Grote Reber
✓ Source-basedfallingAmerican pioneer of radio astronomy (1911-2002)
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Grote Reber was an American pioneer of radio astronomy, which combined his interests in amateur radio and amateur astronomy. He was instrumental in investigating and extending Karl Jansky's pioneering work and conducted the first sky survey in the radio frequencies.
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Reber Radio Telescope in Wheaton, Illinois, 1937
Grote Reber during the Naval Research Laboratories solar eclipse expedition to Attu, Alaska, August-September 1950.
Reconstructed Reber Radio Telescope at National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Green Bank, West Virginia
His memorial plaque at the Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory
Grote Reber's ashes at the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope
Memorial at Molonglo Observatory Synthesis Telescope
Ashes at Jodrell Bank ObservatoryAwards 6
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About this person
Country
United StatesCategory
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1911 to 2002 · aged 90
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