Vera Rubin
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Vera (Cooper) Rubin (born 23 July 1928) is an astronomer who has done pioneering work on galaxy rotation rates. Her discovery of what is known as "flat rotation curves" is the most direct and robust evidence of dark matter.
She holds an A.B. from Vassar College (1948), M.A. from Cornell University (1951), and a Ph.D. from Georgetown University (1954), as well as numerous honorary degrees and awards. Rubin is currently a research astronomer at the Carnegie Institution of Washington. So far she has co-authored 217 peer reviewed research papers.
All four of her children have earned Ph.D.s in the natural sciences or mathematics.
Honors
Awards- National Medal of Science (1993)
- Henry Norris Russell Lectureship in 1994
- Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1996
- She was only the second female recipient of this medal, the first being Caroline Herschel in 1828.
- Asteroid 5726 Rubin
- Rubin-Ford effect
See also
External links
- [Astronomical Society of the Pacific: Women in Astronomy]
- [Lake Afton Public Observatory: Women in Astronomy]
- [Astrophysics Data System] - NASA's astronomy abstract service lists all peer reviewed astronomy publications.
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