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Oort, Jan Hendrik
1900 - Born on the 28th of April in Franeker, Friesland, Netherlands.
1921 - Studied in Groningen with Jacobus Cornelius Kapteyn. His Ph.D thesis was titled The stars of high velocity.
1924 - He discovered the Galactic Halo a group of stars orbiting the Milky Way.
1927 - He confirmed Bertil Lindblad's theory that the Milky Way galaxy rotates, by analyzing the movements of stars.
- He calculated that the center of the Milky Way was 5,900 parsecs (19,200 light years) from the Earth in the direction of the constellation Sagittarius.
1935 - He became professor at the Observatory of the University of Leiden.
1946 - Received a Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society.
1950 - He raised funds for a new radio telescope in Dwingeloo.
- He was able to demonstrate that the light from the Crab Nebula was Polarized.
1951 - Awarded by Henry Norris Russell Lectureship.
1972 - Awarded by Karl-Schwarzschild-Medaille of the Astronomische Gesellschaft.
1992 - He died on the 5th of November in Leiden, Netherlands.
1921 - Studied in Groningen with Jacobus Cornelius Kapteyn. His Ph.D thesis was titled The stars of high velocity.
1924 - He discovered the Galactic Halo a group of stars orbiting the Milky Way.
1927 - He confirmed Bertil Lindblad's theory that the Milky Way galaxy rotates, by analyzing the movements of stars.
- He calculated that the center of the Milky Way was 5,900 parsecs (19,200 light years) from the Earth in the direction of the constellation Sagittarius.
1935 - He became professor at the Observatory of the University of Leiden.
1946 - Received a Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society.
1950 - He raised funds for a new radio telescope in Dwingeloo.
- He was able to demonstrate that the light from the Crab Nebula was Polarized.
1951 - Awarded by Henry Norris Russell Lectureship.
1972 - Awarded by Karl-Schwarzschild-Medaille of the Astronomische Gesellschaft.
1992 - He died on the 5th of November in Leiden, Netherlands.
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The Letters and Papers of Jan Hendrik Oort: as archived in the University Library, Leiden (Astrophysics and Space Science Library) by J.K. Katgert-Merkelijn (Hardcover - May 31, 1997) The astronomer Jan Hendrik Oort (1900-1992) left behind an extensive collection of notes and correspondence, both on his research and on matters that concerned him in a variety of official ... Usually ships in 24 hours |
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