# Gart Westerhout

> Gart Westerhout was a Dutch-American astronomer. Well before completing his university studies at Leiden, he had already become well-established internationally as a radio astronomer in the Netherlands, specializing in studies of radio sources and the Milky Way Galaxy based on observations of radio continuum emissions and 21-cm spectral line radiation that originates in interstellar hydrogen. He emigrated to the United States, became a naturalized citizen, and held a number of important scientific and management positions in academic and government institutions.

*Dutch astronomer (1927–2012)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1927-06-15
- **Died:** 2012-10-14
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 39.5 / 100
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- **Historical depth:** 7.6 / 100
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- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Ґарт Вестергут](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D2%90%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82_%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3%D1%83%D1%82)
- [Gart Westerhout](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gart_Westerhout)
- [Gart Westerhout](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gart_Westerhout)
- [Gart Westerhout](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gart_Westerhout)
- [گارت وسترهوت](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%87%D9%88%D8%AA)
- [Gart Westerhout](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gart_Westerhout)
- [Gart Westerhout (astronoom)](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gart_Westerhout_(astronoom))
- [Вестерхут, Гарт](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%85%D1%83%D1%82%2C_%D0%93%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1450047)

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