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  2. List of women astronomers - Wikipedia

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    Margherita Hack, Italian astrophysicist and first female director of Trieste's Observatory; Erika Hamden, American astrophysicist and instructor; Heidi Hammel (born 1960), American planetary scientist; Fiona A. Harrison, American astrophysicist; Marjorie Hall Harrison (1918–1986), English-born American astronomer

  3. Category:Women astrophysicists - Wikipedia

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    Women astrophysicists; Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. A. American women astrophysicists (65 P) Pages in category "Women ...

  4. Maggie Aderin-Pocock - Wikipedia

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    Margaret Ebunoluwa Aderin was born in London on 9 March 1968 to Nigerian parents, Caroline Philips and Justus Adebayo Aderin, and was raised in Camden, London. [5] [6] [1] [7] Her middle name Ebunoluwa comes from the Yoruba words "ebun" meaning "gift" and Oluwa meaning "God", which is also a variant form of the word "Oluwabunmi" or "Olubunmi", meaning "gift of God" in Yoruba. [8]

  5. List of astronomers - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of astronomers, astrophysicists and other notable people who have made contributions to the field of astronomy.They may have won major prizes or awards, developed or invented widely used techniques or technologies within astronomy, or are directors of major observatories or heads of space-based telescope projects.

  6. Category:Women astronomers - Wikipedia

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    Women astrophysicists (1 C, 121 P) B. ... Pages in category "Women astronomers" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 201 total.

  7. Category:American women astrophysicists - Wikipedia

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    It includes American astrophysicists that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Pages in category "American women astrophysicists" The following 65 pages are in this category, out of 65 total.

  8. Margaret Burbidge - Wikipedia

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    Eleanor Margaret Burbidge, FRS (née Peachey; 12 August 1919 – 5 April 2020) was a British-American observational astronomer and astrophysicist.In the 1950s, she was one of the founders of stellar nucleosynthesis and was first author of the influential B 2 FH paper.

  9. Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin - Wikipedia

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    Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (born Cecilia Helena Payne; () May 10, 1900 – () December 7, 1979) was a British-American astronomer and astrophysicist.In her 1925 doctoral thesis she proposed that stars were composed primarily of hydrogen and helium. [1]