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1912 in United States

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Historical records for United States in 1912

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First Radial Velocity of Andromeda

Slipher, Vesto Melvin · Lowell Observatory · Astronomer · Science / Astronomy

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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