Historical person
Historical biography and chronological timeline for Fred Whipple, based on 1 World History Database records associated with Great Britain.
Observations support a number of longstanding hypotheses about comet construction, particularly Fred Whipples "dirty snowball" model, which correctly surmised that Halley would be composed of a mixture of volatile ices - such as water, carbon dioxide
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