-
Vesto Melvin Slipher (/ˈslaɪfər/;
November 11, 1875 –
November 8, 1969) was an
American astronomer who
performed the
first measurements of
radial velocities...
-
Slipher may
refer to: Earl C.
Slipher (1883–1964),
American astronomer Vesto Slipher (1875–1969),
American astronomer 1766
Slipher, main-belt asteroid...
- true
nature of
galaxies was
confirmed in the
early 20th
century by
Vesto Slipher,
Edwin Hubble, and others.
Edwin Hubble discovered that most
nebulae are...
- Carl
Slipher (/ˈslaɪfər/;
March 25, 1883 –
August 7, 1964) was an
American astronomer and politician. He was the
brother of
astronomer Vesto Slipher. He...
-
which were
earlier measured and
related to
velocity by
Vesto Slipher in 1917.
Combining Slipher's velocities with
Henrietta Swan Leavitt's
intergalactic distance...
- this
acceleration becomes dominant in the ****ure. In 1912–1914,
Vesto Slipher discovered that
light from
remote galaxies was redshifted, a phenomenon...
-
universe is expanding. A
decade before, the
American astronomer Vesto Slipher had
provided the
first evidence that the
light from many of
these nebulae...
- 1766
Slipher,
provisional designation 1962 RF, is a
Paduan asteroid from the
central regions of the
asteroid belt,
approximately 18
kilometers in diameter...
- legacy, and the
search for
Planet X did not
resume until 1929.
Vesto Melvin Slipher, the
observatory director, gave the job of
locating Planet X to 23-year-old...
-
measurements of the time and was not
widely accepted.
Campbell and V. M.
Slipher repeated the
study in 1909
using better instruments, but with the same...
