First Radial Velocity of Andromeda
Measures the Doppler shift of M31 and finds a very large approach velocity, the first radial-velocity measurement made for a spiral nebula.
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Vesto Melvin Slipher Biography and Timeline
Follow Vesto Melvin Slipher through 1 dated historical records for United States.
Vesto Melvin Slipher, historical timeline
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1912–1912Years on this page
1912
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