Astronomer Annie Jump Cannon

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1. Where did she first study physics and astronomy? Oxford Yale Harvard Wellesley

2. Does she have a crater named after her on the Moon? Yes No

3. Besides astronomy, she also developed skills in botany photography biology fishing

4. What famous mnemonic phrase in Astronomy refers to a scheme she helped to develop? The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. Facts are stubborn things, but statictics are more pliable Oh, be a fine girl , kiss me! Magnificent desolation

5. Annie Jump Cannon also published catalogs of never published any catalogs supernova remnants variable stars galaxies

6. Why is she known as one of Edward Pickering's women? She was his third wife. He hired her, and a lot of other women, including Henrietta Leavett to carry out astronomical calculations. She was his housekeeper. She wasn't known as one of his women.

7. Annie Jump Cannon was the first woman to be awarded the National Academy of Science's Draper Gold Medal. True False

8. Annie Jump Cannon became curator of the Harvard College Observatory in 1938. True False

9. The Annie Jump Cannon Award is awarded each year for outstanding research by a woman in astronomy. True False

10. She did which of the following? Worked on revising William Hershel's galaxy observations Assigned the spectral type of over 300,000 stars Developed the spectrascope Helped to catalog the known satellites of the outer solar system