Henrietta Leavitt

About Henrietta Leavitt

Birth Day: July 4, 1868
Birth Place: MA

Henrietta Leavitt

Henrietta Leavitt net worth and salary: Henrietta Leavitt is a Astronomer who has a net worth of $1.4 Million. Henrietta Leavitt was born in in July 4, 1868. Astronomer who helped measure the relative brightness of Cepheid variables, which helped scientists to measure distances to stars. After her death her work was used to determine that the Milky Way is not the only galaxy in the observable universe.
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Popular As Henrietta Leavitt
Occupation Astronomer
Age years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born July 4, 1868 (MA)
Birthday July 4
Town/City MA
Nationality MA

🌙 Zodiac

Henrietta Leavitt’s zodiac sign is Cancer. According to astrologers, the sign of Cancer belongs to the element of Water, just like Scorpio and Pisces. Guided by emotion and their heart, they could have a hard time blending into the world around them. Being ruled by the Moon, phases of the lunar cycle deepen their internal mysteries and create fleeting emotional patterns that are beyond their control. As children, they don't have enough coping and defensive mechanisms for the outer world, and have to be approached with care and understanding, for that is what they give in return.

🌙 Chinese Zodiac Signs

Henrietta Leavitt was born in the Year of the Dragon. A powerful sign, those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Dragon are energetic and warm-hearted, charismatic, lucky at love and egotistic. They’re natural born leaders, good at giving orders and doing what’s necessary to remain on top. Compatible with Monkey and Rat.

About

Astronomer who helped measure the relative brightness of Cepheid variables, which helped scientists to measure distances to stars. After her death her work was used to determine that the Milky Way is not the only galaxy in the observable universe.

Before Fame

After her education, she worked at Harvard College Observatory calculating and recording the brightness of stars.

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Her observation of a class of stars that 'pulse' brighter and darker made possible the calculation of much greater interstellar distances with more accuracy than ever before.

Family Life

She was born in Lancaster, Massachusetts, the daughter of George Roswell Leavitt, a Congregational church minister.

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Based on her work, Edwin Hubble was able to calculate that the universe is expanding.

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