Cecilia Helena Payne-Gaposchkin

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1. In what country was Cecilia Payne born? United States England Canada Sweden

2. Cecilia Payne was awarded a degree at Cambridge upon the completion of her studies. True False

3. What "first" did Cecilia Payne accomplish in 1925 at Harvard Observatory? Did not accomplish anything there. First woman to work there. Earned a PhD. in Astronomy. Earned a degree in Physics.

4. Cecilia Payne was the first woman to complete a graduate program at the Harvard College Observatory. True False

5. Cecilia Payne met her husband, Serge Gaposchkin, in 1934, what was his profession? Dentist Astronomer Astrophysicist Doctor of medicine

6. Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin spent her entire (United States) academic career at Harvard and then Princeton. True False

7. In Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin's thesis on "Stellar Atmospheres", what did she develop? a temperature scale for stars. magnitude scale for stars. a classification system of stars. the composition of our sun.

8. What position was Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin given at Harvard in 1938? Director Astronomer Professor Manager

9. Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin won which of the following awards in 1934? Rittenhouse Medal Henry Norris Russel Prize Award of Merit Annie Jump Cannon Award

10. Does Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin have an asteroid named after her? Yes No