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Vainu Bappu
Indian astronomer (1927-1982) · India · Scientists · Died at 55
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Something wrong?Manali Kallat Vainu Bappu was an Indian astronomer and president of the International Astronomical Union.
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Manali Kallat Vainu Bappu was an Indian astronomer and president of the International Astronomical Union. Bappu helped to establish several astronomical institutions in India, including the Vainu Bappu Observatory which is named after him, and he also contributed to the establishment of the modern Indian Institute of Astrophysics. In 1957, he discovered the Wilson-Bappu effect jointly with American astronomer Olin Chaddock Wilson.
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