...
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National Observatory Van Vleck Observatory Vanderbilt Museum Observatory West Yorkshire Astronomical Society Widener University Observatory Yale Student...
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Frederick Slocum – first professor of astronomy, director of the Van Vleck Observatory (1915–44) Richard Slotkin (MAAE Wesleyan graduate) – Olin Professor...
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p. 138. "Vera Gushee". Science Through Time: The Legacy of the Van Vleck Observatory Visitors. Retrieved 2024-04-28. Hurd, H. E. (1943). "A Memorial...
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brightness variations of KH 15D were discovered at Wesleyan University's Van Vleck Observatory in 1995 by Dr. William Herbst and his then-master's student Kristin...
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Surveys : a meeting in memory of Nicholas Sanduleak, May 9–11, 1991, Van Vleck Observatory, Middletown, Conn. Edited by A.G.D. Philip, and Arthur R. Upgren...
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He was a chair of the department. He was acting director of the Van Vleck Observatory from 1918–1920. He was involved with Mathematics at Wesleyan until...
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Foundation, 2003 Keck Fellowship, Institute for Advanced Study, 2002 Van Vleck Fellowship, Harvard University, 1999 Kostrup Prize, Niels Bohr Institute...
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Stearns (1892–1972), American astronomer at Wesleyan University and Van Vleck Observatory who measured a large number of stellar parallaxes. The official...
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( 2007) where he received honorary doctorates. In 2007, delivered the Van Vleck lectures at the University of Minnesota. The University of Glasgow honored...
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1979, and the Jansky Lectureship before the National Radio Astronomy Observatory. Purcell was also inducted into his Fraternity's (Phi Kappa Sigma) Hall...
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Cope Award; Willard Gibbs Award John Monroe Van Vleck (1850) – astronomer, mathematician; namesake of Van Vleck crater on the Moon Jesse Vincent (1998) –...
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Rainwater 1976–2000 1976: Richter / Ting 1977: P. W. Anderson / Mott / Van Vleck 1978: Kapitsa / Penzias / R. Wilson 1979: Glashow / Salam / Weinberg 1980:...
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Physics – Philip Warren Anderson, Sir Nevill Francis Mott, John Hasbrouck van Vleck Chemistry – Ilya Prigogine Medicine – Roger Guillemin, Andrew V. Schally...
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working there on the magnetic behavior of molecules with John Hasbrouck Van Vleck, who later won the Nobel Prize for his work on magnetism. She earned a...
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(6): e43. doi:10.1016/j.mayocp.2012.01.019. PMC 3498287. PMID 22677083. "Van Vleck, J. H. (John Hasbrouck), 1899–1980". history.aip.org. Archived from the...
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Nautical Almanac Office, Washington (part of the United States Naval Observatory), to work with Simon Newcomb. In the following year he obtained leave...
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