Henrietta Swan Leavitt
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Henrietta Swan Leavitt was an American astronomer. Her discovery of how to effectively measure vast astronomical distances led to a shift in the understanding of the scale and nature of the universe.
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Scientists
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Scientist
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deceased
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Lived 1868 to 1921 · aged 53
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