SETI public: Fw: [HASTRO-L] Fred Whipple

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From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4_at_msn.com)
Date: Tue Aug 31 2004 - 10:45:54 PDT

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    From: John M. McMahon<mailto:mcmahon_at_LEMOYNE.EDU>
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    Subject: [HASTRO-L] Fred Whipple

    BBC 8/31/08:

    "Comet pioneer Fred Whipple dies"

    "Fred Whipple - the astronomer who first correctly described comets as
    'dirty snowballs' - has died aged 97.

    He revolutionised the study of comets when in 1950-51 he proposed that they
    were not 'sandbags' but small bodies made or rock, dust and ice.

    He also predicted the coming of artificial satellites and was prepared with
    a satellite tracking network when Sputnik was launched in 1957.

    He discovered six comets, all of which were named after him."

    Full text:

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3614064.stm>

    John McMahon
    Classics
    Le Moyne College

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