Research topic: Jacobus Cornelius Kapteyn

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Jacobus Cornelius Kapteyn

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Jacobus Cornelius Kapteyn , 1851-1922, Dutch astronomer. He was an authority on the Milky Way, of which he made notable statistical studies; he constructed a model of the galaxy known as the "Kapteyn universe." He computed the positions of the stars of the Southern Hemisphere photographed by Sir David Gill and in 1904 announced the discovery of two streams of stars moving in opposite directions in the plane of the Milky Way. Author not available, KAPTEYN, JACOBUS CORNELIUS. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more

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