Birth of Vera Rubin
Birth of Vera Rubin
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Vera Florence Cooper Rubin Biography and Timeline
Follow Vera Florence Cooper Rubin through 11 dated historical records for United States of America.
Vera Florence Cooper Rubin, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1928–2016Years on this page
1928
1963
Rotation of Galaxies
Begins a year-long collaboration with Geoffrey and Margaret Burbidge, during which made her first observations of the rotation of galaxies at the McDonald Observatory's
1980
Discovery of Dark Matter
Rubin found that most galaxies must contain about six times as much dark as visible mass thus, by 1980 the apparent need for "dark matter" was widely recognized as a major unsolved problem in astronomy
Discovery of Dark Matter
Rubin worked with a new spectrograph to measure the velocity curve of edge-on spiral galaxies with greater accuracy with results published in 1980
Rotation of Galaxies
Rubin found that most galaxies must contain about six times as much dark as visible mass thus, by 1980 the apparent need for "dark matter" was widely recognized as a major unsolved problem in astronomy
Rotation of Galaxies
Rubin worked with a new spectrograph to measure the velocity curve of edge-on spiral galaxies with greater accuracy with results published in 1980
1993
National Medal of Science
Winner of the National Medal of Sciencw
1996
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
Winner of the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
2000
One Hundred Years of Rotating Galaxies
Rubin's perspective on the history of the work on galaxy movements is presented in a review, "One Hundred Years of Rotating Galaxies," for the Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Rotation of Galaxies
Rubin's perspective on the history of the work on galaxy movements is presented in a review, "One Hundred Years of Rotating Galaxies," for the Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
2016
Death of Vera Florence Cooper Rubin
Death of Vera Rubin
Records, sources and methodology
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