Fred Lawrence Whipple
Born: November 5, 1906
Died: August 30, 2004 (aged 97)
Bio: Fred Lawrence Whipple was an American astronomer, who worked at the Harvard College Observatory for over 70 years. Amongst his achievements, he discovered some asteroids and comets, came up with the "dirty snowball" cometary hypothesis, and invented the Whipple shield.
Known for:
- Conquest of the Moon (1953)
- Earth, Moon, and Planets (1941)
- Particulate Contents of Space
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