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Gamma-Ray Observatory
(Encyclopedia) Gamma-Ray Observatory: see gamma-ray astronomy.Jaggar,Thomas Augustus, Jr.
(Encyclopedia) Jaggar,Thomas Augustus, Jr., 1871–1953, American geologist and volcanologist, b. Philadelphia, Ph.D. Harvard, 1897. One of the team of U.S. scientists (1902) who surveyed the eruptions…Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories
(Encyclopedia) Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories: see Jodrell Bank Observatory.Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory
(Encyclopedia) Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory: see gamma-ray astronomy.Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy
(Encyclopedia) Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy: see infrared astronomy.Janssen, Pierre Jules César
(Encyclopedia) Janssen, Pierre Jules CésarJanssen, Pierre Jules Césarpyĕr zhül sāzärˈ zhäNsĕnˈ [key], 1824–1907, French astronomer. In 1857–58, in Peru, he worked on the determination of the magnetic…Parkes
(Encyclopedia) Parkes, town and area (2016 pop. 14,608), New South Wales, SE Australia. North of the town is the Parkes Observatory, the site of a 210-ft (64-m) movable dish radiotelescope that…Tombaugh, Clyde William
(Encyclopedia) Tombaugh, Clyde WilliamTombaugh, Clyde Williamtŏmˈbô [key], 1906–97, American astronomer, b. Streator, Ill. Although lacking formal training or a college degree, he was hired in 1929…Slipher, Vesto Melvin
(Encyclopedia) Slipher, Vesto MelvinSlipher, Vesto Melvinslīˈfər [key], 1875–1969, American astronomer, b. Mulberry, Ind. From 1901 he was at Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, Ariz., where he served as…Oklahoma, University of
(Encyclopedia) Oklahoma, University of, mainly at Norman, state supported; coeducational; chartered 1890, opened 1892. The schools of medicine and nursing, with hospitals and a research foundation,…Trending
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