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Shapiro Delay

United States · Science / Astronomy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1964–1968Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1964

Irwin Ira Shapiro1964

Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Science / Astronomy

Predicts gravitational time delay in radar signals passing near the Sun.

1968

Irwin Ira Shapiro1968

Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Science / Astronomy

Presents radar evidence for gravitational time delay near the Sun.

Names involved

Irwin Ira Shapiro

Provenance

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