Henrietta Swan Leavitt Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Henrietta Swan Leavitt, based on 1 World History Database records associated with Great Britain.

1 records1908–19081 events0 places

Chronological biography

1908

Discovery of Cepheid Stars1908

Science / Astronomy

A relationship between the period and luminosity for classical Cepheids is discovered in 1908 by Henrietta Swan Leavitt in an investigation of thousands of variable stars in the Magellanic Clouds

Record provenance

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