Henrietta Hill Swope
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Henrietta Hill Swope was an American astronomer
. She was the daughter of Gerard Swope
, and niece of Herbert Bayard Swope
.
Swope worked with Walter Baade
and is credited with several important papers.
She received the Annie J. Cannon Award
in 1968. The Swope Telescope at the Las Campanas Observatory
in Chile
is named in her honor, as is asteroid 2168 Swope
.
Astronomy
Astronomy is a natural science that deals with the study of celestial objects and phenomena that originate outside the atmosphere of Earth...
. She was the daughter of Gerard Swope
Gerard Swope
Gerard Swope was a U.S. electronics businessman. He served as the president of General Electric Company between 1922 and 1939, and again from 1942 until 1944...
, and niece of Herbert Bayard Swope
Herbert Bayard Swope
Herbert Bayard Swope was a U.S. editor, journalist and intimate of the Algonquin Round Table. Swope spent most of his career at the New York World newspaper. He was the first and three time recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Reporting...
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Swope worked with Walter Baade
Walter Baade
Wilhelm Heinrich Walter Baade was a German astronomer who worked in the USA from 1931 to 1959.-Biography:He took advantage of wartime blackout conditions during World War II, which reduced light pollution at Mount Wilson Observatory, to resolve stars in the center of the Andromeda galaxy for the...
and is credited with several important papers.
She received the Annie J. Cannon Award
Annie J. Cannon Award in Astronomy
The Annie Jump Cannon Award in Astronomy is awarded annually by the American Astronomical Society to a woman resident of North America, who is within five years of receipt of a Ph.D., for distinguished contributions to astronomy or for similar contributions in related sciences which have immediate...
in 1968. The Swope Telescope at the Las Campanas Observatory
Las Campanas Observatory
Las Campanas Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by the Carnegie Institution for Science It was established in 1969 and remains the primary observing site of that institution. The headquarters is located in La Serena, Chile and the observatory is in the southern Atacama...
in Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
is named in her honor, as is asteroid 2168 Swope
2168 Swope
2168 Swope is the name of an asteroid which was discovered at Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana by the Indiana Asteroid Program. It is named for American astronomer Henrietta Hill Swope.- External links :...
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External links
- Henrietta Hill Swope Papers.Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University.