# Gordon Pettengill

> Gordon Hemenway Pettengill was an American radio astronomer and planetary physicist. He was one of the first to take radar from its original military application to its use as a tool for astronomy. He was professor emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

*American radio astronomer and planetary physicist (1926-2021)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1926-02-10
- **Died:** 2021-05-08
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
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## Sources
- [Петтенгилл, Гордон](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%2C_%D0%93%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD)
- [جوردون پيتينجيل](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%BE%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%84)
- [Gordon Pettengill](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Pettengill)
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- [Gordon Pettengill](https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Pettengill)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q725090)

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