(meteorobs) FW: {MPML} Fred Whipple (1906-2004)
ron z
lightdrz at hotmail.com
Mon Aug 30 22:24:41 EDT 2004
it is truly sad to hear of his passing. he was mentioned inumerable times in
the astronomy books and articles i've read over the years. eternal clear
skies to mr. wipple ron
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> Very sad news on the passing of Professor Fred Whipple, Comet and
Meteor
>expert among many other noteworthy accomplishments. He will very much
be
>missed.
>
>Ed Majden
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>From: grunwalder2002 <gareth at seneca.cfa.harvard.edu>
>Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 20:04:44 +0000
>To: mpml at yahoogroups.com
>Subject: {MPML} Fred Whipple (1906-2004)
>
>Now that the following notice has come out of the
>Director's Office here at CfA, I can now pass on
>this sad news:
>
>TO: CfA Community
>FROM: Charles Alcock, George Field, and Irwin Shapiro
>DATE: 30 August 2004
>SUBJECT: Fred Whipple
>
>Professor Fred Whipple died today, a few months shy of his
>98th birthday. He had worked at the Harvard College Observatory
>since 1931 and from 1955 to 1973 directed the Smithsonian
>Astrophysical Observatory here. He was most famous for his
>theory of comets as 'dirty snowballs.' He had foreseen the
>artificial satellite era and was prepared with a world-wide
>tracking network, Moonwatch, when Sputnik was launched on
>4 October 1957. Fred initiated SAO's ground-based observatory
>on Mt. Hopkins in Arizona and was instrumental in the design
>and construction of the Multiple-Mirror Telescope.
>
>A memorial service for Fred will be announced in the Fall.
>In the meantime, his wife, Babbie, would prefer no phone calls,
>visits, or cards. Visiting arrangements will be
>made at a later date.
>
>
>
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