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James Edward Keeler
James Edward Keeler was an American astronomer. He was an early observer of galaxies using photography, as well as the first to show observationally that the rings of Saturn do not rotate as a solid body.
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science · American astronomer (1857–1900) · astronomer · astrophysicist · physicist · also James Edward Keeler, James E. Keeler, Keeler
Born 10 September 1857 · Died 12 August 1900 · Q364403
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2026· 2 entries
Legacy obituary: James R. Keeler Obituary (2026) - Bethlehem, PA - Cantelmi Long Funeral Home - Bethlehem
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1967· 1 entry
Optical images of the Crab Nebula taken by Keeler in 1899 were used to determine the proper motion of the Crab Pulsar
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1900· 2 entries
Died 1900-08-12.
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Was elected president of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
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1899· 2 entries
Won Henry Draper Medal (1899).
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And the Mars-crosser asteroid (20958) A900 MA in 1900, which became a lost minor planet until its recovery 99 years later
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1898· 1 entry
Awarded Rumford Prize (1898).
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1895· 1 entry
His spectroscopic study of the rings of Saturn revealed that different parts of the rings reflect light with different Doppler shifts, due to their different rates of orbit around Saturn
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1888· 1 entry
But left after being appointed director of the University of Pittsburgh's Allegheny Observatory in 1891
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1880· 1 entry
Allegheny Observatory director Samuel Pierpont Langley, accompanied by Keeler and others, went on a scientific expedition to the summit of Mount Whitney
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1877· 1 entry
Studied at Johns Hopkins University (1877).
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1857· 1 entry
Born 1857-09-10.
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