vera Rubin by Rohan Kapoor https://padlet.com/rkapoor25_/77k5591xoxua6ep2 en-us 2023-10-14 00:00:24 UTC 2023-10-15 18:53:19 UTC hello@padlet.com rkapoor25_ https://padlet.com/rkapoor25_/77k5591xoxua6ep2/wish/2745779179 2023-10-14 00:55:58 UTC https://padlet.com/rkapoor25_/77k5591xoxua6ep2/wish/2745779179 rkapoor25_ https://padlet.com/rkapoor25_/77k5591xoxua6ep2/wish/2745779556 AMERICAN ASTRONOMER]]> 2023-10-14 00:56:59 UTC https://padlet.com/rkapoor25_/77k5591xoxua6ep2/wish/2745779556 Known for rkapoor25_ https://padlet.com/rkapoor25_/77k5591xoxua6ep2/wish/2745780015 helping to establish the importance of dark matter in the universe,]]> 2023-10-14 00:58:02 UTC https://padlet.com/rkapoor25_/77k5591xoxua6ep2/wish/2745780015 1928-2016 rkapoor25_ https://padlet.com/rkapoor25_/77k5591xoxua6ep2/wish/2745784267 2023-10-14 01:09:08 UTC https://padlet.com/rkapoor25_/77k5591xoxua6ep2/wish/2745784267 rkapoor25_ https://padlet.com/rkapoor25_/77k5591xoxua6ep2/wish/2745795070 2023-10-14 01:35:15 UTC https://padlet.com/rkapoor25_/77k5591xoxua6ep2/wish/2745795070 Vera was born in Philadelphia in 1928. rkapoor25_ https://padlet.com/rkapoor25_/77k5591xoxua6ep2/wish/2746982808 2023-10-15 18:39:21 UTC https://padlet.com/rkapoor25_/77k5591xoxua6ep2/wish/2746982808 Vera Rubin was born to parents of jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe. Vera has a older sister named Ruth. rkapoor25_ https://padlet.com/rkapoor25_/77k5591xoxua6ep2/wish/2746984535 2023-10-15 18:41:52 UTC https://padlet.com/rkapoor25_/77k5591xoxua6ep2/wish/2746984535 She studied at vassar College rkapoor25_ https://padlet.com/rkapoor25_/77k5591xoxua6ep2/wish/2746985006 2023-10-15 18:42:36 UTC https://padlet.com/rkapoor25_/77k5591xoxua6ep2/wish/2746985006 Recieved her PHD at Georgetown. rkapoor25_ https://padlet.com/rkapoor25_/77k5591xoxua6ep2/wish/2746985164 2023-10-15 18:42:49 UTC https://padlet.com/rkapoor25_/77k5591xoxua6ep2/wish/2746985164 She was very kind and people loved having conversations with her rkapoor25_ https://padlet.com/rkapoor25_/77k5591xoxua6ep2/wish/2746986402 2023-10-15 18:44:47 UTC https://padlet.com/rkapoor25_/77k5591xoxua6ep2/wish/2746986402 She completed her study in 1951 during which she made one of the first observations of deviations from the motions of galaxies. rkapoor25_ https://padlet.com/rkapoor25_/77k5591xoxua6ep2/wish/2746986677 2023-10-15 18:45:11 UTC https://padlet.com/rkapoor25_/77k5591xoxua6ep2/wish/2746986677 rkapoor25_ https://padlet.com/rkapoor25_/77k5591xoxua6ep2/wish/2746987262 2023-10-15 18:45:57 UTC https://padlet.com/rkapoor25_/77k5591xoxua6ep2/wish/2746987262 she became the first woman allowed to use the instruments at the Palomar Observatory. rkapoor25_ https://padlet.com/rkapoor25_/77k5591xoxua6ep2/wish/2746987993 2023-10-15 18:46:57 UTC https://padlet.com/rkapoor25_/77k5591xoxua6ep2/wish/2746987993 1963 she had used a telescope to measure the rotation of a galaxy. rkapoor25_ https://padlet.com/rkapoor25_/77k5591xoxua6ep2/wish/2746988603 2023-10-15 18:47:50 UTC https://padlet.com/rkapoor25_/77k5591xoxua6ep2/wish/2746988603 best known for helping to establish the importance of dark matter in the universe, much of it was a combined effort with physicist Kent Ford. rkapoor25_ https://padlet.com/rkapoor25_/77k5591xoxua6ep2/wish/2746988890 2023-10-15 18:48:17 UTC https://padlet.com/rkapoor25_/77k5591xoxua6ep2/wish/2746988890 rkapoor25_ https://padlet.com/rkapoor25_/77k5591xoxua6ep2/wish/2746989460 2023-10-15 18:49:08 UTC https://padlet.com/rkapoor25_/77k5591xoxua6ep2/wish/2746989460