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  1. William Henry Pickering (February 15, 1858 – January 16, 1938) was an American astronomer. Pickering constructed and established several observatories or astronomical observation stations, notably including Percival Lowell's Flagstaff Observatory.

  2. 2 de abr. de 2024 · William Henry Pickering (born Feb. 15, 1858, Boston—died Jan. 17, 1938, Mandeville, Jam.) was a U.S. astronomer who discovered Phoebe, the ninth satellite of Saturn. In 1891 Pickering joined his brother Edward in establishing the Boyden station of the Harvard Observatory at Arequipa, Peru.

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  3. William Henry Pickering (Boston, 15 de fevereiro de 1858 — Mandeville (Jamaica), 17 de janeiro de 1938) foi um astrônomo estadunidense. Irmão de Edward Charles Pickering. Foi o descobridor da lua de Saturno Febe. [1] As crateras Pickering na Lua e Pickering em Marte receberam seu nome. Referências

  4. Em 1915, os astrônomos norte-americanos Percival Lowell (1855-1916) e William Henry Pickering (1858-1938) determinaram, por meio de cálculos, a existência de um planeta situado além de Urano e Netuno. Mas somente quinze anos depois, a 13 de março de 1930, é que houve a confirmação da existência deste distante planeta, que seria Plutão.

  5. 23 de mai. de 2018 · PICKERING, WILLIAM HENRY (b Boston. Massachusetts, 15 February 1858; d Mandeville, Jamaica, 16 January 1938) astronomy. The younger brother of the astronomer E. C. Pickering, William graduated from massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1879. He taught there for a time and was appointed an assistant professor at Harvard observatory ...

  6. William Pickering was behind some of the finest moments in the early exploration of the Solar System, from the first US satellite to orbit Earth to missions to the Moon, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and beyond.

  7. astrônomo norte-americano / De Wikipedia, a enciclopédia encyclopedia. William Henry Pickering ( Boston, 15 de fevereiro de 1858 — Mandeville (Jamaica), 17 de janeiro de 1938) foi um astrônomo estadunidense. Factos rápidos Assinatura ... Fechar. Irmão de Edward Charles Pickering. Foi o descobridor da lua de Saturno Febe.